The world’s worst punishment for rape?
David Sievers - Avaaz.org avaaz@avaaz.org
Dear friends, 16 year old Liz was walking home from her grandfathers funeral when she was ambushed by six men who took turns raping her and then threw her unconscious body down a 6-meter toilet pit.
Their punishment? Police had them mow their station lawn, then let them go free! 
Liza,s horror story has sent the same kind of shockwaves through Kenya that the Delhi gang rape created in India. Now politicians and the police are under pressure to respond. But women's groups in Kenya say nothing will truly change unless the government is put under the global spotlight. They are calling on us urgently to help ensure justice is done and that Lizâs nightmare marks a turning-point in Kenyas rape epidemic. 
Nobody has been brought to justice -- not the rapists, and not the police. Today, we change that. Let's stand with Liz right now, before her attackers and the police escape. Click below to get justice for Liz and help make sure no girl anywhere suffers this violence: 
http://www.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_liz_in/?byTYUcb&v=30724 
According to the girls mother, after they were set free, the rapists returned to Lizas home to taunt the family. They acted like they were above the law, and they had good reason to think so. Because of ridiculous bureaucratic requirements, the police logged Lizâs attack as mere "assault" and asked her mother to clean her up , destroying key forensic evidence. Now her rapists are free and Liz is in a wheel-chair. 
Lizâs story is an extreme example of a much bigger problem. In Kenya, two thirds of school girls and half of school boys have been sexually abused.And earlier this year, a landmark court ruling found police guilty of failing to do their jobs and ordered them to uphold Kenyas strict anti-rape laws. Rape is illegal everywhere, but too often these laws are just not enforced by the men charged with protecting our daughters. Beginning with Liz, we can change that in Kenya as we are working to change it India. 
The police claim that they dont have the money or training to uphold the law. But you dont need much training to know that cutting the grass is no punishment for rape. If we can help ensure these rapists and police are held to account, we can set a precedent that will compel police to treat rape as a crime, not a misdemeanour. Sign up now for justice for Liz and to help end the war on girls:  
http://www.avaaz.org/en/justice_for_liz_in/?byTYUcb&v=30724 
Avaaz members have a track record for standing up against rape all over the world -- we recently got the Indian government to commit to a multi-billion rupee national education campaign to combat the problem there. While we can never undo what happened to Liz, we can keep it from happening again. Lets do it. 
With hope and determination, 
David, Anne, Sam, Bissan, Oli, Ricken, Emily and the whole Avaaz team 
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