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Human Rights Watch: Palestinian women victims of systemic violence
davkakach:
The joys of the "religion of peace"... (hat tip to JihadWatch)
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/November/middleeast_November104.xml§ion=middleeast&col=
RAMALLAH, West Bank - A new report paints an alarming picture of the abuse of women in the Palestinian territories, with police, courts and government agencies failing to treat violence such as rape and beatings as a crime.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch cited practices such as rape victims being forced to marry assailants and light sentences for men who kill female relatives suspected of adultery. It said families, tribal leaders and authorities, backed by tradition and discriminatory laws, often sacrifice victims’ interests for family honor.’
The problem is only getting worse with growing poverty and lawlessness in the West Bank and Gaza, the report said.
According to a survey by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics of more than 4,000 households in December 2005 and January 2006, 23 percent of the women said they had experienced domestic violence, but just over 1 percent filed a complaint. Two-thirds said they were subjected to psychological abuse at home.
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Mair said Human Rights Watch singled out the Palestinian territories -- as opposed to investigating abuses in another traditional societies -- because of concern that the abuse will increase and because some Palestinian government officials have signaled they are ready for change. This made us optimistic we have something to work with,’ she said.
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The report, based on dozens of interviews with victims, social workers, lawyers and police chiefs in the West Bank and Gaza, found that abusers are granted virtual immunity.
Rapists who marry their victims are not prosecuted, and such deals are often arranged by the families, tribal leaders and local police chiefs.
Even those assigned to protect the victims often push for such an outcome. The director of the West Bank’s only shelter for teenage girls is quoted as saying she arranged five such marriages in her six-year tenure.
The law is lenient with men who kill female relatives because of adultery. Yet it bars rape and incest victims from having abortions. Rape within marriage is not considered a crime, the report said.
TheCoon:
A hallmark of evil cultures is how they treat women.
Scriabin:
--- Quote from: thunderbolt on November 07, 2006, 11:31:24 AM ---A hallmark of evil cultures is how they treat women.
--- End quote ---
A hallmark of evil culture is the bad behavior of women.
Women influence men and not the other way around.
TheCoon:
Ridiculous.
Are you suggesting that women in muslim, east asian and black african countries have more power than men? That simply isn't true. A hallmark of evil culture is their mistreatment of women, just as mistreatment of Jews is a hallmark of an evil civilization.
I've seen a very anti-woman attitude developing on this forum and I quite frankly hate it. It takes a real cowardly scum of a man to persecute women.
Scriabin:
--- Quote from: thunderbolt on November 07, 2006, 01:08:40 PM ---Ridiculous.
Are you suggesting that women in muslim, east asian and black african countries have more power than men? That simply isn't true. A hallmark of evil culture is their mistreatment of women, just as mistreatment of Jews is a hallmark of an evil civilization.
I've seen a very anti-woman attitude developing on this forum and I quite frankly hate it. It takes a real cowardly scum of a man to persecute women.
--- End quote ---
Muslim men feel compelled to cover and mistreat their women for that very reason...because of the power that women have over them. Does that make it ok? Of course not.
You should be careful before you defame another person as being 'cowardly,' anti-woman scum'. I have very good reasons to back up my arguments. If you want to debate fine. Otherwise, adios.
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