Lebanon Repeals Law Allowing Rapists To Walk Free If They Marry Their Victims
An activist from Abaad, a women's rights group in Lebanon, protests a law that shields rapists from prosecution on the condition that they marry their victim. (PATRICK BAZ via Getty Images)/ Lebanon’s Parliament on Wednesday repealed a law that had allowed rapists to escape prosecution if they married their victims. “It’s an enormous victory for women’s rights in Lebanon,” Bassam Khawaja, a Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch, told HuffPost. “By having this law on the books, it created a tolerance for rape, and a culture that ...
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