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Afghanistan/South Asia
Pakistan Lifts Ban on Rape Victim
2005-06-16
Pakistan on Wednesday lifted a travel ban on a well-known rape victim, a government spokesman said, days after her name was placed on a list of people barred from leaving the country. The decision came one day after Mukhtar Mai, 36, appealed to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to remove her name from the exit control list, a government roster of people barred from leaving the country. "Yes, I confirm that the government has deleted Mukhtar Mai's name from the ECL (exit control list), and she can travel abroad, if she wants," said Javed Akhtar, the spokesman for Aziz. He gave no other details, and the government has not said why she appeared on the list in the first place.
Why the hell do you think she was on the list?
Posted by:Fred

#6  Washington, Jun 16 (PTI) The US has invited gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai to visit the country after Pakistan government lifted travel restrictions imposed on the woman, whose plight has sparked off worldwide condemnation.
"She is a courageous woman who is a victim of a horrendous crime. Mai is welcome to travel to the US at any time. We have also advised Pakistani officials that she was invited to the US by a Pakistani organisation based in the US", State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack said at a press briefing yesterday. He said Mai met with US Embassy officials yesterday in Islamabad.
"We have had a conversation with Mai -- our Embassy officials have. I'm not at liberty to get into the content to those discussions, but we have met with her", he said.
"We were confronted with, what I can only say, was an outrageous situation where her attackers were ordered to be freed while she had restrictions on her travel placed on her. We conveyed our views about these restrictions to the senior levels of the Pakistani Government", he said.
Asked whether Pakistan had given any explanation for Mai's reported detention over the last couple of days, McCormack said "I'm not aware of the exact content of the conversations between our Embassy and Pakistani officials and Assistant Secretary Rocca and the Pakistani Ambassador here in the United States". Pakistan yesterday lifted travel restrictions on Mai who was repeatedly raped in 2002 on the orders of a tribal jury in Meerwala town as punishment for her brother's alleged affair with a woman of a rival clan. PTI

Posted by: Steve   2005-06-16 09:55  

#5  Need to get her out of Pakistan ASAP, before she gets killed. I'd like to see her on Oprah, telling the truth about how the ROP treats women.
Posted by: Steve   2005-06-16 08:18  

#4  Now if she'd meekly say something about wanting to attend a Conference for Penitent Pets or something, and then seek asylum somewhere in the West...
Posted by: .com   2005-06-16 02:05  

#3  mucky...I'd laugh, but the truth hurts
Posted by: 2b   2005-06-16 00:14  

#2  ooops. me bad. im wuz thinkerin this ment rape viktims were fashenable or sumthin agayn.
Posted by: muck4doo   2005-06-16 00:10  

#1  that's great news!
Posted by: 2b   2005-06-16 00:05  

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