News: 2012 archives
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‘Celebrate Solutions: Eliminating Acid Violence in Bangladesh’
‘According to ASF’s 2011 report, 64 percent of acid attacks in Bangladesh were committed against women, with 97 percent of those women living in rural areas’
Posted on 11/12/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Show of faith at Stoke Poges event supporting acid attack victims’
‘HARROWING stories from the survivors of acid attacks were told at an Interfaith Week event which raised more than £5,000 to support victims’
Posted on 05/12/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attacks: Turning a blind eye to laws to curb violence against women’
‘ISLAMABAD: It takes an easily available bottle of tezaab (acid) worth Rs50, a very angry man and a woman whose life is about to change forever within minutes’
Posted on 04/12/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Call to speed up passage of Acid & Burn Crime Bill’
‘This year, to mark the 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in Pakistan, the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF-Pakistan) has called on Pakistani policy-makers to do more to speed up the passage of the Comprehensive Acid And Burn Crime Bill in the provincial assemblies’
Posted on 03/12/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Rising above the stigma and scars’
‘To mark the start of this year’s 16 Days of Activism to tackle the Violence Against Women (November 25-December 10), the DFID-Pakistan has put together a case study story highlighting the UK government’s support to the Acid Survivors Foundation’
Posted on 03/12/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack survivor wins millions on Indian quiz show’
‘Around 1,500 acid attacks are reported globally each year, 80 percent of them on women, says the London-based charity Acid Survivors Trust International, though it also says this is a gross under-estimate as most victims are scared to speak out’
Posted on 29/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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UNiTE Global Video to End Violence Against Women!
To see the UNiTE video please follow this link
Posted on 29/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘A Promise is a Promise’
‘“A Promise is A Promise” is an initiative organized under the umbrella of the United Nations Secretary-General’s campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women’
For more details on the event and to watch live streaming please go to saynotoviolence.org website!
Posted on 28/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid Attack Victims Need Equality To Help Stop Violence, Says Campaigner Monira Rahman’
‘Monira Rahman, the CEO of the acid survivors association in Bangladesh, blogging for The Huffington Post UK says, it’s time to stop women like Nurbanu suffering’
Posted on 27/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Several injured in acid attack
KISHANGANJ: Nearly two dozen people received severe burn injuries when a person poured a bottle of acid on a crowd from the roof of his house
Posted on 26/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack in Tolland’
‘A 34-YEAR-OLD woman was sprayed in the face with a chlorine-based substance after an altercation with another female at her Tolland home last night’
Posted on 26/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘End Violence Against Women by Improving Their Rights’
‘Executive Director, of the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), which provides support services to women, men and children who have been attacked with acid or petrol in Bangladesh’
Posted on 26/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘National Commission for Children’s Rights demands aid for Bihar acid attack victim’
‘The National Commission for Protection of Children’s Rights is condemning the acid attack on a 14-year-old girl’
Posted on 21/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Violence against women in Latin America: Is it getting worse?’
‘Across Latin America women are confronting a rise in brutal attacks’
Posted on 20/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Survivors Foundation India seminar on Acid Violence
Acid Survivors Foundation India seminar on Acid Violence took place on 10th November 2012
Posted on 20/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Curbing violence: Rights activists urge government to pass acid crime bill’
‘A meeting to discuss the bill was held on Friday by the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), End Violence against Women (K-P and Fata), UNAid and UN Women. The seminar was also attended by lawyers, medical specialists and members of the provincial assembly’
Posted on 19/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘MPs’ role sought to stem acid violence’
‘Speaking at a seminar organized by Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) at a local hotel, Executive District Health (EDO-H) Ayuab Rooz Khan, ASF Executive Director Mohammad Khan, former general secretary Mardan Press Club (MPC) Mohammad Riaz Mayar and others said that 43 cases of acid attack were reported in Pakistan in 2009, 55 in 2010, 150 in 2011’
Posted on 16/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Saving more than faces’
‘“Acid violence is a global phenomenon,” said Shah, whose London based organization has worked to strengthen legislation and tackle the root causes of the crime that leaves its victims horribly disfigured or dead. “It’s not limited to South Asia or Africa, we’ve also had some very isolated cases in the U.S. very recently”’
Posted on 15/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘India should speed up process to recognise acid violence as a crime’
‘MUMBAI: A 26-year-old Mumbai resident is the latest victim of a brutal attack with chemical being flung in her face’
Posted on 09/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack model “inspiration” to Shoebury man with learning disabilities’
‘ACID attack victim Katie Piper is helping a young man from Shoebury who suffered horrific burns get his life back on track’
Posted on 09/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Tanzania: Muslim Cleric Injured in Acid Attack’
‘POLICE here have launched a manhunt for a suspect who threw a liquid believed to be acid on the Zanzibar Mufti Secretary, Sheikh Fadhil Suleiman Soraga, injuring him severely in the face and other parts of his body’*
Posted on 08/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attacks mangle the face of Pakistan’
‘Honor killings are a common way of revenge in Pakistan. They are no longer limited to internal family disputes. Women fall prey to violence and abuse in society on a daily basis’
Posted on 08/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Pakistan acid attack parents ‘feared dishonour’’
‘A couple arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of killing their 15-year-old daughter with acid say they carried out the attack because she looked at a boy’
Posted on 06/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Pakistan girl ‘fated’ to die in acid attack—mother’
‘ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A Pakistani mother who killed her teenage daughter by dousing her with acid for looking at a boy has told the BBC it was the girl’s destiny to die in this way’
Posted on 05/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Kashmir parents accused of killing daughter in acid attack’
‘Couple arrested over ‘honour killing’ after 15-year-old is reportedly doused with acid for talking to boy outside family home’
Posted on 05/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid Survivors Foundation India visit to ASTI!’
‘Liza Varma, CEO to Quintessentially Events India and Representative of Acid Survivors Foundation India (ASFI), and Shabina Begum, ASTI Volunteer, met with Erin Bourgois, ASTI Programmes Manager, to discuss upcoming ASFI activities and a fundraising event in the spring in Delhi’
Posted on 05/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy: The Lifesaver’
‘Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a Woman of the Year because… “She’s giving a voice to women who’ve been silenced—and sending a message to their assailants that the world is watching’
Posted on 02/11/12 in 'Saving Face' Oscar Winning Documentary • Read full article
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Advancing the Status of Women Zonta Film Festival
To find out more about this festival please follow this link
Posted on 02/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Girl killed in Pakistani-administered Kashmir acid attack’
‘A mother and father in Pakistani-administered Kashmir have been arrested for murdering their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid “in the name of an honour”, police say’
Posted on 02/11/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack burns half man’s body’
‘A man is recovering in the burns unit of a Perth hospital, after being attacked with acid’
Posted on 31/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attacks still common in Bangladesh’
‘“The majority of victims of acid violence are women and young girls. If you look at motive behind the violence, a large portion is because of land disputes. And even if the women are not direct beneficiaries of land, they bore the brunt of the attacks because they are easy targets,” Farina Ahmed, head of ASF programme, has recently told Xinhua’
Posted on 24/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack on 2 girls in Patna’
‘Two teenagers were sprayed with acid in their sleep early on Monday in Patna district for spurning the advances of a youth’
Posted on 23/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Woman suffers acid attack after divorce’
‘PESHAWAR: In the second such attack in a week, a man threw acid on his former wife, leaving her face disfigured’
Posted on 22/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Singapore Child Grows Up After Surviving Maid’s ‘Acid Attack’
‘Like most boys his age, Samuel Lim Hong Xiang, 13, loves music, enjoys sports like badminton and spends hours on the computer, surfing the Internet and playing games’
Posted on 22/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Police: Battery acid attack on sleeping woman’
‘A man was arrested at mid-day Wednesday in Calistoga on suspicion of pouring battery acid onto the face of a woman while she slept, according to the Calistoga Police Department’
Posted on 19/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Cambodia struggles to curb violent acid attacks’
‘“It’s not intended to kill the victim,” said Ziad Samman, project manager at the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity, or CASC. “Not many cases of acid attacks result in death. But it’s this idea that the victims will spend every day walking around with these scars, marked for life.”’
Posted on 17/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Mindless violence: Militants attack Kurram students with guns, acid’
‘Acid attacks seem a never ending horror, despite the passage of the Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act identifying acid attacks a punishable crime’
Posted on 15/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Militants attack Shia students with guns, acid in Kurram’
‘PESHAWAR: Shias in Kurram Agency, suffered a second attack in three days after unidentified suspected militants targeted a group of students with guns and acid on Friday’
Posted on 15/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Declaration of Oct 9 as ‘National Day for Girls Education’ urged’
‘Valerie Khan from Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) said that the incident was the extreme violence against children and urged the government to pass pending legislation for the protection of children‘
Posted on 12/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Ordeal of a teenage acid burn victim’
‘Bedari along with the help from Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) rescued the girl with the help of police. She was taken to the hospital through ASF “ambulance of hope”’
Posted on 12/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Taliban shoots a girl, 14
‘She described how classmates had to hide books under their shawls and lived in fear of having acid thrown in their faces. She continued to keep her diary when the Pakistani military eventually launched an offensive against the militants’
Posted on 11/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Nigerian soldier dies from injuries sustained by an acid attack
Sergeant Kayode a solider from the 22 Armourd Brigade, Sobi Barracks Ilorin, died of his injuries after being attacked with acid by his wife
Posted on 11/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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BVS - Nepal Newsletter
To read the latest BVS – Nepal newsletter please follow this link
Download: /uploads/files/Julynewsletter2012final.pdf
Posted on 11/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Cambodia acid attack law raises hopes and concerns’
‘BANGKOK (TrustLaw) – Kong Touch was on her way to work at a rubber plantation in Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province at 4 a.m. when she heard footsteps behind her. As she turned, a fellow villager with whom she had had a dispute over rubber trees threw acid at her, burning her face, arms, head, chest and stomach’
Posted on 04/10/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Woman burned with acid in random attack in San Diego’
‘Police apprehended Arturo Jose Reyes for the assault. Victim suffered second-degree burns to her face’
Posted on 24/09/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid Attacks Continue in Cambodia Despite Harsher Punishments’
‘The charity has recorded more than 300 acid attacks in Cambodia, going back to the 1980s. But those are just the ones they know of, said Ziad Samman, the center’s project manager’
To watch Voice of America video filmed in Cambodia together with our partner CASC please follow this link
Posted on 21/09/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack victim in Bangladesh revisit 4 years on’
To see the video from our partner in ASF Bangladesh please follow this link
Posted on 13/09/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Don’t Throw Acid on Islam’s Face’
‘I bet you didn’t know these two recent stories:
A 49-year old female in New York suffered burns on more than 50 percent of her body because her father poured acid on her face and body.
A 29-year-old female in Montreal suffered burns on more than 70 percent of her body. Why? Her boyfriend doused acid on her face during a fit of anger, literally melting her skin away.’
Posted on 06/09/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Police: NY man, 69, throws acid in daughter’s face’
‘NEW YORK — A man hurled acid in his daughter’s face in a gruesome attack that sent her into a street screaming for help as her skin peeled and her clothes disintegrated, police and witnesses said’
Posted on 03/09/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘17 injured in Nepal acid attack’
‘A teenager today attacked villagers with acid and injured 17 of them over a road expansion dispute in Nepal’s Kavre district’
Posted on 30/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Longueuil woman burned and in coma after acid attack’
‘Woman’s boyfriend charged with aggravated assault’
Posted on 29/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Bihar college girls fight to end abuse by local goon’
‘Seven college girls from a nondescript village have fought back after years of oppression and eve-teasing by a local goon and his accomplices in the Rohtas district of Bihar’
Posted on 21/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Gender-Based Violence: Prevention and Response’
‘Gender-based violence cuts across ethnicity, race, class, religion, education level, and international borders’
Posted on 21/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Belfast Royal Academy sponsored walk raised money for ASTI!
Belfast Royal Academy has raised £2,329.77 for Acid Survivors Trust International!
Posted on 16/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Kashmiri Women Threatened With Acid Attack Violence For Not Wearing Veils’
‘The women of Kashmir, renowned for their grace and beauty, have been warned by groups affiliated with al Qaeda to cover their faces or risk disfigurement and even death from acid attacks. The warning also extended to women using mobile phones in public’
Posted on 15/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI leaflet is now available in both printed and electronic format!
ASTI has just published its new leaflet. If you would like us to send you an electronic copy for awareness raising or fundraising purposes please send us an email to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Posted on 14/08/12 in ASTI news
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‘A burning issue in Colombia: Acid attacks’
‘A recent news story in the Washington Post by Juan Forero called attention to a distressing situation in Colombia: acid attacks on women, similar to those that have been used to maim women in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. In spite of its long conflict one does not associate this type of crime with Colombia, or for that matter any other place in the Western Hemisphere‘
Posted on 14/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan has launched their advocacy campaign!
Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan has launched their advocacy campaign for the passage of a Comprehensive Acid and Burn Crime Bill in Pakistan!
Posted on 13/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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President Zardari endorses petition to eradicate violence against women and girls
President Zardari endorses petition to eradicate violence against women and girls and pledges government’s highest priority is to address discriminatory laws against women, including the Comprehensive Acid and Burn Crime Bill!
Posted on 13/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI featured in the Washington Post
‘Women of Colombia victimised by acid attacks’
Executive Director of ASTI Jaf Shah interviewed by Juan Forero
Posted on 08/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Man arrested for attacking ex with acid’
‘Police in Phnom Penh arrested a 51-year-old man yesterday for attacking his former partner with battery acid and inflicting her with burns to her face, chest and back’
Posted on 08/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Sixth acid attack this year ’
‘A woman was violently attacked with acid late Sunday night in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district, the sixth such attack since Cambodia passed the Acid Law in December’
Posted on 08/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Acid attacks in Colombia radio story
‘A brutal crime more commonly associated with Pakistan or India is now on the rise in South America: Jealous husbands, spurned lovers and, in a few cases, even perfect strangers are dousing women with sulfuric or nitric acids, literally burning off their faces’
Posted on 08/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attacks in Colombia reflect rage’
‘BOGOTA, Colombia – Every glance at a mirror transports Consuelo Cordoba to the moment when her boyfriend doused her with a skin-searing acid that obliterated her face, leaving her with gruesome wounds that will never heal.’
Posted on 06/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attacks, poison: What Afghan girls risk by going to school’
‘Deh’Subz, Afghanistan (CNN) — Terrorists will stop at nothing to keep Afghan girls from receiving an education.’
Posted on 03/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Comment: How many more faces will be lost?’
‘ISLAMABAD: In December 2011, some survivors of acid attacks sat in the Senate’s gallery to observe the passage of an amendment to the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) that declared such attacks criminal. The strong support of our Parliament on that bill was a major step toward dealing with this inhumane crime.’
Posted on 02/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Colombia Tightening Laws Against Acid Attacks’
‘BOGOTÁ, Jul 11 2012 (IPS) – Nobody will ever know if Jhon Jairo Echenique decided to take his own life out of remorse, fear or mental illness. But the suicide followed his arrest for the stabbing and burning with acid of his 19-year-old former girlfriend Angélica Gutiérrez.’
Posted on 01/08/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI has a new contact number!
ASTI’s main office number is now 0203 651 3933
Posted on 31/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘STOP THE ACID RAIN’
‘The Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2012, has special provisions for victims of acid attacks. But the new law could have been more comprehensive, says Sonia Sarkar’
Posted on 26/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Sensitised questioning and permission beforehand hallmark of ethical reporting’
‘ISLAMABAD: For ethical reporting, journalists must make sure that the acid and burn crime victims they are interviewing are willing to be interviewed and/or photographed and are comfortable with the questions being asked’
Posted on 25/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘(Pari Project Guest Post) From grassroots NGO to lawmaker’
The Pari Project, agency dedicated to the fundraising and marketing success of nonprofit organizations, interviewed our partner CASC to learn more about their lessons learned and challenges faced in the development and implementation of the acid law
Posted on 17/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Carsten Stormer: Acid Attack Survivors’
‘Carsten Stormer, a German writer and photographer, brings to our attention a horrendous form of violence in Cambodia: acid throwing.’
Posted on 17/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI IS MOVING OFFICES!
ASTI will be moving offices as of 16th July 2012.
Our new address will be:
242 Pentonville Road
London N1 9UNFor the map please click on this article.
Posted on 12/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Apex court glare on acid attacks’
*‘New Delhi, July 2 (PTI): The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it of measures taken to regulate sale of acids to prevent their misuse as a weapon, particularly against women by jilted lovers.’
Posted on 05/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Cambodian Center for Human Rights CCHR Press Release - Phnom Penh, 25 June 2012
CCHR Publishes Map of Acid Attack Cases in Cambodia, 2009 to 2012
Posted on 02/07/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Mumbai estate agent blinded after builders allegedly throw acid in his eyes’
‘Mumbai: In a gruesome incident, real estate agent Dudhnath Verma has been blinded after an acid attack in suburban Mumbai’
Posted on 20/06/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid burn victim: justice long way away’
‘ISLAMABAD, June 16: “First I felt as if cold water was running down my body, but then it started to feel hot and my skin started to burn. It got so painful so fast. My clothes had dissolved and were in tatters,” said 16-year-old Zahira Bibi as she recalled the details of the horrific acid attack on the hands of her husband.’
Posted on 18/06/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Fellow victims attend rare acid attack trial’
‘Kong Touch, a 52-year-old woman who lost her right eye and lives with scars on her face and body after a man doused her with acid late last year, told her story in a Kampong Cham provincial court yesterday.’
Posted on 18/06/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Teen partially blinded in acid attack at party’
Herne Bay, Kent
‘A BAY teenager has been partially blinded after acid was thrown in his face at a house party.’
Posted on 12/06/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Colombia acid victims seek justice as attacks spread’
‘“All of a sudden you see some liquid coming towards your face and you think that somebody might have slipped, or that they want to get you wet,” says Viviana Hernandez.’
Posted on 31/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack on woman volleyball player in Haryana’
‘A teenage girl, who is a junior national volleyball player, was hospitalised with serious injuries after two motorcycle-borne youth threw acid on her while she was going for practice Saturday evening, police said.’
Posted on 29/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack survivor sends note of encouragement to burn victim’
‘GEORGE TOWN: Acid attack survivor Tan Hui Linn has sent a note of encouragement to school teacher Yeoh Kar Tin, the victim of an alleged attempted murder, who suffered 45% burns on her body in a fire at her home early this month’
Posted on 29/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid survivors forum tries to dispel stigma’
‘Beyond burns that scar and even debilitate for a lifetime, acid survivors face misunderstandings that lead to negative judgments and a lack of employment opportunities, representatives say’
Posted on 29/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Ex-minister Pramila Mallick’s brother held in acid attack case’
‘BHUBANESWAR: Former minister Pramila Mallick’s brother Khirod Chandra Mallick was remanded in judicial custody on Thursday for his alleged involvement in an acid attack on a man in Bhubaneswar’s Mancheswar area in October 2011’
Posted on 29/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Doctors: 120 Afghan Girls Poisoned’
‘Doctors in northern Afghanistan say they are treating more than 120 Afghan girls for possible poisoning after they became sick at school’
Posted on 29/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Ambulance of Hope to sensitise communities about relevant laws’
‘Along with infrastructures and mobilisation of human resources, a comprehensive legal framework must be established at provincial level to eradicate acid violence from the country’
Posted on 29/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Kigali nurse battles for her life after acid attack’
On January 11, 2012 Vestina Nyiransabimana’s partner attacked her with acid
Posted on 22/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Little justice for Colombia’s acid victims
‘For plastic surgeon Dr Linda Guerrero, acid attacks are a reflection of the low status of women in Colombian society’
Posted on 21/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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First Global UNiTE Youth Forum to End Violence against Women and Girls
‘From 22 to 24 May 2012, over 40 youth activists from across the globe will meet in Bangkok for the first Global UNiTE Youth Forum. The Forum is being organized by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s global campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women, to harness the leadership and engagement of young people in addressing violence against women and girls.’
Posted on 18/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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MSc or PhD student with SPSS data analysis expertise wanted!
Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI) is looking for a MSc or PhD student who has experience using the SPSS data analysis package, to assist us with a research process for the second and final year of ASTI’s UN Trust Fund (UNTF) supported project, “Towards a comprehensive strategy to end burns violence against women in Cambodia, Nepal and Uganda.”
Posted on 14/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI’s visit to ASF - Uganda
ASTI’s visit to ASF Uganda from 20th – 29th April!
Posted on 04/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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ASTI NEEDS RUNNERS!
ASTI needs 6 runners for the British 10k run that will take place on Sunday 8th July at 9.35am and it promises to be something very special
Posted on 03/05/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Man charged with murder for acid attack’
‘SELAYANG: A young wireman was charged in the magistrate’s court today with the murder of an accounts clerk in a suspected acid attack.’
Posted on 27/04/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Pakistani women’s lives destroyed by acid attacks’
‘Campaigners in Pakistan say cases of acid attacks are increasing in most areas, even though tougher penalties were introduced last year. An Oscar-winning Pakistani documentary has put the crime under the spotlight, but it is estimated that more than 150 women have acid thrown on them every year – usually by husbands or in-laws – and many never get justice. The BBC’s Orla Guerin reports.’
Posted on 20/04/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Special thanks to Mrs. Jane Hurd and her Choir!
ASTI would like to thank Mrs. Jane Hurd and her Choir for raising money for our cause by organising a Mere Gracenotes Concert on 17th March 2012!
Posted on 17/04/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Years After Acid Horror, Suicide Stirs Pakistan’
‘KARACHI, Pakistan — Fakhra Younas went under the surgeon’s knife 38 times, hoping to repair the gruesome damage inflicted by a vengeful Pakistani man who had doused her face in acid a decade earlier, virtually melting her mouth, nose and ears.’
Posted on 11/04/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘NEPAL: Women survive violence with help from rural Nyaya health clinic’
‘(WNN) Rural Achham, NEPAL: She was brought in an ambulance to one of the most rural hospitals in Nepal – the Bayalpata Hospital. Unconscious and badly bruised, she was a typical case of domestic violence. We accepted her into our hospital. But even before she had regained full consciousness she left the hospital to rescue her husband who had been kept behind the bars for beating her up.’
Posted on 10/04/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Acid attack: Petitioners ask court to try Fakhra Younus case again’
‘KARACHI: A petition has been filed in the alleged acid attack case of Fakhra Younus, a woman who committed suicide in Italy last month after undergoing up to 39 surgeries to correct the disfiguration from an acid attack.’
Posted on 10/04/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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‘Two Afghan Children Killed In Acid Attack ’
‘GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan officials say a girl and a boy have been killed in an acid attack in central Afghanistan.’
Posted on 05/04/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
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Pro-women laws take hold in Pakistan
‘Women in Pakistan have faced formidable challenges in their efforts to achieve gender equality and address gender-based violence in their country, with particular problems posed by elements among customary norms and practices’
Posted on 29/03/12 in ASTI news • Read full article
