Kenya chief justice acts against 'grass cutting' rapists

Imagine rapists being given grass cutting as punishment for rape. I say hang them by the balls until they bleed to death. Where is that petition? I need to sign it too!

Kenya's chief justice said on Saturday he had ordered "immediate action" over a case where men accused of brutally gang raping a schoolgirl were ordered to cut grass as punishment. The ferocious attack on the teenage girl and the lack of action against those who carried it out sparked outrage in the country, while over 1.3 million people worldwide have signed a petition demanding justice. 

The 16-year-old, known as pseudonym Liz, was reportedly attacked, beaten and then raped by six men as she returned from her grandfather's funeral in western Kenya in June, before the gang dumped her, bleeding and unconscious, in a deep sewage ditch. On Thursday, hundreds of protestors marched through Nairobi wearing T-shirts with the slogan "Justice for Liz" and draping dozens of pairs of women's knickers along the fence of the police station. 

Nebila Abdulmelik of the women's rights campaign group Femnet launched the petition demanding justice. "Our immediate task is for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators, and then disciplinary action at the police who failed to take action, because we feel that they embolden others to rape," Abdulmelik said during the demonstration. 

Rape is a major problem in Kenya. Studies say it is often not taken seriously by the police, with a devastating impact on victims. 

"Sexual violence is demoralizing ... I may look OK on the outside, but on the inside I'm just a time bomb... I can't be a good mother, I can't be a good friend," one Kenyan rape survivor told AFP. 

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Culled from timesofindia