Monday, October 1, 2012

Tunisia "police rape" condemned

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19763641

Tunisia's minister for women  is drawing attention to an occurrence in which a woman was raped by two police officers, and then charged with indecency along with her fiance. Hmida, the lawyer of the victim, is arguing that the governing Islamist Ennahda party should be responsible for making acts like this illegal. If found guilty of the charge, they could serve up to six month in prison; human rights organizations are working to get the charges dropped.