We, the members of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, will remember 19-year-old Chaima Sadou, an Algerian girl who was raped and murdered. As our group consists of families and friends of murdered victims, we stand with the mother who wants the death penalty for the killer.
My
name is Chaima, I’m 19. I was kidnapped, tortured, raped, slaughtered and
burned by my executioner.
A “heinous”
crime that is shaking Algeria
Algeria was
rocked, on Sunday, by a new crime in the series of kidnapping and killing of
children, as this time it came to a tragic accident in which the 18-year-old
girl “Shaima” was victim. Shaima’s body was found in an abandoned fuel station
in Thania, Boumerdes (50 km east of Algiers).
According to the preliminary investigations, the perpetrator of the crime is preceded by the judiciary, and the victim had previously filed a complaint against him for rape in 2016, when she was only 14 years old, and the case remained at a standstill, and the criminal returned to his act and kidnapped Shaima from in front of her house using white weapons. He raped her, then burned her body, and fled.
The mother of the victim sent a letter to President Abdul Majeed Tebboune to implement the death penalty and retribution against her daughter, and said in a video posted on social media that she knows the criminal, and she had previously filed a complaint against him years ago on charges of harassing her daughter.Hundreds of Algerians sympathized with Shaima’s mother, and a number of intellectuals and media professionals commented on the incident on social media.
Journalist Mehrez Rabia wrote: “The result is a bereaved family and suffering or no one consoled, this despicable act and the need to re-activate the death penalty in Algeria.”
Media journalist Leila Bouzidi wrote: “Justice must act immediately and the media rise up in all its forms against those who justify the murderous rapist for his heinous crime and incite violence against women.”
The head of the Algerian Network for the Defense of the Rights of the Child, Abdel-Rahman Arara, confirmed that Algeria records more than 9,000 incidents of sexual assault annually, including incest, rape, sexual abuse, and cases related to kidnapping, and Algeria this year counted 13 cases of child kidnapping this year, without registering Any victim.
The head of the “Nada” association, which is considered one of the most famous associations defending the rights of the child, believes that the mechanisms adopted to combat this phenomenon did not deviate from the security framework, and Arara said: “The measures adopted in Algeria to eliminate this phenomenon focus on security deterrence without any accompanying measures. Targeting children and families of the victims. ”
He added, “Unfortunately, no work is done with social and health actors and no support is provided to the families of the victims.” Once the legal procedures are completed, the family is left to its own potential and struggles with problems, not to mention the tragedy of families who have never found their children.
Algerian law includes about 18 crimes punishable by death, all of which relate to the loss of human life, while Article 293 bis of the Penal Code states that the punishment for the crime of kidnapping ranges from 10 to 20 years in prison, and may reach death, if the kidnapped person dies.
Legal experts believe that Algeria will proceed with the implementation of this punishment, even though it has signed the International Agreement on Civil and Human Rights.
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The hashtag #JeSuisChaima was one of the most shared on Twitter on
Monday. the hashtag #JeSuisChaima was one of the most shared on Twitter on
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October 06, 2020 11:25 |
“My daughter was murdered and burnt. I call for the application of the death penalty! That’s all I ask,” the victim’s mother said, who also sought the intervention of Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Kidnaped, raped and killed: Chaima Sadou case stirs death penalty debate in Algeria
Family of victim calls for
imposition of the death penalty against suspect
#JeSuisChaima one of the most
shared hashtags on Twitter
ALGIERS: Kidnapped, raped and then burned, this is the sad story of the young Chaima Sadou, 19, whose charred body was found on Oct. 2 in an abandoned gas station in Thenia, a town located about sixty kilometers east of the Algerian capital.
His murderer, identified as Rayan, was a young offender already known to the authorities following a complaint filed by the victim’s family against him in 2016.
In a press conference, the public prosecutor revealed more details about the murder. It was learned that the alleged killer had presented himself to local authorities “to inform that his friend was burned at an abandoned gas station.”
According to the statement of the culprit, the facts date back to Oct. 1, around 3p.m., at the scene of the crime. The prosecutor reported that the criminal said he stayed with the victim for only seven minutes before she asked him to bring her food because she was hungry. Once at a distance of five meters from where he left her, he saw smoke rising from the place in question.
“An investigation was immediately launched, and the victim’s body examined. Several bruises, as well as large wounds on the back of her skull and on the top of her left thigh were found,” said the prosecutor.
Following his appearance before the attorney general, the murderer ended up confessing that he lured the victim to the abandoned place, where he raped, beat and burned her after he doused her with gasoline.
The alleged perpetrator was subsequently charged with rape and premeditated murder with the use of torture and barbaric methods. The investigating judge ordered that the suspect be remanded in prison.
Indignation and the death penalty
The gruesome murder sparked great indignation and consternation throughout Algeria. The affair quickly caused a stir across the country, even in France and on social networks where the hashtag #JeSuisChaima was one of the most shared on Twitter on Monday.
The family of the victim has called for the imposition of death sentence against the suspect.
“My daughter was
murdered and burnt. I call for the application of the death penalty! That’s all
I ask,” the victim’s mother said, who
also sought the intervention of Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Tebboune recently ordered the application of maximum sentences, after pressure from large sections of society calling for the reimposition of the death penalty, without possible relief or pardon against those convicted of kidnapping.
‘Not a modern sanction’
In an interview with Arabnews.fr, Mustapha Khiati, the president of the National Foundation for the Promotion of Health and the Development of Research (FOREM), said he was in favor of Algeria’s application of the death penalty against those convicted for rape and the murder.
He said that over the past 20 years, Algeria has recorded an average of one to two kidnappings per year.
“Countries are free to choose the laws which suit them ... there is a strong movement in public opinion which is in favor of an exemption to apply the death penalty against criminals responsible for three crimes in one (kidnap, followed by rape, then murder),” Khiati explained.
On the other hand, jurists and human rights activists believe that the death penalty was not a modern sanction and pointed at statistics to show it was not deterrent against committing crimes.
This was the opinion of lawyer Zakaria Benlahrech, who pointed out that the Algerian government has imposed a moratorium on the death penalty since 1993. No death penalty has been carried out since that date.
On the contrary, “as a defender of human rights, I am categorically against the death penalty, regardless of the situation or the crime committed,” he said.
Benlahrech also said that Algeria has ratified the international conventions relating to human rights, in particular the international pact relating to civil and political rights in 1989 which enshrined the right to life, the ban on torture and inhuman treatment and degrading.
“The death penalty violates one of the most fundamental rights, the right to life. This is the cruelest, most inhuman and degrading punishment there is. The death penalty is discriminatory,” he said.
To support his point of view, Benlahrech cited international statistics which indicate that crimes did not increase in countries that have abolished the death penalty, and countries that kept the death penalty and executed those death row did not result to a reduction in crime rates.
“On the contrary, in certain non-abolitionist countries, it has even increased”, he affirmed.
Algeria continues to impose the
death penalty to dozens of cases each year, especially in terrorism cases, but
this penalty has not carried out since 1993.
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Justice For Chaima
2020-10-05 Tommy Olovsson
Chaima Sadou, 19 years old, was raped, stabbed, and burned
alive. She was found burned in an abandoned petrol station at the entrance to
Thenia city in Boumerdes, Algeria.
My name is Chaima, I’m 19. I was kidnapped, tortured,
raped, slaughtered and burned by my executioner.
My charred body was found at an abandoned gas station in
Ténia, Boumerdes. My body was so burnt, it was hard to identify me.
Today I’m no longer here to defend myself but I call on
you to defend my memory and do me justice.
I was raped by the same monster 4 years ago in 2016 when I
was only 15.
I was harassed by his mother for filing a complaint and he
ended up raping me again and burning me for breaking the fake taboos and
breaking the silence.
I was burned because I reported my rapist and today, on
social media, my outfit is being reported!
Today I am no longer here he raped me and burned me for
revenge.
He took my life, he deprived me of my youth and instead of
claiming justice, my clothes are accused.
My name is Chaima, I was only 19 and I was doubly
murdered.
Murdered by my executioner and by the justice of my
country that could not protect me.
My only sin is being a woman in a country where rape,
sexual harassment and femicide are trivialized.
From where I am, I call on my sisters to mobilize! To give
myself a voice, me who has been condemned to eternal silence.
Algerian women, get out! Walk Shout out! Ask for justice!
Innounce social media that the world can know that in my country, women are
raped, killed, burned and worse, condemned for their outfits!
Walk for my memory! Today is me and tomorrow may be one of
you!
Sabiha Nalouf. October 04, 2020
May your soul regain peace.
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