Virginry tests for sexual violence survivors are declared illegal in Pakistan

The Supreme Court in Lahore ruled on Monday that the test of virginity had no legal basis, and “wasted the personal dignity of the victims of women”.

After the verdict was made, Judge Aysha Malik said: “The subject of virginity is highly invasive, and there is no scientific and medical demand, yet it was held on behalf of protocols in cases of sexual violence. ”

It's a humiliating practice, used to cast doubt on the victim, ” she declared, follows Periscopi.

In a 2018 report, the UN had said that virginity tests, a suspicious internal examination of women's anthem, were still conducted in 20 different states.

Premarital sex remains a crime in Pakistan for women and men and is punishable by a five-year prison term. /Periscope