The title of this piece was taken from cnn.com webpage headline last November 2, 2008. According from the said article, the girl was stoned to death watched by at least 1,000 spectators in a packed stadium.
This happened in Somalia, specifically in Kismayo last October 27, 2008.
I really do not know a lot about the specifics of the story but suffice it to say that what caught my attention are two facts that are beyond any dispute.
1. The subject was the victim, why is she the one condemned and punished?
2. The victim was only 13 years old, assuming (by a generous bending of logic) that it was her fault, any decent country shouldn’t be executing individuals - especially if they are minors.
I am tempted to ask about the perpetrators of the rape. Where are they now? From the said article, they were three (3) and nothing was mentioned about them.
There must be really something wrong with the society when the accused suddenly becomes the accuser and are ironically sided by the authorities/government.
The background of the society and government that made this possible is that such is an impoverished mixture with a strong flavor of military adventurism and a religious Islamic fervor.
Somalia is a country wallowing in poverty with no functioning government, warlords have been battling for military supremacy since 1991 and the same cycle of violence and senseless killing and execution is still happening up to this very second.
“The child suffered a horrendous death at the behest of the armed opposition groups Kismayo”, this was according to David Copeman, an Amnesty International Somalia campaigner.
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