Canada ire over teen's rape death
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April 13, 2013, Saturday
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CANADA is looking further into the case of a teenage girl who hanged herself after an alleged rape and months of bullying, after a photo said to be of the assault was shared online and no charges were filed against four teenage boys being investigated.
The death of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons last Sunday has provoked an outcry across North America, and Nova Scotia's justice minister said on Thursday that he has appointed four departments to look into her case.
The government came under criticism after Justice Minister Ross Landry initially ruled out the possibility of reviewing how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police handled allegations that Parsons was sexually assaulted in November 2011. Police concluded there were no grounds to charge the four teenage boys after a year-long investigation.
Landry later changed course, saying he has asked senior officials for options to review how the Mounties and the Public Prosecution Service concluded they could not file charges.
A group reported to be the cyber-activist hackers Anonymous said it would avenge the teen's death. In a public statement released online on Thursday, the group criticized officials involved in the investigation of the alleged rape and bullying and said it was in the process of confirming the identities of the accused rapists.
Leah Parsons said her daughter hanged herself last week. Parsons said one boy took a photo of the alleged assault and her daughter was subjected to bullying after it went viral.
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter told the province's legislature that he wanted a timely response.
A vigil for the teen was held in Halifax on Thursday night. Her father posted a message on his website saying his daughter struggled to recover after being publicly humiliated.
Glen Canning's post, entitled "Rehtaeh Parsons was my daughter," says she "wasn't bullied to death, she was disappointed to death. Disappointed in people she thought she could trust, her school, and the police."
The death of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons last Sunday has provoked an outcry across North America, and Nova Scotia's justice minister said on Thursday that he has appointed four departments to look into her case.
The government came under criticism after Justice Minister Ross Landry initially ruled out the possibility of reviewing how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police handled allegations that Parsons was sexually assaulted in November 2011. Police concluded there were no grounds to charge the four teenage boys after a year-long investigation.
Landry later changed course, saying he has asked senior officials for options to review how the Mounties and the Public Prosecution Service concluded they could not file charges.
A group reported to be the cyber-activist hackers Anonymous said it would avenge the teen's death. In a public statement released online on Thursday, the group criticized officials involved in the investigation of the alleged rape and bullying and said it was in the process of confirming the identities of the accused rapists.
Leah Parsons said her daughter hanged herself last week. Parsons said one boy took a photo of the alleged assault and her daughter was subjected to bullying after it went viral.
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter told the province's legislature that he wanted a timely response.
A vigil for the teen was held in Halifax on Thursday night. Her father posted a message on his website saying his daughter struggled to recover after being publicly humiliated.
Glen Canning's post, entitled "Rehtaeh Parsons was my daughter," says she "wasn't bullied to death, she was disappointed to death. Disappointed in people she thought she could trust, her school, and the police."
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