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Shrin Juwaley: ‘Treat us as equals’
From http://www.mid-day.com.
At an event organised on Wednesday in Bandra, visually different people came together and shared their personal experiences on discrimination faced in society.
Posted on 21/10/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Update: Bollywood Quiz Night!
There’s an easy new way to attend the Bollywood Quiz Night…
Posted on 14/10/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Attack in Nepal; Victims Unable to Eat or Speak
Purna Bahadur Pun (40) and his wife Nirmala (35) are in dire need of emergency medical intervention.
Posted on 14/10/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid attack on BJP leader in Rishikesh, India
In a shocking incident, a local BJP woman leader from Rishikesh was attacked with acid and her house set on fire on Friday morning. The woman is under treatment at a hospital, while her 24-year-old daughter died reportedly due to shock.
Posted on 07/10/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Rise in Acid Attacks Reported in Malaysia
The number of corrosive liquid attack cases in Malaysia has risen dramatically this year with 45 cases to date compared to only three in 2009 and 10 last year.
Posted on 07/10/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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New Scholarship Fund in Memory of Dedicated Burns Nurse
Bangladeshi Burns Nurse Kakoli Adhikary has sadly passed away, but her work will live on via the establishment of a new scholarship fund.
Posted on 30/09/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Bollywood Quiz Night
Come support acid survivors and have a fantastic time at our Bollywood Quiz Night on Friday 21 October!
Posted on 30/09/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Survivor in South Africa Renames Herself “Susan Forgives”
A commuter whose face was severely disfigured when acid was flung at her has described how the apparently random act has changed her life.
Posted on 23/09/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Attack Victim in Danger of Losing Sight
In Cambodia, Kompong Cham Provincial Court has charged a teenager with attempted murder for allegedly dousing a woman in acid in the early hours of Thursday morning, an official said yesterday.
Posted on 23/09/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Attacks: A Cambodian Curse Too
A pretty young karaoke singer is doused with acid as she slurps noodles with her young niece in a downtown market. A couple riding home from dinner are burned with dangerous,and unregulated,chemicals as they ride a motorcycle down a major Phnom Penh boulevard. A mother, sleeping with her two children, is attacked in her own home in an act of relationship-related revenge. These types of attacks are all too common in Cambodia.
Posted on 16/09/11 by Office in ASTI news • Read full article
