What the hell is wrong with these people?

This article completely stunned me. The story itself is an injustice but if you look at the last three paragraphs it sounds insane.

"Village councils in conservative rural parts of Pakistan traditionally rule on local disputes, such as when a family's "honour" is purportedly besmirched by allegations of love affairs. The councils can dictate harsh - and sometimes illegal - punishments.

In 2002, another village council near Multan ordered a woman to be gang-raped as punishment for her brother's sexual relations with another woman.

A court later convicted six men who perpetrated the rape and sentenced them to death. They are appealing their sentences."

What the hell is wrong with these people? I know different cultures have different systems that deal with purported crimes and suitable punishments but this is beyond the line. In fact, there probably isn't even a line in these regions. The line is actually a stick and it is used to beat women for mens erratic and unforgivable behaviour. I am all for saving traditional ways of life from the encroachment of global pressure where appropriate but I am also for showing and teaching that these traditional ways of life highlighted in the above article are not just wrong from a Western perspective but wrong from a humanitarian perspective and they need to be changed. Fortunately this is the culture of backwards rural villages in the outlying regions of Pakistan and not reflective of the country as a whole. I think it's time they caught up.