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11 Years Ago
This Discussion is about a 15 year old girl who lives in the Maldives Islands, she was Raped by her stepfather, later the baby was killed by him and she gets 100 lashes for being the victim.
It there something wrong here.??
Please visit the link below and sign it, we all have a responsibility to do something about this.
It will take about 7 seconds to do it and can change the world , also if you can post it on to someone you know that will sent it on ..
Thank you in advance
Conor.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/maldives_global/?cdovteb
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11 Years Ago
Thanks everyone for doing this, for those that came by and did nothing, please just type, ( Bump ) into this discussion and press Submit at the bottom, that way this will stay alive in the Discussion Tab.
Thanking you all again for doing this for this little girl.
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11 Years Ago
signed and forwarded... when this girl turns 18, she will be flogged for being raped and having pre-marital sex.. horrific and appalling
11 Years Ago
140 people have seen this,,,,,,,,, eight people have done something about it on Faa, ,,,,,,,,,,, only one other man has signed here,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, one million two hundred and eighty four people world wide have signed the petition, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,You can change these numbers, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, do it.
11 Years Ago
"only one other man has signed here"
I've got 4 year old twins. A boy and a girl. Whenever we're out and about, EVERY stranger that ever says anything about our kids always assumes they're twin girls. My avatar is a photo of my son, Kai. He'll be psyched when I tell him that everyone thinks his dad is a girl too! ;) No worries, Conor... you're not the first on FAA to assume this. I've never given reason to assume I'm a man, I guess.
Good work on posting this.
11 Years Ago
Thanks Dan, Antonie, Karyn, Rebecca, glad to see more men getting involved.
Conor.
Lets keep this going.......................................
11 Years Ago
Thank you so very much, Terri, Darice, Scott, Janine, Natalie, Ricardo,
Much appreciated........................
Keep this going please..................
11 Years Ago
Thank you Robert, Robert, and Harold.
Lets keep it going...... The # is 1,227,817 have signed. Let's get to 1,500,000
11 Years Ago
Not very often do we have an opportunity to do something positive about a case like this, very often it is left up to a jury if it comes to a court, or we complain about it when we hear about it on the TV or Papers, I really don't know if the petition will do any good and if this little girl will ever get some justice for been raped, but we have a responsibility as humans and because we live in a free nation that we have to speak out when something like this happens,
Thank you all for your support in singing the petition and for posting it on facebook.
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11 Years Ago
There is no evidence that that site has made any difference on any issue since it's founding in 2007. It does accept donations. Beyond that, what's it doing??
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11 Years Ago
Dan I think it is high lighting the problem with this subject all over the world, I think if we make noise about this, the countries that allow this $hit to happen might take notice and change the lawn, If we just sit on our hands, nothing will happen and nothing will change, I have spent the day writing to different government departments in the Maldives expressing my disgust with this story, I have also written to all the Tourist Boards in the Maldives telling them that I will do everything in my power to keep people from visiting the Islands of the Maldives.
This happens in America and Ireland too , but the difference is that the courts deal with it and the man gets the whipping ................
Conor
PS
Today is, International women's day
Thank you Ed.
11 Years Ago
Conor, if others are like me, they may be hesitant to click through on a link with limited description about what I am clicking through too.
A little more detail about what this is about in the initial posting might help your cause here.
11 Years Ago
Just signed, Conor.
Regarding Mr Turner's comment it might appear to him that this site makes no difference but how does one measure such things?
Can anyone supply sound evidence that these petitions do indeed make no difference, I doubt it very much. Rather than use this discussion board to promote oneself I suggest that if you disagree with the appeal one should not try to undermine a genuine effort to help this poor girl.
11 Years Ago
Point taken JC and thank you very much for it,
Mike, thank you for those words,. I agree, I loved the way Dan got his Promotion in there, very slick.
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11 Years Ago
OK, I clicked through and voted but did a little research first especially since they wanted my email.
Avaaz is in fact a legitimate organization that is the campaigning community bringing people-powered politics to decision making worldwide. (per their words.) There was very little negative chatter about them, (one blog about their email list being hacked and the emails sold to spammers but it was minor)
It would seem it is actually an organization concerned about issues like the one Conor has linked us to and they do good work.
Certainly worth the research and click for me.
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Thank you JC for that, really appreciated by me.
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11 Years Ago
Thanks David.
Keep this going ...................1,281,307 have signed as of now 9.12 pm Eastern time
11 Years Ago
Thank you, Shana, Camille, Joe, Amber, Ana Maria, Zeana, and Maria..........Much appreciated by me and this little girl.
We in the developed world never think about what happens in these countries when we book a family vacation, A few years back my family and I visited Dubai, a city in the United Arab Emirates, We had a great time, but it was only recently that we learned that it was and still is being built on the sweat of a labour force from India, that get about $2 a day, that are housed in shacks 15 to a room and are treated like cattle.
So please think about your next vacation, the Maldives are a beautiful Island Nation, but just be careful
11 Years Ago
It's hard to believe, but a 15-year-old rape survivor has been sentenced to be whipped 100 times in public! Let's put an end to this lunacy by hitting the Maldives government where it hurts: the tourism industry.
The girl's stepfather is accused of raping her for years and murdering the baby she bore. Now the court says she must be flogged for “sex outside marriage” with a man who has not even been named! President Waheed of the Maldives is already feeling global pressure on this, and we can force him to save this girl and change the law to spare other victims this cruel fate. This is how we can end the War on Women – by standing up every time an outrage like this happens.
Tourism is the big earner for the Maldives elite, including government ministers. Let's build a million-strong petition to President Waheed this week, then threaten the islands' reputation through hard-hitting ads in travel magazines and online until he steps in to save her and abolish this outrageous law. Sign now and share this with everyone!
Conor
11 Years Ago
Thank you Anne, 1,356,427 have signed it as of 8.50 am March 28th
To make a difference you only have to move your index finger three or four times,
Thank you all for your support.
Conor
11 Years Ago
Signed. I can't understand how something like this could happen to someone. It makes me wonder about this world we live in and that man, at times is more savage than any animal on the planet.
11 Years Ago
Thanks Holly, I know, there is a lot of injustice in the world but by signing this petition you did make a difference, and I thank you.
Thank you Paul.
Make a difference.............1,484,259 have signed. as of 8.11 am March 29th
Here is the link again,
http://www.avaaz.org/en/maldives_global/?cdovteb
11 Years Ago
Thanks Lenora for doing this, not enough people stand up and actually do something about there horrific crimes. I would say something if they are bombarded by letters looking for money, but here all they have to do is sign a petition, they do not even need to get up off their as$,
I saw the same thing happen when there was a petition to control The misuse of Guns in this country, the same guns that killed 20 little 5 and 6 year old school children.
I am totally lost for word.
Conor
11 Years Ago
sign,there has to be justice for our children and love ones,there is no safe place in our society,
11 Years Ago
1,722,734 have signed.
Thank you Marilyn, Igor, Randi, Richard and Joseph, you can all be proud of yourself because you stood up and was counted.
Conor