She is appealing a court decision that acquitted the rapists. Mukhtaran Mai was gang-raped in June on orders of a "panchayat" village council as "punishment" for her younger brother's alleged illicit relations with a woman from a rival tribe.
The rape made international headlines, with women's rights groups demanding justice for Mai and punishment for the rapists. Read more: Religion, 'honor' and Pakistan's 'revenge rape'.
In August , an anti-terrorism court sentenced six out of the 14 accused persons to death. Four of them were sentenced for rape, while the other two were convicted as being members of the village council.
Eight others were released. However, in , the Lahore High Court acquitted five of the six convicts while one person's death penalty was converted to life imprisonment. Mai challenged the decision in the Supreme Court, but her appeal was rejected in In her review petition, Mai requested the apex court to form a larger bench to hear her case, saying that she was dissatisfied with the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court's decisions.
In the meantime,. Mai has gained international recognition for her efforts to improve women's rights. In , she was named "Woman of the year" by Glamour magazine. In an exclusive interview with DW, Mai said she would continue her struggle for women's emancipation irrespective of the impending Supreme Court decision on March DW: Earlier this month, the Pakistani Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of your review petition against the acquittal of 13 people accused in the gang rape to March Why is the legal process taking such a long time to complete?
Mukhtaran Mai: The lawyers can tell you better about the legal issues; I don't really know much about these matters. The accused in the case pleaded that they needed more time and the chief justice granted them that.
Read more: Verna: Pakistani rape film pushes social boundaries. I can't say much about that. All I can say is that it has been a long and difficult struggle for me - from filing a police report in to taking the case to the top court. I trust in God.
I am not sure that the court will rule in my favor. I have been demanding justice for the past 17 years. But I am not doing it for myself.
If it was only about me, I could have left the country. I could have lived my life peacefully. Once you leave the country, you forget about the past ordeals. But I preferred to stay in my country. But I have to tell you that I have not been in my town for the past two years. A family member told DW that Bibi's two daughters were waiting for her in Calgary. Her departure was delayed six months, reportedly due to extreme pressure from the deep state not to speak out against the state when she leaves the country.
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