Mukhtaran Bibi
Rape survivor and one of Pakistan's most prominent rights activists [EPA] · Pakistan · On the map · Writers · Born 1972 · age 54
Mukhtaran Bibi, now known as Mukhtār Mā'ī, is a Pakistani human rights activist from the village of Meerwala, located in the rural tehsil of Jatoi in the Muzaffargarh District of Punjab, Pakistan.
Mukhtaran Bibi is read about 70 times a day, in 26 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 111 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Also in Deutsch
Awards
About this person
In June 2002, Mā'ī was the victim of a gang-rape sanctioned by a tribal council of the local Mastoi clan, as a form of 'honour revenge'; the council ruling was a result of a dispute between the wealthier Mastoi Baloch clan and Mā'ī's Tatla caste.