Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow
In November 2008, 13 year old Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow was raped by three men. When her father reported the rape to the local Somalian authorities (actually a rebel militia), Aisha was arrested for adultery and sentenced to death (although it is not clear what the judicial process involved in this "sentencing" was, if any).
She was taken to a football stadium with a crowd of approximately one thousand people watching. A lorry load of stones was delivered to the stadium especially for the execution.
She was partially buried alive.
Then 50 men threw stones at her until she looked like she might be dead. They had her dug up, and had nurses check whether she was still alive or not.
She was - so they buried her back again and continued throwing stones at her until she dies.
When one of the spectators tried to rescue Aisha, the militiamen opened fire inside the stadium. A boy was caught in the fire and killed.
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I know this sounds horrible. It is horrible. It's inhuman, monstrous, mind boggling in its cruelty. Religion and insurgency combine to paint a picture of humanity so debased as to be all but unrecognisable.
Bit it all started with a rape; and the rape is just one of many. If it weren't for the fact that the depraved militiamen decided to make a show of the execution of the victim, we would never even have heard about it.
Because it takes a public stoning to make us talk about rape. Rape itself is shrouded in silence.
And silence is the enemy.
So please click on these URLs today guys. It costs you nothing, and it might help other girls like Aisha who are routinely being raped and mutilated across Africa and much of the rest of the world.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/
http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/
http://scienceblogs.com/bioephemera/
http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/
http://scienceblogs.com/authority/
http://scienceblogs.com/drugmonkey/
http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/