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[n0Mad]

Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death

Amnesty: Stadium packed with 1,000 spectators watched horrific slaying

The Associated Press

updated 2:08 p.m. ET, Sat., Nov. 1, 2008

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said.

Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death Oct. 27 in a stadium packed with 1,000 spectators in the southern port city of Kismayo, Amnesty International and Somali media reported, citing witnesses. The Islamic militia in charge of Kismayo had accused her of adultery after she reported that three men had raped her, the rights group said.

Initial local media reports said Duhulow was 23, but her father told Amnesty International she was 13. Some of the Somali journalists who first reported the killing later told Amnesty International that they had reported she was 23 based upon her physical appearance.

"This child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups who currently control Kismayo," David Copeman, Amnesty International's Somalia campaigner, said in a statement Friday.

Somalia is among the world's most violent and impoverished countries. The nation of some 8 million people has not had a functioning government since warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991 then turned on each other.

A quarter of Somali children die before age 5; nearly every public institution has collapsed. Fighting is a daily occurrence, with violent deaths reported nearly every day.

Islamic militants with ties to al-Qaida have been battling the government and its Ethiopian allies since their combined forces pushed the Islamists from the capital in December 2006. Within weeks of being driven out, the Islamists launched an insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians.

In recent months, the militants appear to be gaining strength. The group has taken over the port of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, and dismantled pro-government roadblocks. They also effectively closed the Mogadishu airport by threatening to attack any plane using it.

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[Azeuron]

Sounds like a wonderful vacation spot.... who wants to come with me?

[TrixieGothGirl]

I am sooooo livid after reading that, that words cannot EVEN desribe it. I will say this though, talk about some FUCKED UP justice.

[freydis]

I am sooooo livid after reading that, that words cannot EVEN desribe it. I will say this though, talk about some FUCKED UP justice.

Yup. According to Sharia law, if a woman is raped, she has to have 4 male witnesses, or she is prosecuted for adultery.

4 male witnesses.

If there were 4 male witnesses to a rape, why wouldnt they stop the rapist?

......maybe if they had participated? But then..... would they be confessing?

Women's rights have a long way to go, yet.

[Ebolamike]

Its not Islam,Its "Jislam"(garbage)

[Msterbeau]

Sad. Very sad.

+1 to Munin's statement about women's right in other parts of the world.

[Oh_My_Goth]

Damn.....

I guess she should have not said anything.....That's fucked.....

[freydis]

Damn.....

I guess she should have not said anything.....That's fucked.....

Most dont.

Thing is, if the rapist even *thinks* the girl could cause trouble for him, he could just go and report it as adultery. He wouldnt get punished (very much), and she would get stoned to death.

You would be disgusted at the rape statistics in countries like that.

[Msterbeau]

Most dont.

Thing is, if the rapist even *thinks* the girl could cause trouble for him, he could just go and report it as adultery. He wouldnt get punished (very much), and she would get stoned to death.

You would be disgusted at the rape statistics in countries like that.

I'm disgusted that there are rape statistics at all.

[Ebolamike]

If only a 15.5 magnitude earthquake would hit a certain area of the planet,most of those fanatic extremist piss me off,hopefully nature will do this someday

[Oh_My_Goth]

Most dont.

Thing is, if the rapist even *thinks* the girl could cause trouble for him, he could just go and report it as adultery. He wouldnt get punished (very much), and she would get stoned to death.

You would be disgusted at the rape statistics in countries like that.

That is not surprising.....They look at women as property & when you have no need for a particular piece of property any longer, you throw it away.....

Or kill it.....