“They wear pink saris and go after corrupt officials and boorish men with sticks and axes.” Reading this, I had to read to the whole BBC article about those bad ass Indian feminists. The pink women of Banda shun political parties and NGOs because, in the words of their feisty leader, Sampat Pal Devi, “they […]
Technorati tags: guardian, news, judge, mobile, phone, frenzy Mobile phones can be annoying. Personally I would hate it if I was a judge and had some cell phone ringing during a court session. That’s one of the times when you really be making use of your answering service. Or if you don’t wanna go as […]
Remember the Saudi woman who was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail for, well, being gang raped? She has confessed to an affair according to the Saudi justice minister. He said that the victim “confessed to doing what God has forbidden…The charged girl is a married woman who confessed to having an […]
Technorati tags: news, bbc, brazil, shock, horror, victim, rape, jail Today’s horror story hails from Brazil: In Abaestetuba, in the state of Para, a young woman was left in a police cell with 20 to 30 guys for a month and repeatedly sexually abused. The girl was reportedly arrested on suspicion of theft but wasn’t […]