Mukhtar Mai
29 June 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf today said that the victim in a high-profile rape case is free to travel wherever she wants.
Musharraf also defended his earlier decision to ban her from traveling abroad.
Musharraf's announcement comes a day after Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered 13 men who allegedly raped Mukhtar Mai be re-arrested after overturning their previous acquittals.
In 2002, a council of elders in Meerwala, a village in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province, allegedly ordered Mai to be raped as a form of punishment for her brother's alleged affair with a woman.
Mai's case sparked an international outcry. She later won international praise after choosing to speak publicly about what happened to her.
(AP)
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Rape Case Spotlights Women's Rights
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Musharraf's announcement comes a day after Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered 13 men who allegedly raped Mukhtar Mai be re-arrested after overturning their previous acquittals.
In 2002, a council of elders in Meerwala, a village in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province, allegedly ordered Mai to be raped as a form of punishment for her brother's alleged affair with a woman.
Mai's case sparked an international outcry. She later won international praise after choosing to speak publicly about what happened to her.
(AP)
See also:
Rape Case Spotlights Women's Rights
Recent Killings,Violence Underscore Lack Of Progress In Gender Justice