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# Mukhtaran Bibi: Freedom for Pakistani Women

Tim Bray writes about Mukhtaran Bibi, a Pakistani woman who was sentenced by her tribal council to be gang-raped as punishment for a crime of honour. [

[here](http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/06/14/Mukhtaran-Bibi)

]

[NPR](http://www.npr.org/)

had a great story on her on

[All Things Considered](http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2)

yesterday (audio

[here](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703260)

).
The US government continues to covet Pakistan as an ally. I agree that religious freedom is a must for any country; however, religious freedom is outweighed by the need to preserve the equality, dignity, and freedom of all individuals.

Update:

Tom Watson has a great

[commentary](http://tomwatson.typepad.com/tom_watson/2005/06/rape_and_public.html)

on this.

Technorati:

[Pakistan](http://technorati.com/tag/pakistan)

,

[foreign affairs](http://technorati.com/tag/foreign+affairs)

,

[diplomacy](http://technorati.com/tag/diplomacy)

,

[Tim Bray](http://technorati.com/tag/tim+bray)

,

[Mukhtaran Bibi](http://technorati.com/tag/mukhtaran+bibi)