Punish the Victim, says Kazakhstan Parliamentarian

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protesters attend a rally in defense of women's rights on International Women’s Day in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2021. © 2021 Kushamanov Didar/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A deputy from Kazakhstan’s lower chamber of Parliament, the Mazhilis, has made an outrageous proposal to punish women for provoking abuse by their husbands. This, in a country where police receive more than 100,000 domestic violence complaints annually. In a September 26 meeting, where parliament’s Legislation and Judicial Reform Committee was discussing measures to combat…

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