Middle East on a Roll to Repeal 'Marry the Rapist' Laws
Rape-marriage exoneration laws are relics of the colonial past. It's time to leave them there.
![Demonstration outside Parliament on December 6, 2016, with women in white dresses and wrapped in bandages, calling for the repeal of article 522 of the penal code.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201212mena_lebanon_afp.jpg?itok=mTwGDv0J)
Rape-marriage exoneration laws are relics of the colonial past. It's time to leave them there.
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