In Pakistan, targeting a woman for the alleged crimes of her family members is not uncommon. There are regular reports of feuds being settled through women being burned with acid, mutilated, raped or even killed.
Pakistan's penal code even has a specific law relating to stripping a woman and exposing her in public. It is punishable by life imprisonment or death.
"I want them punished, though it won't help me much," says Shahnaz Bibi.
"Before all this, I was poor but I had a respectable life, I was happy. But after something like this, my life is finished," she weeps.
"How can I go back to a village where every single person has seen me naked? I feel ashamed even to show my face to my own brothers and sisters."
BBC News - Horror story of Pakistani woman forced to parade naked
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