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| Rights group condemns ’acid’ sentence | |
| 2003-12-16 | |
| Pakistan’s Human Rights Commission on Monday called a sentence imposed on a 19-year-old man "horrifying." The teen was found guilty of throwing acid into the face of his 17-year-old fiancée and blinding her. A judge sentenced the man to seven years in jail but also ordered that he have acid thrown in his face and that the sentence be carried out in public. The commission said that the punishment would not deter crime. Instead, it said banning the sale of corrosive substances would help stop acid attacks. Yeah that’ll do it. "Justice based on an ’eye for an eye’ can never lead to the creation of a less crime-ridden and less violent society," it said. The commission also condemned the judge’s ruling that the sentence be carried out in public, calling it an "obscene spectacle." Mohammed Sajid was found guilty in June of attacking his fiancée in Bahawalpur, about 500 kilometres southwest of Islamabad, after a minor argument. In his verdict, Judge Afzal Sharif said the sentence was "an Islamic way of doing justice." So let me get this straight... Pakistan has a human rights commission???
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| Posted by:Rafael |
| #2 Makes you think there might be hope yet for Pakistan. Public is good. Watch even more cowards. That will probably do a lot of good. Nothing like exposing them and what they believe in for what they are. And just remember, when corrosive substances are banned, only criminals will have corrosived substances. |
| Posted by: Michael 2003-12-16 10:01:31 AM |
| #1 I'm going to paraphrase an old Saturday Night Live sketch (lines spoken by Dan Akroyd,in relation to an abortion, for his debate opponent's mother): "Normally, I would be a strong opponent of (Sharia law /eye-for-an-eye) practice, but - in this particular case - not only would I support (the sentence), but I would gladly perform (the task) myself." I am utterly amazed at the frequency of the acid-maiming sceanrio in Southwest Asia, as well as the impunity with which it is typically carried out. I detest bullies who terrorize others. Don't tell me that similar frequent sentences (along with castration by blowtorch) wouldn't deter this practoice - bullies are always cowards (ain't that right Saddam?!?). |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2003-12-16 6:56:51 AM |