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Pakistan Rape Laws |
22 Nov 2006 |
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Last week Pakistan’s parliament approved a bill amending the country’s Islamic laws on rape. The Women’s Protection Bill will seek to amend the heavily criticised Hudood Ordinance laws which insist that a rape victim must provide four male eyewitnesses to the crime.
Jenni talks to lawyer and human rights activist Hina Jilani to discuss just what these amendments are and what they might mean to the victims in a country where, according to the Human Right's Commission, a woman is raped every two hours and gang-raped every eight.Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
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