Thousands Rally In Bulgaria Against Domestic Violence After Shocking Case

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Thousands Rally In Bulgaria Against Domestic Violence After Shocking Case


https://www.rferl.org/a/bulgaria-domestic-violence-rally-shocking-case/32528971.html
WATCH: Thousands Across Bulgaria Rally Against Domestic Violence

SOFIA -- Thousands of people staged protest rallies in the capital, Sofia, and other Bulgarian cities following a case of shocking violence against an 18-year-old woman.The incident happened on June 26 in the central city of Stara Zagora, where a woman identified by her initials, DM, was allegedly beaten and disfigured with a knife by her boyfriend, but was only made public on July 28 following the victim's family's frustration with the slow pace of the investigation. Some 5,000 people gathered in Sofia on July 31, while large crowds also gathered in other cities in the Balkan country, including in Stara Zagora.



Women hug each other during a march for gender equality and against violence toward women, on International Women's Day, in Sofia, on March 8, 2019.

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Bulgarian police statistics show that 18 women were killed in the first trimester of this year by suspected partners. Women's rights activists say the number is actually much higher.

Bulgaria has yet to ratify the Council of Europe's Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention. The European Union joined the Istanbul Convention in June, and Bulgaria, an EU member since 2007, will have to comply with some of the convention's provisions.


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