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12-11-2018
The violence incidents against women in Lebanon continue unabated. After a video went viral on November 5 which showed a man battering and cruelly insulting a woman carrying a 2-month baby with another one-year child on her side, the ISF Information Department managed to capture the culprit in the southern town of Sarafand. Also, following the suicide of an underage girl five months ago in Majdel Anjar, the Cybercrime and intellectual Property bureau explained the circumstances of the incident. It said that after the arrest of a suspect, the latter admitted that he was blackmailing the victim with photos he had of her and threatening to publish them which pushed her to kill herself. Similarly, Al Mustaqbal newspaper reported on November 6, that the Anti-human trafficking office arrested a prostitution procurer who confessed to using a social media website to lure girls seeking a job into working in prostitution and reaping big cash, while he keeps a commission bulk for him. The suspect is in detention since September. On the other hand, the Beirut International Marathon yesterday supported a campaign organized by ABAAD to combat rape and sexual violence. Activists mixed with the runners holding signs which read: ‘Punish the rapist, don’t lay the blame on the survivor’, or ‘Today I will not run: I will face my rapist’. ABAAD managing director, Ghida Anani, explained that the event provided an opportunity to address a topic that is still considered a taboo in Lebanon. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, November 6, 8, 9, 2018)
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