Monday, June 27, 2005
World Drug Free Day and a woman’s plea for justice
Governments around the world are trying to adhere to world drug free day by burning large quantities of confiscated narcotics. Notably Afghanistan, Pakistan and Myanmar have already destroyed bags containing heroin and meth.
Am right now thinking how that exactly helps the problem of drug abuse. After all drugs can be manufactured, altered to get cheap tainted varieties, or new ones found which would become the ‘next big thing’ among drug users. I think pot is still frequently used even though it is deemed less health threatening than cigarette smoking……………..
And burning all those sacks of heroin………………… uh, they have now given up polluting the bodies of humans to polluting the atmosphere it seems. What better way than to release tons of carbon dioxide and drugged smoke into the air……….
At the same time, the case of the Pakistani woman who was ordered by a village ‘court’ to be gang raped by six men as punishment for the alleged crime of her brother for having an affair with another woman has brought to light the state of human rights for women in Pakistan. Initially convicted, five of the men’s sentences were overturned by a municipal court, and now Muhkta Mai has gone to the Supreme Court to appeal to reconvict them. If following US law tho, once an accused has been removed of charges, he cannot be convicted of the same crime again. This proves again that law and courts doesn’t exactly work well, when the Supreme court have to be called in. Worse yet are the village courts………………………it’s not exactly new that in areas such as Pakistan where the law is often mixed with religion, that women are the worst treated in society. The only difference with this case is that the woman is actually seeking justice. What kind of justice is it when instead of the man being punished by adultery, it is his sister who is gang raped…………………..uh, once again, *point out irony*, rape is a crime………………thus using crime to punish crime is………………..a clear sign that someone need to rewrite the whole legal system in Pakistan. Other cases have included a woman having to marry her father in law who had raped her, a female child married off to an old man for her brother’s crime, and typically cases of gang rapes have occurred in many rural areas. This isn’t just restricted to Pakistan. It happens in India, and one can be sure that it doesn’t stop there.
Mused by Sukunami Taka around 11:13 PM
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