On August 1, the lower house of Jordan’s parliament voted to revoke Article 308 of the country’s penal code, which contained a provision allowing rapists to evade criminal prosecution by marrying their victims for at least three years. The move makes Jordan the latest country in the Middle East and North Africa to abolish marry-your-rapist […]

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