Post by Sapphire on Dec 2, 2011 10:54:40 GMT -5
I can't even describe how disgustingly crazy and horrifyingly crazy this is. Can you imagine being violated and then living with the person like it's no harm no foul. I can't comprehend how a society would think this was okay and somehow "honorable." Wow. The world we live in... I hope she plays the role and then pulls a Lorena Bobbit on his arse.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/02/afghan-woman-freed-from-jail-but-only-after-she-agrees-to-marry-her-rapist_n_1125032.html
An Afghan woman who was imprisoned for "adultery" after being raped has been freed following an intervention from President Karzai.
The 21-year-old, known only as Gulnaz to protect her identity, was released from Kabul's Badam Bagh jail.
Although her release was unconditional, the victim now faces the expectation that she marry her assailant to restore her family’s honour.
Gulnaz was facing 12 years in jail following a conviction for adultery after she was sexually assaulted by her cousin at her home. Her cousin was jailed for seven years.
Following Karzia's intercession, the judge told her that she would escape a prison sentence, however Gulnaz, who had a child following the attack, then faced the prospect of marrying the rapist, an expectation borne of a society in which tradition and honour remain paramount.
Gulnaz initially refused. According to The Times she had said she would never forgive him and he should "rot in prison".
But after giving birth in prison, she has now reportedly agreed to wed her rapist so that her daughter will have a better life.
“There are hundreds of women in this situation and it is well overdue to look at the injustices done to them,” Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch’s Afghanistan researcher said.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/02/afghan-woman-freed-from-jail-but-only-after-she-agrees-to-marry-her-rapist_n_1125032.html
An Afghan woman who was imprisoned for "adultery" after being raped has been freed following an intervention from President Karzai.
The 21-year-old, known only as Gulnaz to protect her identity, was released from Kabul's Badam Bagh jail.
Although her release was unconditional, the victim now faces the expectation that she marry her assailant to restore her family’s honour.
Gulnaz was facing 12 years in jail following a conviction for adultery after she was sexually assaulted by her cousin at her home. Her cousin was jailed for seven years.
Following Karzia's intercession, the judge told her that she would escape a prison sentence, however Gulnaz, who had a child following the attack, then faced the prospect of marrying the rapist, an expectation borne of a society in which tradition and honour remain paramount.
Gulnaz initially refused. According to The Times she had said she would never forgive him and he should "rot in prison".
But after giving birth in prison, she has now reportedly agreed to wed her rapist so that her daughter will have a better life.
“There are hundreds of women in this situation and it is well overdue to look at the injustices done to them,” Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch’s Afghanistan researcher said.
