Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Lebanon scraps controversial rape law after campaign | Lebanon News
Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday abolished a law that allowed rapists to avoid prison by marrying their victims. A proposal to repeal Article 522 of the penal code – which deals with rape, assault, kidnapping and forced marriage – was introduced last year and approved by a parliamentary committee in February. The repeal of the law, which had been in place since the 1940s, follows years of 
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