Rights Activists In Mozambique Dispute Law Allowing Rapists To Marry Victims

Agence France-Presse: Outrage as Mozambique keeps law allowing rapists to wed victims
“Rights activists in Mozambique Thursday marched through the capital Maputo to protest a colonial era law still included in new legislation that allows rapists to go unpunished if they marry their victims…” (Jackson, 3/20).

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