May 27,2007 MULTAN -
Pakistan’s internationally known gang-rape victim Mukhtar Mai yesterday said she has resigned as head of a government centre for women in distress.
Mai said that her decision was in protest at a move to replace her with a woman from the ruling party at the crisis centre in her village of Mirwala in Punjab province.
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Apr 11,2007 Lahore -
Gangrape victim Mukhtar Mai, who became a voice against women's abuse in the highly male dominated conservative society in rural Pakistan has earned many enemies, amongst them feudal lords and even government officials, according to noted American columnist Nicholas Kristof.
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Apr 26,2006 Washington -
Mukhtar Mai, who is here to receive a number of awards, was hosted at a
well-attended reception at the Pakistan embassy on Monday evening.
“My slogan is to end oppression through education,” Mai said in brief
remarks on the occasion. She thanked the embassy, particularly Ambassador
Jehangir Karamat, for inviting her. She recited two lines from a poem,
which said that dark clouds never remain there forever and the day will
dawn when women - mothers and sisters - would be accorded their due place
in society.
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Mar 12,2006 Pakistan -
Five thousand women, led in part by rape victim and campaigner
Mukhtar Mai, protested in Pakistan for equal rights.
Jan 22,2006 New York -
An interview with Mukhtar Mai in the United Nations scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled because of pressure from Pakistan's government, according to the New York Times.
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Nov 28,2005 Lahore -
Devoting Life to Oppressed Women and Education
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Oct 25,2005 Pakistan -
Clinton to introduce Mukhtar Mai in US
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Sep 7,2005 SouthAsia (BBC) -
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said his country should not be singled out for its treatment of women.
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June 29,2005 ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -
Pakistan wants to ensure gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai finds justice, President Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday, as he invited women from around the world to come and tell of their abuse and recommend solutions.
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June 26,2005 BBC -
Armed men have attacked and burned a girls' school in Afghanistan
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June 24,2005 ISLAMABAD -
Rice Snubs Musharraf Over Mukhtar Mai Episode
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June 18,2005 WASHINGTON -
Mukhtar Mai to be allowed to travel to US
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June 17,2005 ISLAMABAD -
Pakistan on Wednesday lifted a travel ban on a well-known rape victim, days after her name was placed on a list of people barred from leaving the country.
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June 16,2005 WASHINGTON -
US outraged at Mukhtar Mai's suppression
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June 15,2005 ISLAMABAD -
Karamat scuttled Pakistan gang rape victim's Amnesty visit
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June 13,2005 RAWALPINDI -
Airports put on alert to stop gang-rape victim from travelling
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June 11,2005 BBC -
The victim of a notorious Pakistan gang rape says she is being
prevented from moving freely or leaving the country.
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June 10,2005 New Zealand -
Mai place under house arrest
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May 20, 2005 ADNAN R. KHAN -
Treated like property, Pakistani women fight futilely against 'honour crimes'
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May 16, 2005 ISLAMABAD -
Mukhtar Mai who was allegedly gang-raped three years ago, will have to wait for another four months in her pursuit of justice because there is no chance of an early hearing for her in the Supreme Court.
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Mar 29, 2005 MD MALIK -
The authorities have re-arrested four accused in the Mukhtar Mai rape case on the directives of President General Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz after the victim met the PM for seeking justice in the case.
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Mar 3, 2005 BBC -
Five men sentenced to death in a high-profile gang-rape case in
the Pakistani province of Punjab have been acquitted on appeal.
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A total of 14 men originally stood trial in a special anti-terrorism court
in Dera Ghazi Khan in August 2002 but only six of them were convicted -
four alleged rapists and two panchayat (tribal council) members.
Defence lawyer Mohammad Salim said: "Justice has been done. The verdict of
the anti-terrorism court in August 2002 was largely influenced by media
hype and government pressure."
Ms Mai broke down on hearing the appeal verdict.
"I will go to appeal. I will go anywhere, wherever is necessary... to get
my right," she told the Reuters news agency.
Human rights lawyer, Hina Jilani, said there should have been a retrial.
"It was much more desirable to ensure that justice is done to the victim
and the impunity that prevails in the country with regard to how gang rape
cases are dealt with," she said.
The panchayat in Meerwala, southern Punjab, had found Ms Mai's younger
brother, Shakoor, guilty of raping a girl from the village's powerful
Mastoi clan.
It was later revealed in a conventional court that the 12-year-old had in
fact been kidnapped and sexually assaulted by the same men who later made
up his jury.
It was alleged that Ms Mai was then taken away to be raped in revenge for
her brother's supposed crime.
None of the 150 men present responded to her pleas for mercy, she said.
Ms Mai became famous after the rape for human rights work and pursuing the
case through the courts, although she said she faced threats from her
alleged attackers' supporters.
She built two schools in her village with the $9,400 compensation money she
was awarded.
"Education will play a very, very important role in changing the minds of
men. Without these schools, my life would be nothing," she told the BBC
news website last year.
"Even if I don't succeed in my struggle," she says, "I'll keep trying until
my death."
Tribal courts are effectively the only system of justice in many rural
areas of Pakistan, traditionally relying on resolving disputes between
whole families.
Women often suffer "honour punishments" to pay for crimes attributed to
relatives.
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Aug 24, 2002 MULTAN -
The Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court will give
its verdict on the Meerwala gang-rape case on Aug 27 as both
prosecution and defence concluded their arguments.
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June, 2002 PAKISTAN -
In June 2002, 30-year-old Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped on the orders of a council of tribal elders from her village of Meerwala, Pakistan.
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"I hope to make education more readily available to girls, to teach
them that no woman should ever go through what happened to me,
and I eventually hope to open more school branches in this area of
Pakistan. I need your support to kill illiteracy and to help make
tomorrow's women stronger. This is my goal in life."
"Actually, the women of my area are unaware of their rights. Yes, some
women are afraid to empathise with me. They are afraid of men, conservative
social values and the male dominated society. "
"In our school, we teach girls the regular syllabus as well as special
chapters on women's rights, human rights and women empowerment.
--- Mukhtar Mai
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