Rihanna: Repeat Rapists In Pakistan To Be Chemically Castrated Under New Anti-Rape Law

As well as helping to ensure cases are resolved more quickly, the legislation includes the creation of a national sex offenders register and anti-rape crisis cells in public hospitals where victims will be able to register their assault and receive a medical examination within hours of the crime. It also ensures to protect the identity of victims.
Attackers who are found guilty of gang rape will be sentenced to death or life in prison under the new law, cited by CNN, while sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes could face chemical castration; a punishment which involves the use of drugs to reduce libido or sexual activity.
The process is legal in countries including South Korea, Poland, the Czech Republic and in some US states, though Amnesty International has condemned the punishment as ‘cruel’.

Chemical castration “will do nothing to fix a flawed criminal justice system,” @Amnesty’s @Rimmel_Mohydin says. #Pakistan “should focus on the crucial work of reforms that will address the root causes of sexual violence.” https://t.co/HS6pjfS6XL

— Amnesty International South Asia (@amnestysasia) December 16, 2020

When the bill was announced last December, the group released a statement saying the forced chemical castrations would ‘violate Pakistan’s international and constitutional obligations to prohibit torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.’
It continued: ‘Punishments like this will do nothing to fix a flawed criminal justice system. Instead of trying to deflect attention, the authorities should focus on the crucial work of reforms that will address the root causes of sexual violence and give survivors the justice they deserve and the protection they need.’
In the same month the bill was announced, Reuters reported that fewer than 3% of sexual assault or rape cases in Pakistan result in a conviction, according to Karachi-based non-profit War Against Rape.
President Arif Alvi signed the legislation in December after it was approved by Prime Minister Imran Kahn and his cabinet. The government then had 120 days to take the measure to parliament and have it permanently passed into law.

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