Pakistani court suspends rape ruling

Given all the interest among the bloggers in the Mukhtar Mai/Bibi case, I thought you might all like to see this:

Rape ruling in Pakistan suspended

An Islamic court in Pakistan has suspended a High Court ruling that acquitted five men in a high-profile rape case.

The Islamic – or Sharia – judges ordered the rape victim, Mukhtar Mai, and all the defendants in the case to attend a new hearing.

A tribal council allegedly ordered the rape in February 2002 as punishment for a crime attributed to Ms Mai’s brother.

Rights groups had expressed shock at last week’s acquittals.

Rest of the story (BBC News)