Arifa Bibi stoned to death by her family in Pakistan for owning a cell phone

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A young mother of two has been put to death in Pakistan for possessing a cell phone.

Arifa Bibi was sentenced to death by stoning by a Pakistani tribal court, and was executed on July 11 at the hands of her family. Her uncle, cousins and other family members threw stones at the woman until she died, all because she had a mobile phone. She was buried in the desert far away from her home village, and according to reports, her family was not permitted to be involved in her funeral.

Stoning has been a common sentence in countries like Pakistan for a long time and is used against women and other vulnerable groups. Since the stoning of Arifa Bibi this summer, women’s rights groups have launched an even stronger campaign to put a ban on stoning.

Naureen Shameem, representative for women’s rights group Women Living Under Muslim Laws, says that stoning is used against women in particular as a way to control them.

“Stoning is a cruel and hideous punishment,” said Shameem. “It is a form of torturing someone to death. It is one of the most brutal forms of violence perpetrated against women in order to control and punish their sexuality and basic freedoms.”

The Asian Human Rights Commission explained the act of stoning against women in a recent press release.

“Stoning to death is a barbaric act from a primitive society,” reads the press release. “Society is sent the message that violence is the way to deal with women and other vulnerable groups. Women’s rights are negated through the use of these forms of punishment. Pakistani society has degenerated to the point that, for a woman, keeping a cell phone has become serious crime. It is treated as a worse crime than gang rape, murder and bomb blasts, through which many people are killed on a daily basis.”

Groups are currently petitioning the United Nations to enact a worldwide ban on stoning. It is not known what progress has been made on that front.

 

[acri1]

I blame American foreign policy.

 

[theworldismine13]

it's allah's will

 

[Dooby]

Can't help but laugh at this

 

[www.THUG.com]

She got ahead of herself

 

[Blackking]

what the reason that the area went backward over the last 40 years? These is more outrageous goofy tribal shyt than ever.

if someone says islam, lol i'm going to smack u....

 

[88m3]

It's a cultural thing who are we to judge them

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Wow, the audacity of that bytch.

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[88m3]

Wow, the audacity of that bytch.

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Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't rape her first for such a breach of social contract.

 

[Good Guy Guevara]

These people live in the Stone Age

 

[Mr.Black]

she was a treacherous heathen, praise be to allah for such swift justice

 

[50CentStan]

These people live in the Stone Age

I see what u did there

Sad story but these comments on here

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

These people live in the Stone Age

nah but definitely the medieval age

 

[the cac mamba]

islam

 

[The Real]

I blame American foreign policy.

To be fair, one of the reasons the rule of law is so weak in northwestern Pakistan, where this happened, is because of routine US bombings and the war in Afghanistan. Destabilizing the region allows these barbaric practices to flourish. Obviously that doesn't mean it's just the US's fault, since these practices are certainly native to the region, but our foreign policy isn't exactly making it any easier for the government to eradicate these tribal councils and other illegal forms of authority.