by Humaira Shahid and Ritu Sharma, The Boston Globe, Feb 6, 2010
Eight years ago, Nasreen (not her real name) walked into the office of the Daily Khabrain newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan, and demanded justice. She stripped off her clothes, revealing a black and blue body covered with wounds and cigarette burns. She’d been gang raped. With tears in her eyes, she said, “My husband hired three men and got me raped in front of him because I was tired of his abuse and demanded the divorce that Islam gave me a right to. He didn’t even respect me as the mother of his children. . .. I just want justice in the name of God.”
Continues >>
Tags: abuse of wmen, acid attacks and torture, forced marriages, global violence against women, honor killings, Humaira Shahid, Pakistan, Ritu Sharma
This entry was posted on February 7, 2010 at 3:12 pm and is filed under Commentary, crime, Human rights, Pakistan, torture, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Peace and Justice Post
Violence against women is a global struggle
by Humaira Shahid and Ritu Sharma, The Boston Globe, Feb 6, 2010
Eight years ago, Nasreen (not her real name) walked into the office of the Daily Khabrain newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan, and demanded justice. She stripped off her clothes, revealing a black and blue body covered with wounds and cigarette burns. She’d been gang raped. With tears in her eyes, she said, “My husband hired three men and got me raped in front of him because I was tired of his abuse and demanded the divorce that Islam gave me a right to. He didn’t even respect me as the mother of his children. . .. I just want justice in the name of God.”
Continues >>
Share this:
Related
Tags: abuse of wmen, acid attacks and torture, forced marriages, global violence against women, honor killings, Humaira Shahid, Pakistan, Ritu Sharma
This entry was posted on February 7, 2010 at 3:12 pm and is filed under Commentary, crime, Human rights, Pakistan, torture, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.