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Ogassapian also criticizes condoning violence against women
29-11-2018
The Minister of State for Women’s Affairs in the caretaker government, Jean Ogassapian, issued a statement yesterday expressing his regrets with the turn of events related to the murderer of domestic violence victim, Manal Assi as the matter has now become a media circus. The statement was made in relation to a talk show aired on MTV on November 27th and which hosted Assi’s murderer, her husband Mohammad Nhayli. Nhayli was given a platform to rant about his wife’s infidelity to justify his heinous crime. A reminder that Assi lost her life in February 2014 following physical assaults by her husband. The judiciary tried to mitigate the verdict but the court of cassation issued on November 2017 a verdict of capital punishment reduced to hard labour for 18 years (c.f. ly/2E4TFQq). Ogassapian lamented that MTV chose to air this show on the occasion of the 16 days campaign against violence against women. He further called on the national council for media and information to act against a culture that condones violence against women in the media and to be aware of the negative impact that such shows have in normalizing violence against women in society. (L’orient le Jour, 29 October 2018)
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