U.S. SENATE PASSES COLLINS-FEINSTEIN RESOLUTION CONDEMNING BRUTAL DEATH OF SOMALI TEENAGER

[oberliner]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution condemning the tragic and senseless death by stoning of a 13-year old girl in Somalia.

The resolution, authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and cosponsored by Senators Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), also urges the international community to join the Senate in speaking out against the attack and urges the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to undertake robust efforts to protect women and children and to prevent acts of institutionalized violence against women.

At least 1,000 people watched as the 13-year old girl, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow, was stoned to death in late October in Kismayu, Somalia. Duhulow, whose family said she had been raped by three men, was killed after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants.

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[Merlot]

1. Were there no male senators to sponsor this as well?

[oberliner]

2. Interesting point - no there were not

It was, however, passed by unanimous consent in the Senate.