a 16 year old girl was lashed 101 times after vil­lage elders decided that was the suit­able pun­ish­ment for becom­ing preg­nant out­side mar­riage — on the other hand, the 20 year old rapist was par­doned with a pat on the back!

human rights activists say that the girl was too ashamed to report the rape and was quickly mar­ried off to a man from the neigh­bor­ing vil­lage — how­ever, he divorced her a month later when med­ical tests revealed she was pregnant.

oh and in case all this wasn’t enough, the girl’s father was fined taka 1,000 (about $160) by the vil­lage arbi­tra­tors who went on to issue another fatwa say­ing that her fam­ily would be ostra­cized if he failed to pay the fine.

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