[Mrluvaluva]

The suicide of a 16-year-old Moroccan girl who was forced to marry her rapist has provoked outrage from local human rights groups and across the internet.

An online petition, a Facebook page and Twitter users all called for changes to the country's laws after Amina Filali swallowed rat poison on Saturday to protest against her marriage to the man who assaulted her a year earlier.

Article 475 of the Moroccan penal code allows for the "kidnapper" of a minor to marry his victim and escape prosecution.

read more @ Sky


I sometimes wonder what kind of world we live in that would allow such things to happen in this day and age, but am only too aware that many countries have such ridiculous laws. Completely shocking.