<page_title> Marry-your-rapist law </page_title> <section_title> Laws by country </section_title> <table> <cell> Bahrain <col_header> Country </col_header> </cell> <cell> Article 353 exempts rapists (defined in Article 344) from punishment if they marry their victim. Parliament voted to abolish it on 31 May 2016, but the government is still opposed. <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Parliament voted to abolish Marry-your-rapist law on 31 May 2016 and the Bahraini government reached to repeal the article.