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On the day when the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, or the so-called Istanbul Convention, enters into force in Latvia, the media “SkyNews” writes about the horrific murder trial of the former Economy Minister of Kazakhstan Kuandik Bishimbayev – he is accused of beating his wife to death.
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The former high-ranking politician’s trial is the country’s first ever to be streamed online, making it easily accessible to Kazakhstan’s 19 million people.
Therefore, the public has just seen shocking CCTV footage of the former economy minister beating his wife in a family restaurant.
The incident has prompted tens of thousands of people in Kazakhstan to sign an initiative to pass new laws imposing harsher penalties for perpetrators of domestic violence.
The woman died last November at the age of 31. Video footage shows the accused beating and kicking his wife, who died from head injuries. Although he maintained his innocence for weeks, he pleaded guilty last month, claiming he “unintentionally” caused her death.
According to a 2018 study, approximately 400 women die each year in Kazakhstan due to domestic violence.
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