/news/ en office@asti.org.uk Copyright 2013 2013-03-08T13:03:40+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/combating-acid-violence-against-women/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/combating-acid-violence-against-women/ ‘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’
ASTI news 2013-03-08T12:03:40+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/separate-act-sought-against-burns-violence/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/separate-act-sought-against-burns-violence/ KATHMANDU: A 28-year old girl whose identity was not revealed‚ talks about her husband attacking her with acid 12 years ago
ASTI news 2013-03-08T10:43:09+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/pakistan/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/pakistan/ ‘Tough law sees acid conviction rate triple in past year’. To see the video please follow this link
ASTI news 2013-03-07T09:43:59+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/the-crime-of-his-childhood/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/the-crime-of-his-childhood/ ‘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’
ASTI news 2013-03-04T13:20:02+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/tough-law-sees-acid-attack-conviction-rate-triple-in-pakistan/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/tough-law-sees-acid-attack-conviction-rate-triple-in-pakistan/ ‘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’
ASTI news 2013-03-04T11:15:20+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/tn-to-bring-in-law-to-regulate-acid-sale/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/tn-to-bring-in-law-to-regulate-acid-sale/ ‘CHENNAI, 27 FEB: Tamil Nadu might become the first state to bring in law to regulate sale of acid in the state’
ASTI news 2013-03-01T13:49:43+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/acid-vengeance/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/acid-vengeance/ ‘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’
ASTI news 2013-03-01T13:38:44+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/nazareth-girl-seriously-wounded-in-acid-attack-after-refusing-marriage-prop/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/nazareth-girl-seriously-wounded-in-acid-attack-after-refusing-marriage-prop/ ‘The 16-year-old girl was hospitalized with wounds across upper body’
ASTI news 2013-03-01T12:35:49+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/acid-attack-survivor-speaks-against-violence/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/acid-attack-survivor-speaks-against-violence/ ‘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’
ASTI news 2013-02-27T12:46:41+00:00 http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/uttar-pradesh-to-compensate-victims-of-rape-and-acid-attacks/ http://www.acidviolence.org/index.php/news/uttar-pradesh-to-compensate-victims-of-rape-and-acid-attacks/ ‘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’
ASTI news 2013-02-15T11:04:07+00:00