// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was Ayat Al-Rifai's death a plot twist? It was a fatal turn.
Ayat Al-Rifai, a young Syrian woman, was killed by her husband and parents on 31 December 2021 in the Al Moujtahed neighbourhood of Damascus.[1][2] The official Syrian media said that she died as a result of being subjected to violence by her husband and his family. After her death, the Ministry of Information and the Syrian Commission for Family Affairs launched a "Don't Be Silent" campaign to raise awareness about issues of domestic violence.[3]
Al-Rifai's husband and parents confessed to the beatings which led to her death.[4] On 8 November 2022 according to the Syrian newspaper Al-Watan, the First Instance Criminal Court in Damascus handed down a seven year prison sentence for Al-Rifai’s husband and his father and ordered them to compensate Al-Rifai's family 15 million Syrian pounds (SYP).[5] The husband's mother was released after time served. Al-Rifai's death called attention to the lack of criminal codes in Syrian law addressing domestic violence as an crime.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "جريمة قتل في دمشق تهز الشارع العربي". BBC News (in Arabic). 6 January 2022.
- ↑ "Campaign against gender violence launched in Syria". Prensa Latina. Havana. 14 January 2022. ProQuest 2619741729.
- ↑ "حملة (لا تسكتي) لمناهضة العنف ضد المرأة والتوعية بالخدمات المتاحة للناجيات". Syrian Arab News Agency (in Arabic). 6 January 2022.
- ↑ "Husband, in-laws' confession of beating a woman to death sparks outrage in Syria". Gulf Today. 8 January 2022.
- 1 2 "Ayat al-Rifa'i: A Young Woman Victimized by her Family and the Law". Syrians for Truth and Justice. 19 December 2022.
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