Caning Date Set for Muslim Sex Victim
From Times Wire Reports
A 17-year-old Muslim girl in Nigeria who rights groups say was forced by her father to have sex with three men will be flogged Jan. 27 for breaking a law against premarital sex, a judge said. The sentence--180 lashes with a cane--will be carried out despite an appeal by the federal government to suspend the punishment, said Judge Idris Usman Gusau. The sentence has prompted an outcry from human rights groups, which fear that the girl, Bariya Ibrahim Magazu, might die during the lashing.
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