The New York Times recently carried a report on the increasing number of instances in Pakistan where violent men resort to acid attacks on women for mere subjugation, where the victims are helpless, and the perpetrators go scot-free. Unbelievably tragic, yet terribly true.
Naeema Azar, whom Nicholas Kristoff interviewed, and who had once been an attractive, self-confident Pakistani real estate agent, had acid thrown at her, blinding her and burning most of her face.
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Kristoff points out that acid attacks and wife burnings are common in parts of Asia because the victims are the most voiceless in these societies: they are poor and female.
![India’s Law Commission Suggests Life Term for Acid Attack]( "India’s Law Commission Suggests Life Term for Acid Attack")
Dismayed by increasing instances of acid attacks, especially on women, the Law Commission of India has suggested sentencing up to life term to combat the problem.
Since 1994, Bukhari has documented 7,800 cases of women who were deliberately burned, scalded or subjected to acid attacks, just in the Islamabad area.
Kristoff writes, "The most haunting part of my visit with Azar, aside from seeing her face, was a remark by her 12-year-old son, Ahsan Shah, who lovingly leads her around everywhere."
"He told me that in one house where they stayed for a time after the attack, a man upstairs used to beat his wife every day and taunt her, saying: 'You see the woman downstairs who was burned by her husband? I'll burn you just the same way'," Kristoff added.
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Kristoff points out that acid attacks and wife burnings are common in parts of Asia because the victims are the most voiceless in these societies: they are poor and female.
India’s Law Commission Suggests Life Term for Acid Attack
Dismayed by increasing instances of acid attacks, especially on women, the Law Commission of India has suggested sentencing up to life term to combat the problem.
Since 1994, Bukhari has documented 7,800 cases of women who were deliberately burned, scalded or subjected to acid attacks, just in the Islamabad area.
Kristoff writes, "The most haunting part of my visit with Azar, aside from seeing her face, was a remark by her 12-year-old son, Ahsan Shah, who lovingly leads her around everywhere."
"He told me that in one house where they stayed for a time after the attack, a man upstairs used to beat his wife every day and taunt her, saying: 'You see the woman downstairs who was burned by her husband? I'll burn you just the same way'," Kristoff added.
Source: ANI
TAN/L
Yet Another Woman Battles for Life After Acid Attack in Karnataka
Horrible fate in the form of an acid attack struck another victim on Friday. Anjamma Digamber, a 38 year old woman working in the government higher primary school at Rekulgi,
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 Acid Attacks – Scarring Bodies And SoulsIt's a chilling tale of boundless horrors. Since the last eight years, sixty women in Karnataka have been victimized by acid, thrown at them by spurned lovers or spouses. |
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