A court in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has sentenced two armed forces officers to serve heavy prison sentences for female genital mutilation, the state attorney general announced on Friday. The victim was a soldier. In addition to the prison sentences, the court ordered the two land army captains to pay a fine of […]
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Tsipras: We resubmit the amendment rejected by ND for the recognition of ‘feminicide’
“We are re-submitting the amendment for the institutional recognition of the term” feminicide “”, emphasizes the president of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in a post on his personal Facebook page. He calls on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “to acknowledge his mistake” and to reject the amendment a few days […]
Costas Tsiaras: Law drafting for domestic violence
By Panagiotis Stathis The formation of a Legislative Drafting Committee that will elaborate and change the legal framework for domestic violence is revealed by the Minister of Justice, Costas Tsiaras, in view of the escalation of female homicides in Greece. Mr. Tsiaras referred to the issue on the occasion of the bill submitted to Parliament […]