ANAA stands for the Asian American Network Against Abuse (of Human Rights). The Association has brought forth the tribulations of Mukhtaran Mai and Shazia Khalid and Aisha Parween. The President Amna Buttar had organized a peaceful rally in Pakistan against the suspension of Iftikhar Chaudhry and reported she was sexually harrassed.
ln the words of Amna:
"I am in Pakistan now, and was at supreme court protest.
I was going inside the gate with the crowd when several police men wearing anti terrorist squad tshirts started grabbing me and starting touching my butt and other private areas. I realized that I was being pushed into a group of men whose purpose was to inappropriately touch me and I turned around and started to walk out of the gate and then this one guy pushed me down and got on top of me started to really go after me and touch my pubic area and I was in a sajda position kneeled with him on top of me. I was finally able to wiggle out from under him, and that is how I got scraped on my left knee and ankle. I have a six inch laceration non my left knee, and a two inch one on my ankle. My left arm is entirely bruised, and I have bruises on my neck and back.
I am sure that I was marked for this terrorization.
They were showing this on GEO ... not that this woman was assaulted but some clips of what went down that day. The crowd was wild, climbing over the gates, pushing and shoving, eventually breaking through the police lines. It was very far from a peaceful protest.
Anyway, what happened to her is not acceptable. Hopefully they will catch the officers, but I doubt it if she didn't see who assaulted her.
Is that picture of her, before or after the sexual harrassment?
Not that it matters, she wasn't a free-for-all touching object. I really hope no one condone's the behavior of the men, saying it's her fault. Like really.
Looking at this pic - lagta hay - woman in question - kuch zeeda hee jazbati ho gaee the “during protest”.
(what a gulabi English / Urdu I have written - please ignore it).
My point is - if u just listen to what police is saying - they have no reason to touch you - may be she resisted - tried not to listen to police etc. God knows that the circumstances were. She is only telling one side of the story - what does the other side say?
amna buttar is a publicity hungry megalomaniac, so I would take any of her accounts with a grain of salt. If something did hapen though, then it is deplorable and the people need to be apprehended and pimp slapped all day.
Unfortunately in our homeland the 'right' thing to do is not always the most practical thing to do; what is practical is having a 'ghar ka admi' (male) with the girl when she goes out or for her to stay at home.
