Pregnant Woman 'Brutally Attacked' by Relatives
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
A pregnant woman was beaten by her husband, her brother-in-law and mother-in-law overnight on Thursday for allegedly losing the water bill.
Media reports said on Friday that Fatima al-Nashar might lose her baby after her husband Sultan Kas-ha, his brother Othman and their mother Naeima brutally hit her.
Fatima was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit at the Islamic hospital in Tripoli.
The Lebanese state doesn't include any article concerning domestic violence despite the fact that it covers other forms of physical abuse.
In November, KAFA (enough) Violence and Exploitation recently launched in partnership with the Internal Security Forces a campaign under the title, “We have a mission, If you're threatened, do not hesitate to call 112”, in an attempt to protect women subjected to domestic violence.
According to a statement by the NGO the campaign aims at “rebuilding trust between women victims of violence and the ISF, and informing the public of the ISF’s ongoing preparations to provide women with the protection they need.”
10 January 2014, 10:05
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Sultan, Othman and the woman are prominent Naharnet bloggers who go by the pseudonyms flamecatcher, geha and gabby14. wa qad iqtada al tawdi7
10 January 2014, 13:21
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Hello Imbecile, another cheap attempt to say idiocies.
I want to point out one positive fact in the article above despite the atrocity of the situation : THEY PAY THEIR BILLS
Can't say as much about Hezbollah sheep... don't try and teach others lessons.
We "true Lebanese" pay our bills and treat our women like queens. Unlike you Hezbollah gorillaz and Salafis... go hide in your pitiful ghettos and shut up !
10 January 2014, 13:53
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Nope ... it's just a point you cannot argue against.
Lows are the levels you reach when you invent lies about me !
10 January 2014, 14:27
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You seem to be very familiar with all sorts of drugs.
Hezbollah bootcamp has taught you well. Master Yoda is dead ... Darth Hassan has smoked all the force out of him !
May the force be with against you ...
10 January 2014, 15:45
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Lolololol. Good point. They can start paying for services rather than being squatters and then talk.
10 January 2014, 17:13
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if you're so preoccupied with bills, go tell this to the people of akkar, they are the ones with the smallest bill collection ratios.
10 January 2014, 17:27
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If you know a thing or two about statistics, you will find that ratios are irrelevant to prove your point. It's population that counts. Akkar residents don't even constitute a fifth of Hezbollah followers who don't pay their bills.
They are also amongst the poorest in Lebanon meaning they cannot afford anything that consumes much electricity.
Your cheap rhetoric is failing you again and again ...
10 January 2014, 17:32
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tsss more and more pathetic. instead of accusing others, just make sure your own doorstep is clean.
10 January 2014, 18:19
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bta3emlo 3amletkon wa btetbarra2o menna. 3ayb ya flamecatcher. why beat your wife? but why did you get your brother geha and mother gabby14 involved? 3ayb ya jame3a
10 January 2014, 14:27
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you do not to make it sectarian. From their names we can assume that those persons are from Akkar. Yes we all know that muslims (sunnis) in Akkar are very poor and underdeveloped and there are very few government initiatives that help bring forward this population.
10 January 2014, 17:12
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stop pointing your finger always in the same blind direction banini.
this was one rare case where sunni and shia were united, sad but true...
10 January 2014, 17:12
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"On June 23, 2011, Dar al-Ifta, which is the religious Sunni authority in Lebanon, issued a statement reiterating the “unequivocal refusal of any draft law that violates the provisions of Islam under shiny titles, such as protection against violence.”
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Despite the deep political rift between Sunnis and Shiites in Lebanon, clerics from both sects agreed on the refusal of the draft law. At the beginning of May 2011, Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem announced his opposition to an article in the law that stipulates the following: “Whoever coerces his wife by violence and threat into sexual intercourse shall be imprisoned for offense of domestic violence.” This article made both Sunnis and Shiites coordinate a movement rejecting women’s protection."
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/07/womens-rights-activists-lebanon-domestic-violence-law.html
10 January 2014, 18:21
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That's the point: making you sicker and sicker and sicker, not only physically, but more so mentally.
10 January 2014, 19:23
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_mowaten_, You are correct and the bill was killed and never made it into law. The real issue should be, if the general public is accepting off this refusal to enact the law to protect women from domestic abuse. Now, granted, a large portion of the population isn't behaving this way but laws aren't in place based on percentages, they are rather implemented to protect all. The sad case here remains that it is socially accepted in Lebanon to behave this way and the laws will not prosecute the offenders in this case that could result in murder charges if the baby is lost. If the clerics are fine with this and objects to the drafted law, is the public fine with it. Judging by the comments on this story, as sad as this case is, it is handled with jokes and political rhetoric. I assure you, if this happens to a family member of mine, the law is the last thing on my mind and the last thing the perpetrators have to worry about.
11 January 2014, 02:43
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Disgusting. If I were her brother or father, ..... Shame on you people. This is what happened to Lebanon under the current Saudi/Iranian tyranny. Give the government back to civilized people.
