{"id":548,"date":"2017-07-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2017\/07\/29\/revenge-rape-ordered-by-pakistani-village-council\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T05:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T04:29:14","slug":"revenge-rape-ordered-by-pakistani-village-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/revenge-rape-ordered-by-pakistani-village-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Revenge rape ordered by Pakistani village council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Image of Mukhtar Mai who bravely fought for justice after a similar panchayat decision in 2002 ordered her gang rape.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A police search operation is underway to arrest the members of a panchayat (village council) who fled after ordering a man to rape a 16-year-old girl<br \/>\n    in Multan, Pakistan.<\/p>\n<div>At least 20 Muslim men from Multan, Pakistan, have already been arrested for ordering the rape of a teenage girl, in revenge for a rape her brother had<br \/>\n    allegedly committed.<\/p>\n<p>The two families involved in the incident were related and senior members from both families comprised the village council that decided the 16 year<br \/>\n    old girl should be raped.<\/p>\n<p>According to Station House Officer (SHO) Malik Rashid, the search operation began after two cases were registered against the members of the council<br \/>\n    at a police station inside the Violence Against Women centre in Multan.&nbsp;<br \/>\n    <br \/>Later police official Allah Baksh, at a press conference, said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;A panchayat had ordered the rape of a 16-year-old girl as punishment, as her brother had raped a 12-year-old,&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apparently,After the incident, the parents of the 16 year old registered a First Incident Report (FIR) on July 20th 2017, while a second FIR was filed<br \/>\n    on July 24th by the 12 year old&#8217;s family, who had initially accepted the panchayat&#8217;s decision and had wanted no further action. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Allah Baksh had said the village council was approached earlier this month by the brother of the 12-year-old who described an incident involving the<br \/>\n    rape of his sister by a cousin.<\/p>\n<p>The council deliberated and then ordered the complainant to rape the sister of the accused in return. &nbsp;in a sickening twist of events the innocent<br \/>\n    16 year old girl was then publicly forced to appear before the village council and was raped by the brother of the 12 year old, while the council and<br \/>\n    the parents of both children watched.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is not clear whether the parents of either child supported the decision or if the parents of the 16 year old were forced to watch the brutal<br \/>\n    public rape of their daughter, the fact that the mother of the 16 year old immediately contacted the police and registered an FIR after the incident<br \/>\n    suggests it was extremely traumatic for her &#8211; as it quite rightly should have been for all of them.<\/p>\n<p>The mother of the 12 year old is said to be the complainant for the corresponding rape allegation submitted to police later. &nbsp;Which may suggest<br \/>\n    that the two fathers were complicit if not accepting of the panchayat&#8217;s decison which leaves agar a serious concern about the value of women in Pakistan&#8217;s<br \/>\n    patriarchal society.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Medical examinations undertaken by the police have both confirmed rape of the innocent girls involved in this horrifying report.<br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<figure>\n        <br \/> <\/figure>\n<p>A total of 25 people were accused of being involved in both cases and already 20 have been arrested. &nbsp;The suspect accused of raping<br \/>\n    the 12-year-old is still at large an a huge manhunt is in operation across Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Panchayats are a council formed from senior elders within a local community. &nbsp;They are often the first point of contact for people wishing to<br \/>\n    settle problems in rural Pakistan but can also be found in towns and cities especially in deprived areas.<\/p>\n<p>Panchayats are totally illegal and have been outlawed under the &#8216;Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Bill-2016&#8217; which is soon to be adopted as law after<br \/>\n    having being ratified in February this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1312498\">(click here)<\/a>. &nbsp;Panchayats also known as jirgas &nbsp;have<br \/>\n    been condemned for a series of controversial rulings &#8211; including ordering so-called &#8220;honour killings&#8221; and past incidents of &#8220;revenge rape&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A panchayat ordered the gang rape of Mukhtar Mai (28 yrs) in 2002, after her 12-year-old brother was accused of an affair with an older married woman.<br \/>\n    &nbsp;Ms Mai bravely fought for justice for nine years through the twisted legal system of Pakistan despite the stigma attached to rape in Paksitan.<br \/>\n    &nbsp;However only one of the 14 men identified for raping her were charged after a nine year battle highlighting how flawed Pakistan&#8217;s judicial process<br \/>\n    is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/622934\/going-back-to-mukhtar-mai\">(click here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;This example of the warped minds of Pakistani Muslim men will be forgotten and the culture of rape fuelled by sexual repression will continue unabated in a nation that is extremely patriarchal.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;Women have no value in Pakistan, even less so if you are a Christian. &nbsp;Stories such as that of Saiba a three year old child subjected to rape at such a tender age that the brutality has now left her incapable of conceiving a child, remind us that minority women or rural women are easy targets for the growing number of sexually deviant Muslim men in Pakistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(12, 12, 12); font-size: 24px;\">Saiba&#8217;s story can be read here <\/span><br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishpakistanichristians.org\/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=771158&amp;A=SearchResult&amp;SearchID=823833&amp;ObjectID=771158&amp;ObjectType=55\" style=\"font-size: 24px;\">(click here)<\/a><br \/>\n        <\/span>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image of Mukhtar Mai who bravely fought for justice after a similar panchayat decision in 2002 ordered her gang rape. 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