Pakistani gang rape woman launches Supreme Court appeal
Far from the dusty village where she was brutally assaulted three years ago on the orders of a tribal council, Pakistani rape victim Mukhtar Mai appeared before the Supreme Court in the capital today to demand the reinstatement of death sentences for five of her alleged attackers.
Mai has won international praise for speaking out over the June 2002 gang rape but was recently barred by President Gen Pervez Musharraf from visiting the US because he was concerned it would create bad publicity for Pakistan.
