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Pakistan Lifts Travel Ban on Rape Victim After U.S. Pressure
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Jun 18, 2005 09:56pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, June 17, 2005 03:55:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | After a stern protest by the Bush administration, Pakistan yesterday lifted travel restrictions imposed on a Pakistani gang-rape victim, freeing her to visit the United States for a series of high-profile speeches.
Mukhtar Mai earned international renown after she demanded the prosecution of men who had raped her on the orders of a traditional village council in June 2002. According to testimony, the council ordered the rape as punishment after Mai's teenage brother allegedly offended a powerful clan by having an affair with the sister of one of the accused men. |
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