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Bangladesh: Death penalty set for acid attacks
Off Our Backs, May/Jun 2002 by Douglas, Carol Anne, Heart, Debony, Ruby, Jennie, Mantilla, Karla
Asia
DHAKA-On March 13, Bangladesh enacted a law making acid attacks punishable by death. Acid attacks against women, often by men whose sexual overtures they have rejected, have become increasingly common. The attackers aim to disfigure the woman's face. About 250 women were severely injured in such attacks last year, compared with 200 the year before.
Only about 10 percent of the men are ever arrested, and a smaller percentage are prosecuted.
Women's groups have worked to obtain a stiffer penalty-the previous maximum was life in prison-and increased prosecution of attackers.
The new Acid Crime Control Act calls for a national council to restrict production and sales of acid, and for special tribunals for speedy trials for acid attackers.
Fifty acid survivors participated in International Women's Day demonstrations in Dhaka on March 8.
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