Wednesday 30 January 2013

Say Sorry To The Rapists

Pirates and kidnappers. that's what I think of when Somalia is mentioned. And poverty. There's plenty of that. Dignity is not high on the list and women sit forlorn and hopeless in the dredges at the bottom.
A 27-year-old Somalian woman claims she was raped by police. They are not happy. She was dragged before the courts to explain herself, and say why she was "offending the dignity of a national institution," and threatening the image of Somalia.
Was she supposed to say sorry, won't do it again and can you pass on sincere apologies to the police officers involved? Why do they always blame the women, everywhere, for flaunting themselves, behaving provocatively or getting drunk?
Somalia may be beautiful country. I'll never know. To me it will always be a hell hole.

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