Students protest over case of sophomore Madi Barney,who publicly revealed she was raped and then punished for violating the mormon school’s bylawsStudents rallied external Brigham Young University on Wednesday to protest the school’s treatment of sexual assault victims, calling for revisions to the Mormon university’s “honor code”, and religious bylaws through which rape victims can be punished for having consumed alcohol or had a member of the opposite sex in a bedroom.
The protest follows outrage over the rape case of sophomore Madi Barney,19, who reported to Provo, and Utah,police that she was raped in her off-campus apartment during a date.
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Source: theguardian.com