WTF??? India village council orders rapes of two sisters

[arcane1]

The rights group Amnesty International has called on Indian authorities to ensure the safety of two young women after their local village council ordered them to be raped and paraded naked after their brother eloped with a married woman.

The unelected all-male village council in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, on July 30 ordered that a woman, 23, and her sister, 15, be raped and paraded naked with their faces blackened after their brother ran away with a woman from the village's dominant Jat caste.

The sisters and their family, from the lower Dalit caste, have since fled the village and are hiding in New Delhi.

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/08/india-village-council-orders-rapes-sisters-150829145847675.html

Are we all losing our fucking minds????

[HassleCat]

1. Hillbillies all over the world

I know it's tempting to think they're primitive, from a primitive culture, etc. but please remember we have a county clerk who thinks it's her job to invoke Jesus, refuse to issue marriage licenses, and inform people they're going to burn in hell. We're a little better, I guess, but how much better?

[cali]

2. I wish you had come up with a better comparison.

[COLGATE4]

3. I wish circumstances were so (s)he didn't have to. nt

[pnwmom]

6. Our justice system at least AIMS for justice, even though it too often fails. Theirs supports

vigilantes wreaking vengeance on entirely innocent bystanders.

As flawed as our justice system is, it's a great deal better than this.

[Marrah_G]

4. I am trying not to vomit..... how can this happen, even in India?

This is outrageous!!!!!!

[niyad]

5. the hatred for females in this world is beyond insanity

and I am sure we all remember this from just last week:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141184592
16-year-old 'gang raped and her eyes gouged out by her sister on the orders of a local pastor'

[smirkymonkey]

8. I have no words for this sickness.

It is beyond my comprehension. How can men be so horrible?

[niyad]

9. one does wonder--the insanity of hating the very beings who brought you life is beyond

comprehension.

[BlueJazz]

7. I've been to those parts of India. No-Thank-You. Last time I spoke my mind on the culture..

..it got hid.

[niyad]

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