While I think 40 lashes is a little extreme, it appears that Pakistan takes these things much more seriously than do western societies.
Woman gets 2 years and 40 lashes for false accusation.
Lahore: A Pakistani court has awarded 40 lashes and two years' rigorous imprisonment to a 32-year-old woman under the controversial 'Hudood' law for "falsely" accusing two men of raping her.
The charge levelled by Abida Bibi, the wife of a labourer from Layyah, located 175 kms from here, against the two men was proved to be false in a court.
Sessions Judge Sadaqatullah Khan said in a judgement issued yesterday that Abida had levelled a false allegation of zina or forcible fornication against the two men. She was therefore guilty under the provision of the Hudood Ordinance related to qazf or false accusation of fornication, he said.
The judge sentenced Abida to rigorous imprisonment for two years and 40 lashes. "The punishment of whipping shall be imposed after confirmation of the sentence by the appellate court. She is liable to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to the complainant," the judge said.
Abida had filed a petition in the district court in Layyah alleging that four men Saeedullah,
Sajjad, Ghulam Yasen and Sharif had entered her house on July 6, 2008 when her husband was
away. She said Saeedullah and Sajjad raped her while the other two stood guard.
On the direction of the court, police had registered a case against the men.
While recording her statement with police, Abida changed her stance and levelled charges of attempted rape instead of rape.
Sajjad, one of the accused, moved an application in court that said he had been implicated in the case and sought action against Abida.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_40-lashes-2-year-jail-for-pak-woman-for-false-rape-charge_1285896
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Of course this being Pakistan, such false rape cases may well be genuine rapes.
In much of Pakistan the male's testimony is valued massively more than the female's, and a man is far far more likely to get away with an offence. A woman can basically be convicted on hearsay whereas vast amounts of evidence would be needed to convict a man of rape. When you think about it, such a situation is exactlyt he same as what we now have in the west, only with the genders reversed.
That's exactly what I was thinking Anon. When I read that this was from Pakistan, I became a little skeptical.
I wouldn't make that assumption. And while I don't approve of the 40 lashes, 2 years is pretty mild for making a false rape accusation against four men (including the two who "stood guard").
The men of Pakistan probably have far less to fear from false rape accusations than do men in this country, though -- excluding the possibility of reprisals from the woman's family.
My false rape acusser was not only...Not charged...i believe the police didn't even dare to tell her.."STOP DOING THAT!!"
I was the second guy in that same year that she falselly said "raped her", so she is a serial false rape acuser.
What sort of public good does it do to let these girls cause chaos / violence with their twisted/perverted lies??
It causes no good, but for whatever reason not very many men are outraged by this -- the streets aren't exactly flooded with protesting men. On the other hand there are millions of men who are worried because they think that 9/11 was an inside job or because Obama wasn't really born here -- conspiracy theories without a shred of basis in fact.
Meanwhile the real "conspiracy theory" -- that false rape accusers are constantly enabled and given extra-legal status -- is all but ignored!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
It causes no good, but for whatever reason not very many men are outraged by this -- the streets aren't exactly flooded with protesting men. On the other hand there are millions of men who are worried because they think that 9/11 was an inside job or because Obama wasn't really born here -- conspiracy theories without a shred of basis in fact.
Meanwhile the real "conspiracy theory" -- that false rape accusers are constantly enabled and given extra-legal status -- is all but ignored!
scott says..i totally agree..it's like the blind are leading the blind...But also understand their are very distinct forces at work to further this misinformation Paradigm.
All human actions come from what sort of propaganda they are being fed. That is why it's so bizarre that the law enforcement community is doing what they are doing...WITHOUT A WHIMPER OF PROTEST FROM MEN/FATHERS.
Broken patriarchies cannot stick up for themselves.
But according to this nut, we aren't drowning in misandry -- but misogyny! http://www.feministing.com/archives/017194.html
Note how she casually refers to the poverty of minorities -- as if feminist attacks on the family aren't responsible for it! In her delusional world evil=men and victim=good=woman and no set of facts is ever going to change her convenient, self-pitying mindset.
By what standard is 40 lashes wrong? I don't know much about the Pakistani legal system (everything that I do know comes from what I read in blogs and newspapers, so I have to take everything that I hear with a grain of salt), but my understanding is that punishments for people convicted of crimes in Pakistan are pretty harsh. If that is so in the case of men being punished as a result of a conviction, why should the punishment for a woman who falsely accuses a man of rape not be just as severe? IMO, if the punishment for being convicted of any crime is x, the punishment for falsely accusing someone of any crime should also be x.
Just in case anyone may wonder, male rapists get punished more harshly than false rape acusers. Off topic but,from what I learned from a friend who is muslim,in certain parts of islam, any male found to be alone with a man's wife or at least one of his female relatives is subject to be raped if, the woman's husband/male relative accuses the man who is not married or related to the woman of raping her. I think lashing is used when no punishment can be found that equals the offense (eye for an eye). If a man is found guilty of raping, not neccessarily sexually or violently (implied rape), the person who rapes the man must be either her husband or a male relative. He can not display or even be perceived as receiving any sexual pleasure or personal gratification while inflicting the punishment. To prevent this, a foreign object is used.Sometimes the woman's husband or male family member will administer the punishment without knowlege or consent of a court or counsel.
Anonymous said...
Just in case anyone may wonder, male rapists get punished more harshly than false rape acusers.
in islam
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