Fareeda's fate: rape, prison and 25 lashes

| Thursday, September 30, 2010 | |

by Dan McDougall

In spring 2005 Fareeda was raped by her family's neighbor, a postman, and his teenage son. She fell pregnant - and later miscarried - as a result. Her mistake was to tell her parents. With their consent, under Pakistan's orthodox Islamic laws, she was charged with fornication outside marriage and sentenced to 100 lashes, later reduced to 50 and then 25 because of her age, and sent to jail. After four months her prison ordeal ended when a family friend secretly paid a bribe. Her plight is not unique.

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