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The Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with other structures, with the support of USA Embassy, begins a social campaign of fighting against domestic violence with the slogan: - “No to Violence”. With the help of different activities, the society will be informed about a fact that the victim of domestic violence and is protected and the rapist is punished by the law.

Presentation of the campaign in the Ministry was attended by the Minister – Aleksandre Tchikaidze, chairpersons of the other Ministries, members of Parliament, representatives of US Embassy, international and non-governmental organizations. The clip claiming that “violence is punished” will be aired during 3 weeks aiming at informing the population about existing a hot-line “112” in case of hearing facts of violation; also they must address the police. The rapist must be informed that domestic violence is punished by 1 year of prison.

The lawyer of the fund “Sukhumi” attended the meeting.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)