Mukhtar Mai
Mukhtar Gets Married
By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check
March 18, 2009 - 1:47pm
Because her brother was accused of having an affair, Mukhtar Mai was gang raped on the streets of her Pakistani village in 2002 as tribally sanctioned punishment. Instead of killing herself in shame, as is often done, Munkhtar, who also goes as Mukhtaran Bibi, took her attackers to court.
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