
- Govina DAMY, 2 minutes reading
A historic turning point in the fight against sexual violence against children was marked yesterday, July 10, 2025, at the Anosy Court. In Courtroom 5, judges delivered an unprecedented verdict, sentencing the perpetrator to life with hard labor under the new law on chemical castration. For the first time since the adoption of Law No. 2023-006, which came into effect in August 2023, Malagasy justice has applied this maximum penalty following the particularly brutal rape of a 6-year-old girl, which occurred in Imerintsiatosika on March 3, 2024. The case had deeply shocked the public.