Bangladesh: Rape victim receives 101 lashes for becoming pregnant

Bangladesh: Rape victim receives 101 lashes for becoming pregnant
– Daily Telegraph reports:
– “The girl’s father was also fined and warned the family would be branded outcasts from their village if he did not pay.”
– “The girl was raped by a 20-year-old villager in Brahmanbaria district in April last year.
– “Bangladesh’s Daily Star newspaper reported that she was so ashamed following the attack that she did not lodge a complaint.”
– “Her rape emerged after her pregnancy test and Muslim elders in the village issued a fatwa insisting that the girl be kept in isolation until her family agreed to corporal punishment.”

— see also January 22, 2010: Saudi Arabia: Rape victim might be lashed 100 times