{"id":109256,"date":"2021-11-19T07:54:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=109256"},"modified":"2021-11-19T07:54:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T06:54:39","slug":"pakistan-passes-anti-rape-bill-allowing-chemical-castration-of-serial-rapists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/19\/pakistan-passes-anti-rape-bill-allowing-chemical-castration-of-serial-rapists\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan passes anti-rape bill allowing chemical castration of serial rapists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bill providing chemical castration for serial rapists has been passed in Pakistan, as calls continue to grow for action following several high-profile rape and child sexual abuse cases.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed on 17 November also asks the government to establish special courts to expedite rape trials and ensure sexual abuse cases are decided \u201cexpeditiously, preferably within four months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proposed law will now go to President Arif Alvi for signing. Chemical castration is a drug or hormone treatment that temporarily suppresses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/10\/nscdc-arrest-serial-rapist-in-sokoto\/\">sex drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that his administration was preparing a draft bill that would include exemplary punishment for sex offenders following major countrywide protests triggered by the gang rape of a woman in front of her children on one of the country\u2019s major highways.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, two men were sentenced to death in the case, which rekindled the debate over how to handle the thousands of reported cases of rape and child sexual abuse in the Muslim country of 220 million \u2014 and the countless cases that go unreported.<\/p>\n<p>The Karachi-based nongovernmental organization War Against Rape estimates that less than 3 percent of sexual assault and rape cases result in a conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights campaigners have argued that reforms in Pakistan\u2019s police and judiciary and an increase in awareness campaigns for parents, children, and communities are the best approach to fighting and preventing sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, Amnesty International called chemical castration without consent a \u201ccruel and inhuman\u201d punishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of trying to deflect attention, the [Pakistani] authorities should focus on the crucial work of reforms that will address the root causes of sexual violence and give survivors the justice they deserve,\u201d the London-based human rights watchdog said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Chemical castration is a legal form of punishment for sex crimes in countries including Russia, the Czech Republic, and South Korea, as well as in some U.S. states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bill providing chemical castration for serial rapists has been passed in Pakistan, as calls continue to grow for action following several high-profile rape and child sexual abuse cases. 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