Monday,May 31,2010
The crime against the girl, who is a resident of village Mokryo, Taluka Nagarparker, district Tharparker, was allegedly perpetrated on January 24 by a local Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Ramzan Khoso, and his associates, Habibullah Khoso, Ghulam Nabi Khoso, and Veero Maharaj.
Kolhi's parents, local villagers and activists from groups including the Dalit Solidarity Network have asserted that medical authorities, government officials and the media are complicit in protecting the assailants.
After the incident, Kohli's father issued a complaint of the kidnapping and rape, known as a First Investigative Report or FIR, in Pakistan, to authorities. Rape falls under Section 365-B in Pakistan's penal code, and is an un-bailable offense. In spite of this, all of the accused rapists were released from detention, and none have been charged in the rape.
A medical examination, conducted a month after the incident by authorities, was deemed inconclusive because of the time that elapsed between the exam and the attack.
Locals and activists are alleging that hospital and police authorities deliberately ignored Kolhi and stalled the justice process, under the influence of the local political bosses.
Protesters at a rally earlier this month outside the Karachi Press Club are calling for a response from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah.
Days after the protests, on March 8, a local Dalit group reported that another teenager, aged 15 years, was kidnapped and 'forcibly married to a Muslim influential.'
http://www.thenews.com.pk/
Jan Khaskheli reports that:
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Sindh Taskforce, the alleged abductors, Mumtaz and his father Talib Hingorjo, have threatened the community to stay quite on the issue or else they would kidnap other girls from the community.
NOTE - Dalit Solidarity Network (DSN) ,Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCM) ,Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and Various local Hindu (Dalit) org. are involved including SCRM.
Below is Link to confirm this ----
http://www.thenews.com.pk/
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/
Kastoori Appealing For Justice (Pakistan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
PML(N) Ladies wing joins for justice with Kastoori (Pakistan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Protest for Justice to Kastoori Kolhi Nagarparkar Girl (Sindh-Pakistan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Pakistan Hindu Post (PHP) has sent you an invitation to sign the petition "Ensure human rights protection of a minority rape victim in Pakistan" on Change.org.
Please Click the link below to view the petition.
http://humanrights.change.org/
