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Man to die for acid attack on wife, aged 9
Independent Online ^
| July 29, 2003
Posted on 07/30/2003 9:08:12 AM PDT by 6323cd
Dhaka - A 24-year-old man was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for throwing acid on his nine-year-old bride, disfiguring and blinding her for life, prosecution lawyers said on Tuesday.
A special tribunal in the industrial town of Gazipur, 35km north of the capital Dhaka, handed down the death sentence on Swapan Gazi after a lengthy trial. The tribunal also fined him.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:08:12 AM PDT
by
6323cd
To: 6323cd
If they're gonna kill him, I think an acid bath may be an appropriate method....
2
posted on
07/30/2003 9:10:48 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: 6323cd
His wife is 9 years old?
To: 6323cd
At least the Hindus put some value on the girl's life---unlike the "religion of peace."
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:13:25 AM PDT
by
far sider
To: 6323cd
Why didn't you post the entire article?
The Acid Survivors Foundation, a charity working for the acid victims, said the use of acid in domestic violence is on the rise in Bangladesh. The victims of acid attacks are usually women and girls.
To: new cruelty
So it says!
Seems to be a cultural pastime in this part of the world; see this.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:14:29 AM PDT
by
6323cd
To: ValerieUSA
Wasn't sure about rules for posting from this site - don't want to get thread pulled.....
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:15:08 AM PDT
by
6323cd
To: far sider
Totally true!
8
posted on
07/30/2003 9:15:52 AM PDT
by
6323cd
To: 6323cd
er... gee... thanks for the link. I think.
To: 6323cd
Man to die for acid attack on wife, aged 9
July 29 2003 at 01:18PM
Dhaka - A 24-year-old man was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for throwing acid on his nine-year-old bride, disfiguring and blinding her for life, prosecution lawyers said on Tuesday.
A special tribunal in the industrial town of Gazipur, 35km north of the capital Dhaka, handed down the death sentence on Swapan Gazi after a lengthy trial. The tribunal also fined him.
The acid attack occurred five years ago after Gazi tried to establish sexual relations with his nine-year-old wife Monira Begum, who refused to go to her husband's home.
The Acid Survivors Foundation, a charity working for the acid victims, said the use of acid in domestic violence is on the rise in Bangladesh. The victims of acid attacks are usually women and girls.
The foundation also helped pay for treatment of Begum's scarred face in Spain, while the government of Bangladesh provided her with legal support.
The attack occurred after Gazi tried to establish sexual relations with his 9-year-old wife.
The government recently toughened laws against perpetrators of acid attacks, implementing the possibility of capital punishment for the offence.
Child marriages are banned in Bangladesh under the law, but the practice is nevertheless prevalent mostly in rural villages. - Sapa-DPA
To: 6323cd
The acid attack occurred five years ago after Gazi tried to establish sexual relations with his nine-year-old wife Monira Begum, who refused to go to her husband's home. Poor girl.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:17:52 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
To: 6323cd
Yeah great guy..great culture..
Lets bring more of this kind of "diversity" here
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:18:57 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: far sider
Bangladesh is a Moslem country.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:20:55 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: 6323cd
Personally I would limb the prick with a chain saw and leave him for dead, all the while I would encourage onlookers to piss on him as he died...
To: Tribune7
In Bangledash one can marry a 9 year old? What a country!
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:24:27 AM PDT
by
Dante3
To: 6323cd
If he had just stuck to Islamic law and beaten his 9 year old wife with his fists this would never had made the paper in Bangladesh.
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posted on
07/30/2003 9:26:02 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: ValerieUSA
Her parents must be exceedingly proud of the marriage they arranged.
To: 6323cd
Wasn't sure about rules for posting from this site - don't want to get thread pulled..... If it's not one of these:
LA TIMES
Washington Post
Newsday
ChicagoTribune
Newsweek
MSNBC
Baltimore Sun
Hartford Courant
CT Times Mirror
Orlando Sun-Sentinel
WPIX
blackvoices.com
then go ahead and post the full text. There are many more company names on the LA Times/Washpost subsidiary list (linked on the FR mainpage if you want to double-check), but most of them don't publish news articles.
To: Tribune7
Thank you for the correction. I apologize for making an uninformed smartalec comment
To: MD_Willington_1976
you forgot the part about throwing rocksalt on the wounds and the salad fork in each eye
Just wanted to be clear
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