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1. ACID STORY
• What is Acid
o Nitric or sulphuric acid has a catastrophic effect on human flesh. It causes the skin tissue to melt, often exposing the bones below the flesh, sometimes even dissolving the bone. Acid is any chemical compound ,when dissolved in water,gives a solution with hydrogen.In other word, it is a substance that tastes sour. Reacts with metals, carbonates and turns blue when litmus paper is red.it is a very dangerous substance.when ever it comes closer to any object it destroys totally. Acid is very easy to found. It is a common substance to get in the country like India ,Pakistan, Bangladesh and Cambodia. A cup of Acid poured form any car battery or purchased from auto repair shops. Costs only a few Cent and is therefore both a cheap and available weapons.
• Acid Violence
o Acid violence is a particularly vicious and damaging form of violence in Bangladesh where acid is thrown in people’s faces. The overwhelming majority of the victims are women, and many of them are below 18 years of age. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases it is because a young girl or women has spurned the sexual advances of a male or either she or her parents have rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and also men. These attacks are often the result of family and land dispute, dowry demands or a desire for revenge. The victims are attacked for many reasons. In some cases, the attack takes place because a young girl or woman has spurned the sexual advances of a male or has rejected a proposal of marriage. Recently, however, there have been acid attacks on children, older women and sometimes also men. These attacks are often the result of family or land disputes, dowry demands or a desire for revenge. Reasons for acid attacks during the years, the highest rate of occurrence took place over Land Disputes and Family dispute, the next highest rate of these brutal incidents are due to refusal of relationship/sex throughout the country.
2. MY VOICE - Will be updated later
3. OUR VOICE - Will be updated later
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4. CASE STUDIES
Case studies 01 – will have more to be updated later
Bangladesh: the case of Babli Akter
Who Threw the Acid? by Babli, a 5 year old survivor \Who threw it? Who threw the acid?
My father did.
My father had the acid and flung it.
Who did he throw it on?
Who was his target?
His daughter.
He threw acid on his daughter because
She was not born a son.
Babli Aktar was aged only seven months old when her father poured acid intoher mouth and on different parts of her body every day for five days. In a clear case of attempted female infanticide, Babli’s father was so ashamed of her sex that he intentionally tried to kill her in one of the most heinous and cruel ways.
