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	Judge demands wife-beater issue public apology

kkcapricorn

6-16-2009 3:17 PM

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turkey, law, eu

kkcapricorn says:

One baby step forward...

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6-16-2009 3:53 PM

brightlight4

THAT ruling should be taken and put into practice in a lot of European AND Muslim countries and maybe even in S.American countries from what I am seeing on the news here in Spain!!! When men are socially humiliated for beating women, then they may think twice before repeating the act.

6-17-2009 1:29 AM

Deepti

*applause*

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