{"id":96110,"date":"2020-10-10T10:37:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T02:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=96110"},"modified":"2020-10-10T10:37:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T02:37:45","slug":"rein-in-culture-of-violence-algerians-urge-action-after-rape-and-murder-of-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=96110","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rein in culture of violence&#8217;: Algerians urge action after rape and murder of woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/210D\/production\/_114816480_gettyimages-algeria.jpg\" alt=\"Women protest in Algiers over the rape and murder of a teenage girl, on 8 October 2020\"\/><figcaption>Protesters in Algiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ALGIERS, Oct 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; The rape and murder in Algeria of a 19-year-old woman sparked cries for action on gender-based violence in the North African country and calls to bring back capital punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The body of the young woman, identified as Chaima, was found in early October at a deserted petrol station in Thenia, 80 kilometres east of the capital Algiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She had been beaten, raped and burned alive, local media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, who has reportedly confessed, is being charged with &#8220;rape and voluntary homicide with premeditation and ambush, using torture&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaima&#8217;s mother said the man was an acquaintance of the family, against whom the young woman had previously pressed rape charges in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The killing set off a wave of outrage on social media in Algeria, where internet users condemned the &#8220;heinous&#8221; crime and demanded justice, with many calling for the death penalty, frozen in the country since 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To &#8220;break the silence&#8221;, several feminist collectives across the country held demonstrations against femicide, the gender-related killing of women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Algiers, the Algerian Women for Change Toward Equality group organised a rally to &#8220;denounce the heinous crimes&#8221; that led to Chaima&#8217;s death and those of the 38 women killed this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are angry for our murdered sisters&#8221; and &#8220;those who stay silent are just as responsible&#8221;, shouted some 100 protesters who had gathered in central Algiers before being dispersed by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the northwestern city of Oran, protests were quickly shut down by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 20 people were arrested, including the activist Kaddour Chouicha, the president of the Oran chapter of the Human Rights League, said prisoners&#8217; rights group CNLD. &#8212; NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALGIERS, Oct 10 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) &#8212; The rape and murder in Algeria of a 19-year-old woman sparked cries for action on gender-based violence in the North African country and calls to bring back capital punishment. The body of the young woman, identified as Chaima, was found in early October at a deserted petrol station in Thenia, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":96113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96110"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}