Upon seeing her at the bathroom, the hoodlums raped the young lady. Not done and perhaps to 'hide' their crime, they macheted her
The seriousness of the crime has made many nations across the globe enact and implement tough laws to curb the menace even as far asThe Supreme Court of India awarded death penalty to the four men convicted of fatal gang rape of Jyoti Singh in December 2012, a case that fuelledIn Saudi Arabia, rape is punishable by death under circumstances of grievous and aggravated rape or in the case of serial rapists.
In Pakistan, gang rape, child molestation and rape are punishable by death. Statutory rape by a man of a girl under 16, especially gang rape, is also punishable by death. “I will urge that we should start advocating for a #CutItOff legislation to be included in our legal codes, so that our courts can be legally empowered to make the appropriate pronouncement.”The House of Representatives, in the wake of the rape and killings of Barakat and Uwa lamented the spike in the crime butA lawmaker, James Faleke, had recommended that persons found guilty of rape should be castrated. The House adopted the motion condemning sexual violence but rejected his prayer.
”Rape has assumed a threatening dimension and I am afraid every day for my life and that of my daughter. Our government needs to intervene urgently,” she added in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES. The odds are stacked against the girl child, says the president, International Federation of Women Lawyers , Ruoda Tyoden.
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