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A story of courage
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 03:32 am |
MEERWALA, Pakistan
After being kidnapped at the age of 16 by a group of thugs and enduring a year of rapes and beatings, Assiya Rafiq was delivered to the police and thought her problems were over.
Then, she said, four police officers took turns raping her.
The next step for Assiya was obvious: She should commit suicide. That’s the customary escape in rural Pakistan for a raped woman, as the only way to cleanse the disgrace to her entire family.
Instead, Assiya summoned the unimaginable courage to go public and fight back. She is seeking to prosecute both her kidnappers and the police, despite threats against her and her younger sisters. This is a kid who left me awed and biting my lip; this isn’t a tale of victimization but of valor, empowerment and uncommon heroism.
“I decided to prosecute because I don’t want the same thing to happen to anybody else,” she said firmly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/opinion/26kristof.html
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 05:45 am |
an even worse case from the US and A;
Outcry over disowned US rape girl
Offers of help are pouring in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her own family in Phoenix, Arizona, after being raped by four boys.
The girl is under the care of the Arizona Child Protective Service (CPS) because her parents said she had shamed them, and they did not want her back.
Phoenix police said calls had come in from all over the US offering money, or even to adopt the young girl.
The boys, Liberian immigrants aged nine to 14, have been charged with rape.
The case has sparked outrage across the US and even drawn condemnation from Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, an outspoken anti-rape campaigner.
"I think that family is wrong. They should help that child who has been traumatised," Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf told CNN.
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 07:51 am |
an even worse case from the US and A;
Outcry over disowned US rape girl
Offers of help are pouring in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her own family in Phoenix, Arizona, after being raped by four boys.
The girl is under the care of the Arizona Child Protective Service (CPS) because her parents said she had shamed them, and they did not want her back.
Phoenix police said calls had come in from all over the US offering money, or even to adopt the young girl.
The boys, Liberian immigrants aged nine to 14, have been charged with rape.
The case has sparked outrage across the US and even drawn condemnation from Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, an outspoken anti-rape campaigner.
"I think that family is wrong. They should help that child who has been traumatised," Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf told CNN.
Worse? Why? Because it happened in the US? What difference does it make WHERE it happened?
How vile of you to use these unimaginable, hideous tortures that these children endured and turn them into your same old tired rhetoric.
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 12:19 pm |
Worse? Why? Because it happened in the US? What difference does it make WHERE it happened?
How vile of you to use these unimaginable, hideous tortures that these children endured and turn them into your same old tired rhetoric.
did I say it`s worse because it happened in America? It`s worse because the girl is just 8 years old. But it seems like catwoman is quite concerned with the place of incident.
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 07:57 pm |
I believe there is a difference...where is the outcry of support for the girl in Pakistan. Obviously, she is fearing for her life. This isn´t something here in the U.S. people turn their eye on. Yes, we can do a better job with sexual predators...but believe me the general public does not tolerate rape or children getting molested. I think it takes a brave woman any where in the world to stand up for her self. But it appears there are many countries where woman fear the backlash from doing this. It looks like Pakistan is one of those countries.
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 08:31 pm |
MEERWALA, Pakistan
After being kidnapped at the age of 16 by a group of thugs and enduring a year of rapes and beatings, Assiya Rafiq was delivered to the police and thought her problems were over.
Then, she said, four police officers took turns raping her.
The next step for Assiya was obvious: She should commit suicide. That’s the customary escape in rural Pakistan for a raped woman, as the only way to cleanse the disgrace to her entire family.
Instead, Assiya summoned the unimaginable courage to go public and fight back. She is seeking to prosecute both her kidnappers and the police, despite threats against her and her younger sisters. This is a kid who left me awed and biting my lip; this isn’t a tale of victimization but of valor, empowerment and uncommon heroism.
“I decided to prosecute because I don’t want the same thing to happen to anybody else,” she said firmly.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/opinion/26kristof.html
I admire her courage especially at her young age and within the culture she has been brought up with. I only hope her stand will not be in vain .....and that her case isn´t buried in bureaucracy ...... or that she be subjected to more fear and pain
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 09:37 pm |
an even worse case from the US and A;
Outcry over disowned US rape girl
Offers of help are pouring in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her own family in Phoenix, Arizona, after being raped by four boys.
The girl is under the care of the Arizona Child Protective Service (CPS) because her parents said she had shamed them, and they did not want her back.
Phoenix police said calls had come in from all over the US offering money, or even to adopt the young girl.
The boys, Liberian immigrants aged nine to 14, have been charged with rape.
The case has sparked outrage across the US and even drawn condemnation from Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, an outspoken anti-rape campaigner.
"I think that family is wrong. They should help that child who has been traumatised," Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf told CNN.
This is also a disguisting case....but I don´t see how it is worse/better. Maybe this child is in slightly better circumstances because society at large does not comdemn her.....in the other story, the young woman is fighting the men who raped her and society at large (old traditions...ect...). Both of these stories break my heart and anyone who can hurt a child is by far the most despicable and lowest of human beings.
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 10:20 pm |
It saddens me that these offenders can´t be rehabilitated, however we allow them back into society. While we have non-violent offenders serving life sentences. How distorted is that...Have you ever taken a look at this site? http://www.familywatchdog.us/
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27 Jul 2009 Mon 10:44 pm |
It saddens me that these offenders can´t be rehabilitated, however we allow them back into society. While we have non-violent offenders serving life sentences. How distorted is that...Have you ever taken a look at this site? http://www.familywatchdog.us/
Not that one, but I check this one from time to time. It´s pretty shocking what you find....maybe even right next door.
Megan´s Law
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28 Jul 2009 Tue 12:31 am |
Not that one, but I check this one from time to time. It´s pretty shocking what you find....maybe even right next door.
Megan´s Law
Still campaigning for the equivalent in UK, Sarah´s Law hasn´t quite got the same access to information yet.....seems they are more worried about the human rights of the offenders and their fear of vigilantism than giving parents the peace of mind that their children are safe in their own communities
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