ISLAMABAD: Police in central Pakistan have arrested 10 men for ordering the rape of a woman as revenge for a rape allegedly committed by her brother, officials said Tuesday. The incident happened on March 20 in Toba Tek Singh, a town in Punjab province 275 kilometres (172 miles) southwest of Lahore. “The boy’s family then gave the girl’s family the option of raping any woman in their family,” he said. Revenge rapes often occur in patriarchal Pakistan, where women have fought for their rights for decades. They are often used as a quick measure to settle disputes, usually between men, without going through the country’s lengthy and expensive judicial system.

Source: New Strait Times March 27, 2018 06:45 UTC