New direct hotline for domestic violence

After a previous similar attempt (check the following link: https://goo.gl/qPJbpR), the General Directorate of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced in a statement yesterday that, upon the instructions of ISF director general, Maj. Gen. Imad Uthman, it has launched a hotline, 1745, to receive complaints of domestic violence incidents in a professional and rapid manner. The hotline, which is directly linked to the operations unit, has started receiving complaints as of 1/10/2018, and has handled four such cases to date, the statement said, calling on citizens not to hesitate to report complaints to the above hotline. In a positive response to the ISF move, the minister of state for women’s affairs in the caretaker government, Jean Ogassapian, tweeted: ‘this is an essential step preparing the grounds for similar measures particularly related to refining laws towards a cultural environment that rejects and combats violence to eventually end it.” Ogassapian encouraged women in situations of violence to contact the hotline in order to get the required official assistance in this respect. (Al Akhbar, Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, October 17, 2018)

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