was punished for something her brother did. He committed the unforgivable crime of falling in love with a young woman outside his tribe. So, in accordance with tribal tradition, a local council of elders decided that instead of punishing him directly, his sister Mai would be gang raped and paraded across her small village of Meerwala half naked.Five days after this rape occurred, Mai did the unthinkable: She pressed charges.
from Fatima Bhutto: The Daily Beast: Does Pakistan Have No Shame?
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