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Pakistani Teen Sentenced To Death For ‘Adultery.’ She Was Brutally Raped By Her Cousin.

Amanda Prestigiacomo

A teenage girl from Pakistan faces a sentence of death by stoning after she reported being brutally raped in her family home in Rajanpur, on Friday.

The 19-year-old claims her cousin, Khalil Ahmed, placed a gun to her head and demanded she not cry out as he viciously raped her. The victim reported the rape to the village panchayat, a tribal council of Islamic elders operating outside of the government. The council, which was comprised of local men, including the father of her attacker, deemed the girl a Kari, or an adulteress, and accused the victim of seducing her cousin.

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