Tag: femicide
ex-policeman sentenced to maximum sentence for femicide
In Ecuador, an ex-policeman was sentenced Thursday, May 26 to nearly 35 years in prison for the murder of his wife. The case had made all the more noise as…
Group calls Waterford woman’s death ‘femicide’
News Local News A Haldimand-Norfolk Violence Against Women committee says the death of Marlene Wilson in Waterford is a ‘femicide.’ Wilson’s grandson has been charged with her murder. The death…
Femicide in Amersfoort: 15 years in prison demanded against man who strangled girlfriend, in-laws show compassion
The Public Prosecution Service is demanding 15 years in prison and behavioral and freedom-restricting measures against 27-year-old Björn K. for killing his 24-year-old girlfriend. That happened in Amersfoort last June.…
Preventing femicide: These are the red flags for femicide
The motive for partner homicide is often fear. Fear of being abandoned by the victim, followed by seeing the victim as ‘property’. According to the aid organizations, these red flags…
Sentenced for femicide in Norway after 28 years
17-year-old Birgitte Tengs was murdered a few hundred meters from her home on Karmøy on the Norwegian southwest coast, on the night of May 6, 1995. She had been subjected…
‘Alarm button’ against femicide in Belgium
It was determined that the “alarm button” application, which was started to be implemented in Belgium to prevent femicides, was significantly successful and enabled many women to get rid of…