What was said in the email :
" Dear friends,
16 year old Liz was walking home from her grandfather’s funeral when she was ambushed by six men who took turns raping her and then threw her unconscious body down a 6-meter toilet pit. Their punishment? Police had them mow their station lawn, then let them go free!
Liz’s horror story has sent shockwaves through Kenya and now politicians and the police are under pressure to respond. But women's groups in Kenya say nothing will truly change unless the government is put under the global spotlight. They are calling on us urgently to help ensure justice is done and that Liz’s nightmare marks a turning-point in Kenya’s rape epidemic.
Nobody has been brought to justice -- not the rapists, and not the police. Today, we change that. Let's stand with Liz right now, before her attackers and the police escape. Click below to get justice for Liz and help make sure no girl anywhere suffers this violence:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/
According to the girl’s mother, after they were set free, the rapists returned to Liz’s home to taunt the family. They acted like they were above the law, and they had good reason to think so. Because of ridiculous bureaucratic requirements, the police logged Liz’s attack as mere "assault" and asked her mother to “clean her up”, destroying key forensic evidence. Now her rapists are free and Liz is in a wheelchair.
Liz’s story is an extreme example of a much bigger problem. In Kenya, two thirds of school girls and half of school boys have been sexually abused. And earlier this year, a landmark court ruling found police guilty of failing to do their jobs and ordered them to uphold Kenya’s strict anti-rape laws. Rape is illegal everywhere, but too often these laws are just not enforced by the men charged with protecting our daughters. Beginning with Liz, we can change that.
The police claim that they don’t have the money or training to uphold the law. But you don’t need much training to know that cutting the grass is no punishment for rape. If we can help ensure these rapists and police are held to account, we can set a precedent that will compel police to treat rape as a crime, not a misdemeanor. Sign up now for justice for Liz and to help end the war on girls:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/
PS: Liz is a pseudonym given by the news outlet that broke her story and has since been widely used. She is not pictured here.
PPS - This campaign was started by a member of our community in Kenya."
PPS - This campaign was started by a member of our community in Kenya."
Are you as baffled as I? As outraged? To even dismiss this with a blink of an eye! I mean really so much ignorance and disrespect . "The police claim that that don't have the money or training ti uphold the law." That is such bs. Lock them up in prison! You don't need that much training just to do that do you? The poice officers don't they have daughters, nieces or cousins? What if it was someone from thei family? Surely they won't just bat their eyelashes and say "We don't have the money or training to help you.".
I'll stop now cause I might just write profanities. I wanted to share this to help spread the world and help other girls like Liz in Kenya.
I'll stop now cause I might just write profanities. I wanted to share this to help spread the world and help other girls like Liz in Kenya.
till next time.
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