ASTI News

‘Combating acid violence against women’

2013-03-08T12:03:40Z

‘Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) works to eradicate acid violence and improve the lives of its victims, 80% of whom are women. Here, Executive Director Jaf Shah addresses the devastating effects of acid violence, and details the Trust’s work to combat against it’

‘Separate Act sought against burns violence’

2013-03-08T10:43:09Z

KATHMANDU: A 28-year old girl whose identity was not revealed‚ talks about her husband attacking her with acid 12 years ago

Pakistan

2013-03-07T09:43:59Z

‘Tough law sees acid conviction rate triple in past year’. To see the video please follow this link

‘The Crime of His Childhood’

2013-03-04T13:20:02Z

‘On an October afternoon 40 years ago, on a beautiful block in Park Slope, Brooklyn, a crime occurred in a split second that was as permanent as it was cruel’

‘Tough law sees acid attack conviction rate triple in Pakistan’

2013-03-04T11:15:20Z

‘ISLAMABAD: Few have much faith in the Pakistani courts, but campaigners say the conviction rate for acid attacks has tripled since tough new penalties were signed into law in late 2011’

‘TN to bring in law to regulate acid sale’

2013-03-01T13:49:43Z

‘CHENNAI, 27 FEB: Tamil Nadu might become the first state to bring in law to regulate sale of acid in the state’

‘Acid Vengeance’

2013-03-01T13:38:44Z

‘THE SUNDAY STORY India is among a handful of countries that witness the maximum number of horrific acid attacks on women. The male perpetrators disfigure women as a form of revenge. They get hold of the corrosive chemical without difficulty, and have little fear of the law. The victims die a hundred deaths’

‘Nazareth girl seriously wounded in acid attack after refusing marriage proposal’

2013-03-01T12:35:49Z

‘The 16-year-old girl was hospitalized with wounds across upper body’

‘Acid attack survivor speaks against violence’

2013-02-27T12:46:41Z

‘Cape Town-based Zimbabwean woman whose face was disfigured in a horrific acid attack last year, has broken her silence, claiming that her ex-boyfriend could be the one who hired her attackers’

‘Uttar Pradesh to compensate victims of rape and acid attacks’

2013-02-15T11:04:07Z

‘The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a ‘Victim Compensation Scheme’ to provide financial assistance to victims or their dependants, who have suffered loss or injury due to crime like rape, acid attack and human trafficking’