The "marriage effect" Favorite 

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Date: 

Mar 20 2014

Location: 

Maputo, Mozambique

Rights activists in Mozambique have marched through the capital Maputo to protest a colonial era law still included in new legislation that allows rapists to go unpunished if they marry their victims.

The "marriage effect" clause sees convicted rapists given a five-year suspended sentence if they marry their victims and stipulates that the perpetrator should stay married to the victim for at least five years.

External sources: 

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/03/mozambique-activists-protest-agains…
Posted by A Martí on Apr 5 2016

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