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subject:	PAKISTAN: A case of male lust and woman's treatment as sexual commodity--a teenage girl was gang raped for one year by army and police officials
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body text:	Dear [salutation], PAKISTAN: A case of male lust and woman's treatment as sexual commodity--a teenage girl was gang raped for one year by army and police officials Name of victims: 1. Miss Uzma Ayub, daughter of Mohammad Ayub, a daily wage earner 2. Mr. Alam Zeb, son of Mohammad Ayub, a daily wage earner Both are residents of Marwataan Banda, Tehsil Tkht-e-Nasrati of Karak district, Khyber Pakhtoon Kha province Names of alleged perpetrators: 1. Mr. Naseeb Ullah, Amy officer, stationed at Quetta, Balochistan province, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 2. Dr. Iqbal, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 3. Mr. Sajid Khan Mohmand District Police Officer (DPO), district Karak, Khyber Pakhtun Kha province 4. Mr. Mohsin Ali, station house officer (SHO), Takhte Nasrati police station, Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 5. Mr. Hakeem Khan, Assistant Sub Inspector, Takhte Nasrati police station, Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 6. Mr. Amir, ASP, Takhte Nasrati police station, Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 7. Mrs Guleena resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 8. Qamar Ali Khan, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 9. Alam Sardar Ali, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 10. Shakeel, Guley, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 11. Karim Qamar Ali, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 12. Alam Ustad, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province 13. Shakeel, resident of Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province Date of incident: October 2010 Place of incident: Tehsil Takhte Nasrati, Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkha province I am writing to voice my deep concern regarding a teenage girl who was repeatedly raped by several persons in the captivity of army and police officials for almost one year. The victim, Miss Uzma Ayub, was a resident of Marwataan Banda, Tehsil Tkht-e-Nasrati of Karak district, Khyber Pakhtoon Kha province. I am shocked to know that army and police officials kept them for one year in their captivity and authorities were failed to recover her until she came on surface after escape from the illegal detention on September 19, 2011. This was a very shameful act of the government and authorities including the police, armed forces and the judiciary who abandoned a teen age girl to the mercy of her abductors and rapists. It can be stated clearly that the government is responsible for the destruction of her life. I learned that Uzma was abducted when police, along with one army officer, Naseeb Ullah, raided her house in search of his brother in a theft case in early October 2010. She was dragged by the hair into a waiting car, handed over her family's enemies who took her away to an unknown place and locked her in a room. At night several men came into the room, including Dr. Iqbal who gave her an injection and she fell unconscious. She thinks she was shifted two times and every time before the shifting, Dr. Iqbal would give her an injection to make her unconscious. She was sexually assaulted by several men, including Naseeb Ullah, Sardar Ali, Shakeel, Guley, Karim, Qamar Ali, Hakim Khan and Alam Ustad during her incarceration. The last time she was in the custody of two turbaned persons who she suspects of having been sold to. She tried to get their confidence by telling them that she would not escape. One day, they came and informed her that they were taking her to D.I. Khan where she would reside permanently. They got her into a car and on the way they stopped in Bannu for some reason and got out of the car and went away. This proved Uzma's salvation as she got out and ran into a nearby shop. She managed to get to a Public Call Office and telephoned Alamzeb who advised her to reach the Bannu bypass. Uzma had Rs.300/- tied in her 'Narha', a common practice in the rural areas and she was thus able to telephone her brother and take a taxi to reach her brother. Alam zeb was able to find her. Alamzeb took her straight to the Tehsil Court, Takte Nasrati. The enemies tried to obstruct their entry by appearing in a number of vehicles but they managed to make their statement before their arrival. The Judge telephoned the Crimes Investigation Branch and Uzma and family went to Peshawar to have her statement recorded. In her statement she accused Police personnel SHO Mohsin Ali, ASI Hakeem Khan and Amir Ali of sexually abusing her. In all, she named 13 persons as involved in her abduction and rape. To my surprise the army has not taken any action against Naseeb Ullah, who is still serving in the military, after the Peshawar High Court in April 2011 ordered the station commander at Quetta to search for the girl and assure her safe recovery. But neither the police nor army took any action which means that the police and army institutions are complicit in such crimes. I find it shocking that the role of the courts is no different from the police when the cases of violence against women and rapes come before them. The Peshawar High Court's different benches did not help in her recovery. Once the court ordered the police to arrest the perpetrators and after some days the court released them on bail on the grounds that girl was not recovered from them. This is a sheer incompetence, negligence and a gender biased attitude on the part of the judiciary. I am distressed to learn that her parents refused to marry her daughter with the army officer who wanted to make her as his second wife. The girl's age at that time was only 13 and perpetrator's age was 40, whereas his first wife had also refused him to grant permission for his second marriage. The victim and her whole family are now under threat from the perpetrator and still they cannot find any protection from the authorities. They are in hiding and have stopped their children from attending school. It is utterly shocking to realise that the perpetrators are so powerful that even after a committee, formed by the chief minister of Khyber Pukhtun kha for the investigation recommended that the perpetrators be arrested to date not a single person had been taken into custody. I urge you to immediately arrest the perpetrators who are moving freely under the protection of police. They must be prosecuted for their heinous crimes. Furthermore, the police and judicial officers who turned a blind eye to the plight of this young girl must be dismissed from office. Also, the army must take action against an officer who participated in the prolonged abduction, rape and selling of this victim into sexual slavery. Protection and security must be provided to the victim and her family and the government should take responsibility for her medical treatment and provide compensation for her ordeal. Yours sincerely, [fullname] [country]

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