Strange that the victim is named but her custodial father is an UNNAMED DAD. If dad abused her brother, then why would anybody think it was safe to give him custody of the daughter? That doesn't make a whit of sense. Why didn't the aunt tip off the police before ten years were up? Nobody thought it was strange that the girl was never seen in public? There is a lot that's not being told here.
And get this. The police claim it's "unclear" as to why she was locked up? There is no reason, morons!
The girl is now living with her mother, but I'm sure she is severely disturbed from all the years of torture and confinement.
http://www.emirates247.com/offbeat/crazy-world/father-locked-daughter-in-the-bathroom-for-10-years-2012-01-24-1.439149
Father locked daughter in the bathroom for 10 years
Girl beaten, barely fed and let out only in the middle of the night to do housework
By Staff/AgenciesPublished Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Palestinian police have freed a young woman whose father kept her locked in the bathroom of their house for about a decade.
Spokesman Adnan Damiri said the 20-year-old woman was in a "deplorable" condition when she was found on Saturday. Damiri said on Monday it remains unclear why she was locked up.
Baraa Melhem, 20, revealed that she spent the decade by listening to the radio that her father had given her and by eating an apple that she got to eat every day.
Her father locked her up in the bathroom after she ran away from home to escape the torture at the age of 10. The police caught her and brought her back home. Ever since then, her father would lock her up in a bathroom that measured about 3ft-by-3ft. Her father also forced her to sign a statement saying she didn't want to go back to school, she told Daily Mail.
She would be allowed to get out of the bathroom only in the middle of the night so that she could do the house work. She would be locked inside again around dawn. She did not see any sunlight for about a decade.
Baraa was given only a blanket, radio and a razor blade by her father and stepmother, and both of them encouraged her to kill herself, the daily said. The girl was often physically assaulted and her father would shave her head and eyebrows to punish her further.
He would often threaten to rape her till she got pregnant so that he could kill her in the name of honor killing.
After about a decade of torture, the police officials were finally tipped off by an aunt. When she was found locked away in the bathroom, she was wearing tattered clothes that were on the point of degeneration.
Baraa is enjoying her freedom at her mother's place. Her parents were divorced when she was barely 4 years old. Her father got her custody and her mother got the custody of the couple's son. The mother told the daily that she took her son with her because the father used to spray perfume in her son's eyes. At that time, the father never abused his daughter and she thought Baraa would be safe with her father.
The 49-year-old father, an Arab, and her stepmother were detained and handed over to police.
Police spokesman said the father was suspected of physically abusing the young woman. He is being held in a jail pending a court hearing.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Custodial dad detained for brutally beating two children (Bethlehem, Israel)
Note that the article casually mentions (but not till paragraph 9) that these children were "left alone" with their abusive UNNAMED DAD after the divorce from their mother.
This is pretty darn imprecise. Did a court order the children into the custody of their father? Was the mother forced to flee for her life, or was she otherwise intimidated into leaving the children with their father? Has the mother "disappeared" entirely? In cases of men with histories of domestic violence, this often means she is in fact no longer alive--it's just that her body hasn't been found.
I'm glad to see that the very first comment on this article picks up on these very same questions. Reporters need to get on the ball, and establish the context in which these fathers are allowed to abuse their kids like this.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=368150
Community supports victims of child abuse
Published today (updated) 17/03/2011 13:22
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police have detained a man from a Bethlehem village suspected of brutally beating his two children, prompting an outpouring of support by the community.
According to a police report, the divorced father beat his 9-year-old daughter Sahar and her brother Ayyoub, 7, so badly that the elder daughter collapsed at school, prompting teachers to alert the police.
When Sahar fainted in class, she told her teacher that her father had beaten her and her brother with electricity cables when they asked for something to eat.
Sahar was taken to the Bethlehem police station and her father was detained.
Speaking with Ma'an about the case, Bethlehem's chief prosecutor Alaa Tamimi said the Ministry of Social affairs had been brought in, and said the children were protected under Palestinian law.
Police told Ma'an that during his interrogation, the father said he beat the children because he is unemployed and had no food to offer them.
Following the interrogation, a police prosecutor determined that the man should be detained for 15 days for further questioning and then handed over to the prosecution.
The children were sent to live with their grandfather, who told Ma'an that he had also been beaten by his son.
The elderly man said his son had been detained three times before, and had recently spent four months in prison for breaking his son Ayyoub's foot.
After their parent's divorce, the children were left alone with their abusive father in a home that consisted of one small, dark room with cracked walls, no heating, mats on the bare floor and exposed electricity sockets.
Social workers had been called in, and were doing their best to provide for the children, who remain with their grandfather. Neighbors say, however, that the elderly man has no means with which to support the two kids.
Calls were sent out to the community for assistance, and within the first days Palestinians from across the West Bank were pledging financial and in-kind support.
"I know one person who is willing to help this family," one Ramallah resident posted on their Facebook status following news of the children, "are you?"
This is pretty darn imprecise. Did a court order the children into the custody of their father? Was the mother forced to flee for her life, or was she otherwise intimidated into leaving the children with their father? Has the mother "disappeared" entirely? In cases of men with histories of domestic violence, this often means she is in fact no longer alive--it's just that her body hasn't been found.
I'm glad to see that the very first comment on this article picks up on these very same questions. Reporters need to get on the ball, and establish the context in which these fathers are allowed to abuse their kids like this.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=368150
Community supports victims of child abuse
Published today (updated) 17/03/2011 13:22
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority police have detained a man from a Bethlehem village suspected of brutally beating his two children, prompting an outpouring of support by the community.
According to a police report, the divorced father beat his 9-year-old daughter Sahar and her brother Ayyoub, 7, so badly that the elder daughter collapsed at school, prompting teachers to alert the police.
When Sahar fainted in class, she told her teacher that her father had beaten her and her brother with electricity cables when they asked for something to eat.
Sahar was taken to the Bethlehem police station and her father was detained.
Speaking with Ma'an about the case, Bethlehem's chief prosecutor Alaa Tamimi said the Ministry of Social affairs had been brought in, and said the children were protected under Palestinian law.
Police told Ma'an that during his interrogation, the father said he beat the children because he is unemployed and had no food to offer them.
Following the interrogation, a police prosecutor determined that the man should be detained for 15 days for further questioning and then handed over to the prosecution.
The children were sent to live with their grandfather, who told Ma'an that he had also been beaten by his son.
The elderly man said his son had been detained three times before, and had recently spent four months in prison for breaking his son Ayyoub's foot.
After their parent's divorce, the children were left alone with their abusive father in a home that consisted of one small, dark room with cracked walls, no heating, mats on the bare floor and exposed electricity sockets.
Social workers had been called in, and were doing their best to provide for the children, who remain with their grandfather. Neighbors say, however, that the elderly man has no means with which to support the two kids.
Calls were sent out to the community for assistance, and within the first days Palestinians from across the West Bank were pledging financial and in-kind support.
"I know one person who is willing to help this family," one Ramallah resident posted on their Facebook status following news of the children, "are you?"
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Custodial dad finally loses custody of 9-year-old son--after he beats him with electrical wires, electric iron (Taif, Saudi Arabia)
It is no secret that mothers--and women in general--have virtually no rights in Saudi Arabia. It's a veritable father's rights paradise--a place where a father's "ownership" of his children is practically sacrosanct. And a mother's rights--as spelled out under Sharia law--are limited to mere physical custody of children under the age of 7. And not always even then.
This is the kind of treatment that children get as a result. The police do nothing to investigate or prosecute child support, because as men, they wouldn't dream of challenging another man's "right" to "discipline" (torture) his child. This mother had to approach the National Society for Human Rights to get custody back.
Unfortunately, under the influence of the religious right and fathers rights groups in the west, we are seeing more and more cases like this in Canada, the USA, Australia, and other places outside the Middle East.
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article198419.ece
NSHR rescues boy
By SULEIMAN AL-DIYABI ARAB NEWS
Published: Nov 23, 2010 00:33 Updated: Nov 23, 2010 00:33
TAIF: A nine-year-old Palestinian boy was taken from his father’s custody after his mother informed the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) that he was being abused.
The child’s parents, both Palestinians, divorced some time ago. The custody of the boy was then given to the father who then moved from Taif to live in Madinah.
It was during a visit to Madinah that the mother noticed marks on her son who said his father was beating him up with electric wires and an electric iron. The mother complained to police who questioned the father. In his defense, the father said he was merely disciplining the child and the police failed to act further.
Dissatisfied by the police’s inaction, the mother complained to the NSHR branch in Taif about the matter. Adel Al-Thubaity, an official with the NSHR, took the matter to court, which decided to award the child to the mother because of the abuse.
This is the kind of treatment that children get as a result. The police do nothing to investigate or prosecute child support, because as men, they wouldn't dream of challenging another man's "right" to "discipline" (torture) his child. This mother had to approach the National Society for Human Rights to get custody back.
Unfortunately, under the influence of the religious right and fathers rights groups in the west, we are seeing more and more cases like this in Canada, the USA, Australia, and other places outside the Middle East.
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article198419.ece
NSHR rescues boy
By SULEIMAN AL-DIYABI ARAB NEWS
Published: Nov 23, 2010 00:33 Updated: Nov 23, 2010 00:33
TAIF: A nine-year-old Palestinian boy was taken from his father’s custody after his mother informed the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) that he was being abused.
The child’s parents, both Palestinians, divorced some time ago. The custody of the boy was then given to the father who then moved from Taif to live in Madinah.
It was during a visit to Madinah that the mother noticed marks on her son who said his father was beating him up with electric wires and an electric iron. The mother complained to police who questioned the father. In his defense, the father said he was merely disciplining the child and the police failed to act further.
Dissatisfied by the police’s inaction, the mother complained to the NSHR branch in Taif about the matter. Adel Al-Thubaity, an official with the NSHR, took the matter to court, which decided to award the child to the mother because of the abuse.
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