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Two sisters sentenced to be raped in India after their brother ran off with married woman
TWO sisters have been sentenced to be raped and then paraded naked as punishment for their brother running off and potentially impregnating a married woman.
(Stock image) The sisters and their family have been forced to flee the village
The sick ruling was ordered by an unelected all-male council in a remote village in the Baghpat district of northern India, just outside Delhi.
The girls aged 23 and 15 have been forced to leave their home with the remainder of their family according to Amnesty International.
News outlets in the country have revealed that the sister's brother, Ravi, fell in love with a woman from the Jat caste, a higher caste than him and his family who are Dalit the lowest in India's caste system and are referred to as 'untouchable'.
On July 31 the village council deemed the appropriate punishment for Ravi running away with a married woman from a higher caste was for his sisters to be raped.
Amnesty International have launched a petition appealing for India's authorities to intervene.
In the appeal the human rights NGO said: "Unelected village councils such as this are widespread in parts of India.
"More often than not they are made up of older men from dominant castes, who prescribe rules for social behaviour and interaction in villages.
"Nothing could justify this abhorrent punishment. It's not fair. It's not right. And it's against the law."