https://apnews.com/article/madagascar-castration-law-andry-rajoelina-rape-criticism-d5efb32b72e48929f95fae1e6d7baefd ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s Parliament has passed a law allowing for the chemical and, in some cases, surgical castration of those found guilty of the rape of a minor, prompting criticism from international rights groups, but also finding support from activists in the country who say it’s an appropriate deterrent to curb a “rape culture.”
Parliament in the Indian Ocean island nation of 28 million passed the law on Feb. 2 and the Senate, the upper house, approved it last week. It must now be ratified by the High Constitutional Court and signed into law by President Andry Rajoelina, who first raised the issue in December. His government proposed the law change.
Justice Minister Landy Mbolatiana Randriamanantenasoa said it’s a necessary move because of an increase in cases of rape against children. In 2023, 600 cases of the rape of a minor were recorded, she said, and 133 already in January this year.
“Madagascar is a sovereign country which has the right to modify its laws in relation to circumstances and in the general interest of the people,” Randriamanantenasoa said. “The current penal code has not been enough to curb the perpetrators of these offenses.”
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Surgical castration “will always be pronounced” for those guilty of raping a child under the age of 10, according to the law’s wording. Cases of rape against children between the ages of 10 and 13 will be punished by surgical or chemical castration. The rape of minors aged between 14 and 17 will be punished by chemical castration. Offenders also now face sterner sentences of up to life in prison as well as castration. “We wanted to protect children much more. The younger the child, the greater the punishment,” Randriamanantenasoa said. Chemical castration is the use of drugs to block hormones and decrease sexual desire. It is generally reversible by stopping the drugs. Surgical castration is a permanent procedure. Several countries and some U.S. states — including California and Florida — allow for chemical castration for some sex offenders. Surgical castration as a punishment is much rarer. The use of both is highly contentious. Madagascar’s new law was criticized by rights group Amnesty International as “inhuman and degrading treatment” that was inconsistent with the country’s constitutional laws. The law should rather focus on protecting victims, said Nciko wa Nciko, an advisor for Madagascar at Amnesty.
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“On the island, complaint procedures and trials are not carried out anonymously,” he said. “There is a lack of confidence in the Malagasy criminal justice system, due to opacity and corruption. And reprisals against rape victims are frequent. However, the law does not combat these factors.” He added that surgical castration was a problematic criminal sentence if anyone who underwent it was later exonerated of a crime on appeal. He also raised doubts over the capabilities of medical authorities to carry out the procedures. But amid the criticism, some activists in Madagascar agree with the change in the law because nothing else seems to be working. “There really is a rape culture in Madagascar,” said Jessica Lolonirina Nivoseheno of the Women Break the Silence group, which campaigns against rape and supports victims. “We are in the process of normalizing certain cases of sexual violence, also minimizing the seriousness of these cases.” "(The new law) is progress, because it is a deterrent punishment. This could prevent potential attackers from taking action ... but only if we, as citizens, are aware of the existence and importance of this new penalty.” ___
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>>1265893 >Madagascar Parliament passes law to castrate child rapist mass migration of french and british diplomats incoming..
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>>1265893 I'm buying plane tickets to Madagascar for troons.
This will solve a lot of problems for my country.
troon troons troony trooooooooooons
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>>1265912 >Madagascar Buy a ticket for yourself, and make this a better country.
Maybe you'd better not, you may come back nutless.
Although you may like that, as you'll be half way there to transitioning
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>>1265893 This is a weird hardcore stance for the gouverment to take considering Madagascar is one of the most popular "We do not care what any kid over the age of 12 does with their lives" countries and where its considered weird and wrong to not have had sexual activity up until highschool.
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>>1266000 The age of consent is 14 in Madagascar. If you are going after women before they've hit sexual maturity you are a weirdo.
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>>1266002 >The age of consent is 14 in Madagascar My point exactly. For a place that doesn't care at all what teens do, giving them the power to decide who gets surgically castrated sounds problematic.
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>>1266008 I know this will be hard for your American brain to handle but in most other countries kids stop being minors when they're 14-16. America is considered to be prudish and insanely overprotective of their children.
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>>1266020 Hell, they're still dumb as shit at 21.
No wonder your countries are fucked up.
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>>1266020 Age of majority is 18 in 95% of the world you literal retard. Its only Muslim nations where its 16.
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>>1266047 Age of majority and age of consent are two different things.
>>1266020 Unironic pedo defender
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>>1266049 In countries like Saudia Arabia kids as young as 10 drive cars and in Germany they drink beer
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>>1266049 When you people unironically think fucking a 17 year old makes you a pedo then hell yes I'm a pedo defender, so are 99% of the rest of straight men.
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