Around 2,000 men marched in Bangladesh's capital to protest against acid attacks that permanently disfigure many women each year.Celebrities, teachers and students, carried placards and banners reading "Stop acid violence, respect women’s rights" and "Throwing acid is a heinous crime." Female acid victims also took part.
According to the Acid Survivors' Foundation, of 268 people, mostly women, were attacked with acid last year in Bangladesh.
The United News of Bangladesh agency reported that on Tuesday, a court in southern Bangladesh sentenced a man to life in prison and fined him 100,000 takas (US$1,470; euro1,233) for throwing acid at a 13-year old girl. She had rejected his proposal to start a love affair.
Suffer little children...
...and they do. Someone always makes damn sure of that.
