I can NOT get over this - the 14 year old in Bangladesh

[faeryedark]

women do not have to be covered up. that is not true.

and i am not "singling you out" ...you are the only one that is really not agreeing with anyone else here. this is a debate. this is the forum for that. this is where we do that. the last thing we need is another thread stopped because people feel they are being picked on.

Is that what happened to the medical rape thread? Cos there were like 6 posts, I went to work...came home, and it was *poof* gone!

[meggers]

Is that what happened to the medical rape thread? Cos there were like 6 posts, I went to work...came home, and it was *poof* gone!

No. That particular topic/thread was closed at the discretion of admin.

[434Teresa]

I read this a few days ago and have not been able to forget it. There are so many things I can't understand. It just makes me feel sick.

Rape Victim, 14, Dies After Public Flogging in Bangladesh

Feb 3, 2011 – 7:01 PM

A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl allegedly raped by a much older cousin has died after being publicly flogged for adultery, media reports said.

Hena Begum was sentenced to receive 100 lashes by a village council made up of elders and Muslim clerics in the district of Shariatpur, about 35 miles from the capital, Dhaka, the BBC said today.

She endured about 80 lashes before collapsing Monday, according to The Daily Star, a Bangladeshi newspaper. Her family took her to a hospital, where she died.

"What sort of justice is this? My daughter has been beaten to death in the name of justice. If it had been a proper court then my daughter would not have died," Dorbesh Khan, the girl's father, told the BBC.

Family members said Hena was raped by a 40-year-old married cousin, The Daily Star said. The man's family beat up the teen, then accused of her adultery, the newspaper said.

The very next day, she was sentenced to the flogging in a fatwa, or religious ruling, issued by the village council under Islamic Shariah law, the BBC said.

Her father was also told pay a fine of about $700, police told the BBC.

Four people, including a Muslim cleric, have been arrested in connection with Hena's death, the BBC said. Police said they were looking for another 14 people in the case.

Bangladesh's high court has ordered district officials in Shariatpur to explain why they did not protect the girl, The Daily Star said. The court ruled eight months ago that Shariah punishment was illegal.

I am thing that she posted this to let others know that she was HUTC about things like this going on not to make posters on here HUTC at each other..but I maybe wrong

[3timesoccermom]

Exactly Teresa. I was HUTC about the girl's suffering and wanted others to know what happened to that child and the way they supposedly justified punishing her.

I have nothing against respectful debate, thinking people often disagree but as with this thread, there have been many times the debaters went on ad nauseum and completely moved away from the original subject.

I do feel satisfied that a few more people know about the original issue I presented.