Sudan gang rape in Sudan arouses great indignation and mobilization on social media. This is the gang rape of a woman by twenty men who threatened her with knives. The drama took place on New Year’s Eve on the Nile road in Khartoum. Unfortunately, no prosecution has been taken to find the perpetrators of the rape. This case continues to create outrage.
After several days, the hashtag #WeAreWithYou spread across Twitter. This Monday, January 11, 2021, several groups organized demonstrations to denounce the impunity that reigns in the country.
Sudan Gang rape, a keystone of violence against women in this country
This Sudan gand rape aggravates and accentuates the grumbling of the streets. Using a sign that read « Silence is not consent, » Rayan Mohammed Salih admonished the attendance. She is a member of the Soudanese Women Revolution collective.
“It’s recent weeks a Darfurian woman named Muwada was killed by her husband who shot her while she was pregnant,” she said. “In Gedarif, a child was raped and then killed. And so on. Violence against women has become a habit in our society, ”she said.
“Why couldn’t I have a law that protects me from these crimes, that gives me the courage to come and file a complaint and assert my rights? Why am I getting raped and harassed when the criminal is still running? « . These are the questions of Rayan Mohammed Salih.
Need to criminalize Sudan gang rape
The activist, demands that rape be recognized as a crime in its own right. It was with this in mind that she delivered a letter of complaint to a representative of the Ministry of Justice. For Rayan, if the victims of Sudan gang rape do not talk about it and do not come forward, it is because the rape is seen as dishonor by families.
« The police and the state have not made any statement about the New Year’s crime. Since the tragedy, we know nothing about this girl, she has not filed a complaint because she is afraid of the eyes of society, to no longer have a place there, ”she said. “The girls are afraid to go and file a complaint. And if they do, the first question they are asked is « How were you dressed? This is no justification! » She added.
It should be remembered that while the transitional government has promised to defend the rights of women, the fight is still far from won.n
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