[Lesley Silvester]

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”! 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 and forward this email now to get us to a million:
 
http://www.avaaz.org/en/maldives_global/?tMqXmbb

[HappyHippy]

 
Signed MGOM and shared on facebook - disgusting !

[Odin]

Done it. Over a million at moment.
We had a similar problem around our Northern Towns. A friends daughter became a victim in Keighley and she was found in a body bag still alive. The police said it is now a way of life that we will have to accept.
That was five years ago and only now have things started to change.

[happygolucky]

  never an excuse and never acceptable!!
signed and just hope it helps

[Rosemary]

Signed and shared.

[darkbrowneggs]

Signed and sent, lets hope it makes a difference

[Lesley Silvester]

Thanks, everyone.  The thinking is that if the Maldives government think that people will stop going there for holidays, they will review the situation.  Hit 'em where it hurts - in the pocket.

[HesterF]

Signed and shared - well over a million signees now. I was unlikely ever to go on holiday there but this is terrible.

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[fairhaven]

Signed & shared - situations like this remind me why I prefer animals to people, humans can be so horribly evil.
 

[Brijjy]

Signed and shared on FB.

[doganjo]

Signed and retweeted - 1.5 million and climbing by the second.

[ppd]

Signed by me too

[manian]

signed and shared
 

[deepinthewoods]

and me