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Pakistan has approved the chemical castration of rapists as part of sweeping new legislation sparked by outcry over the gang-rape of a mother on a motorway.
New laws approved by President Arif Alvi on Tuesday will see rape cases expedited through the courts and create the country’s first national sex offenders register.
“The provision of the chemical castration of repeat as well as first-time sex offenders. was added in the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020”, the President’s office confirmed on Wednesday.
Pakistan is a deeply conservative and patriarchal nation where victims of sexual abuse often are too afraid to speak out, or where criminal complaints are frequently not investigated seriously.
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Pakistan has approved the chemical castration of rapists as part of sweeping new legislation sparked by outcry over the gang rape of a mother on a motorway.
New laws approved by President Arif Alvi on Tuesday will see rape cases expedited through the courts and create the country s first national sex offenders register. The provision of the chemical castration of repeat as well as first-time sex offenders. was added in the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 , the president s office confirmed Wednesday.
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Pakistan is a deeply conservative and patriarchal nation where victims of sexual abuse often are too afraid to speak out, or where criminal complaints are frequently not investigated seriously.
2020-12-16 16:21:58 GMT2020-12-17 00:21:58(Beijing Time) Sina English
In this file photo, people carry signs against a gang rape that occurred along a highway and to condemn violence against women and girls, during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan on September 12, 2020.
Pakistan has approved the chemical castration of rapists as part of sweeping new legislation sparked by outcry over the gang rape of a mother on a motorway.
New laws approved by President Arif Alvi on Tuesday will see rape cases expedited through the courts and create the country’s first national sex offenders register.
“The provision of the chemical castration of repeat as well as first-time sex offenders . was added in the Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020,” the president’s office confirmed on Wednesday.
Pakistan: President Arif Alvi okays new anti-rape ordinanceInternational 2020-12-16, by Editor Comments Off 4
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new anti-rape ordinance has been approved by President Dr Arif Alvi to fast-track cases of sexual violence against women and children.
The Anti-rape Ordinance 2020 entails making special courts to expedite rape cases in Pakistan.
Courts are to wrap up cases within four months, according to the ordinance.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, President Alvi gave details about the ordinance.
It includes anti-rape crisis cells to conduct medico-legal examinations within six hours of a rape and a NADRA database to identify sex offenders.
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