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Russian MP seeks to decriminalise domestic violence
short by Yash Kumar / on Thursday, 18 August, 2016
Conservative Russian MP Yelena Mizulina introduced a new bill in Parliament proposing decriminalisation of violence within families. This comes after reports suggesting that 70 children are beaten by their parents, and 36,000 women are assaulted by their partners in Russia every day. Incidentally, Mizulina had successfully introduced the law banning 'homosexual propaganda'.
read more at The Guardian