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The Brutal Ways In Which Some Clan Councils In South Asia Punish Women

The Brutal Ways In Which Some Clan Councils In South Asia Punish Women

by The Daily Eye Team May 14 2016, 3:47 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 36 secs

In India and other parts of South Asia, clan councils have long worked outside the legal system as enforcers of centuries-old social codes and traditions. Experts say these largely male bodies serve an important function in settling small property disputes and marital discord in remote villages. But their brutal punishments — often aimed at women — have garnered international headlines, and India’s Supreme Court has said these groups should be illegal.

Last month, the Indian state of Maharashtra passed a new law limiting the behavior of clan councils after several disturbing incidents, including one case in which a teenage girl was whipped because she was too scared to say that her father had raped her.

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