Colombia ( 935 colombian woman sue over faulty breast implants )

935 Colombian women sue over faulty breast implants

Wednesday, 30 January 2013 08:56 Benjy Hansen-Bundy

An outbreak of burst breast implants has led 935 Colombian women to file suit against the German firm that certified the faulty French-made prostheses.
The women join others from around the world who similarly want the German-based TUV Rheinland company to reimburse them for their burst boobs. The firm gave the okay for the distribution of defective implants made by the French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) which reportedly implanted 500,000 women around the world with potentially damaging breasts. Of those 500,000 women, supposedly 15,000 are Colombian. Though the implants were found not to cause cancer, they were made with industrial silicone rather than medical grade silicone and potentially can still cause tumors -- the main reason they are banned in most countries.
"They feel that they have a time bomb in their body", said Nathalie Lozano, director of the Colombian firm that represents the women.
The scandal broke in 2009 when surgeons reported high incidence of ruptures. By 2011, PIP was being liquidated.

BACKGROUND: 14,000 Colombian women may have dangerous breast implants

"This generates constant stress and anxiety, and is the reason many opt to have them removed despite lacking money to replace them," said Lozano.
Claudia Ximena Reyes, a resident of the Quidio department, had her PIP implants removed after the Colombian Ministry of Health expedited resolution 258 in 2012, under which the National Health System covers the removal of PIP implants.
"The supposed help from the government did not cover new implants, medical leave, pharmaceuticals or massages. Nothing. I was flat, like a child," said Claudia.
"Since then, I don't take of my bra in front of my husband. I feel mutilated."

TEHRAN ( Iran Newspaper states America will soon be executing a Woman ) Lethal injection -Not by hanging Iran or flogging

American woman to be executed soon

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – While US criticize other countries for executing the criminals, from 1996 onward, it has executed 1309 men and 11women.

US media had it that a Dallas County woman who was accused of stabbing and robbing Dorothy Booth, her 71-year-old Lancaster neighbor in 1997, will be executed on Tuesday by lethal injection. Dallas court jury gave a verdict of guilty for Kimberly McCarthy, a former nursing home therapist, for stabbing and robbing Dorothy Booth, her 71-year-old Lancaster neighbor in 1997. Booth was stabbed five times with a knife. McCarthy also faces capital murder charges for two other murders in the recent decade. According to a report in Xinhua, Chinese news agency, from 1996 onward, it has executed 1309 men and 11 women. American media has been criticizing Iranian courts for execution of two criminal men who were extorting money from people by threatening them with cold weapons.

TURKEY ( Police release video of missing woman -Sarai Sierra 33 ) See story

ISTANBUL — The husband of a New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was interviewed by police Tuesday in hopes of helping the search.
Police meanwhile released security camera footage of Sarai Sierra, 33, who has been missing since Jan. 21, when she didn't take her flight back to New York. She arrived on Istanbul on Jan. 7 with plans to practice her hobby of photography on her first trip outside of the United States.
Sierra's husband, Steven, and brother David Jimenez arrived in Istanbul late Monday. The state-run Anadolu Agency said U.S. Consulate officials accompanied the two to the police station where Steven Sierra made a deposition to police who specialize in missing persons.

A view of the street with the hostel, in yellow, where Sarai Sierra, a New York City woman, 33, was staying in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Police in Istanbul were scanning security camera footage Monday to try to trace Sierra who went missing while vacationing alone in the city, a Turkish official said. A police official said authorities were reviewing footage from around Istanbul's Taksim neighborhood _ the city's main hub where she was staying at a hostel.(AP Photo)

The security camera footage shows Sierra eating alone in the food court of a shopping mall near the hostel where she was staying and walking around the mall, dressed in jeans, a brown leather jacket and a winter hat, her hands in her pockets. Another image shows her walking along a main shopping street, wearing earphones. Police did not say when the images were recorded, but Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper said the images were from Jan. 20.
Hurriyet, quoting unnamed police sources, said Turkish officials were not notified about the disappearance until Jan. 25 and said the delay was hampering the search.
Before she went missing, Sierra, the mother of two, had been in regular contact with her family and friends, and told relatives she planned to take photographs at the Galata Bridge — a tourist landmark that spans the Golden Horn waterway and is lined with fishermen.
Police have said Sierra made an excursion to Amsterdam, Netherlands, from Istanbul on Jan. 15 and travelled on to Munich, Germany, on Jan. 16 before returning to Istanbul on Jan. 19. Police were trying to determine the reason for her visit to the European cities.

Thane India ( 70 yr old man booked for gang rape of maid ) Omg

70-year-old booked for raping minor girl in Thane

Jan 28, 2013

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Thane (Maha): A minor girl was allegedly gangraped by two persons, including a 70-year-old man, at Kalyan in Thane district, police said.
Besides two alleged rapists, two women were also booked in this case as they threatened the victim of dire consequences if she told anybody about the incident, police said today.
In the complaint filed with the police yesterday, the girl alleged that on 28 December last year, she was repeatedly raped by one Jaswant Bhai (70) and Nilesh More (18) at Rupa Karya’s house, where she worked as a maid servant, police said.

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Karya and another woman named Preeti (35) threatened the girl of dire consequences if she revealed it to anyone, police said.
Police have booked the four accused under sections 376 (2)(G), 506, rw 34 of the IPC, sections 4 and 12 of the Protection of Child from Sexual Offences act of 2012 and also Juvenile Justice Act, section 23 and 26, police said.
No arrests have been made in this connection so far and further investigation is on, police said.

Saudi Arabia ( Sri Lanka maid gets beheaded- World Outraged by this punishment ) Woman's head cut off ?

The recent beheading of an underage Sri Lankan maid in Saudi Arabia has shocked the world, but in Tamil Nadu, a Muslim group has reportedly slammed a writer for his views against this barbaric act.
One would have expected the incident, which is yet another instance of the human rights violations of women migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, to outrage people in the region. But as The Hindu reported on Tuesday, “Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath” has challenged a writer and DMK chief Karunanidhi for a public debate on the death penalty, indirectly justifying the killing.
The victim, Rizana Nafeek, was a Muslim girl, who going by her family’s account, was just a kid. But the Saudis had no qualms in beheading her, notwithstanding the shock expressed by the UN, Human Rights Watch, and EU, or even the desperate pleas of the Sri Lankan government.
The issue that is being covered up in Tamil Nadu as an Islamic debate on death penalty, however raises two important questions: the unhindered and brutal abuse of migrant women by Saudi Arabia and the inability of countries such as Sri Lanka and India to check this practice because of their dependence on the blood and sweat of its migrant women.

Protests in Sri Lanka following the beheading: Reuters

First, let’s look at the plight of migrant women from Sri Lanka in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
By November last year, Sri Lankan migrant workers sent home a record US$ 5.43 billion, which was more than 10 percent of the country’s economy. Of this, nearly half came from women, most of whom are housemaids in Saudi homes.
A few years ago, about 80 per cent of remittances to the country came from women. The fact of the matter is that these women have protected the Sri Lankan economy with their menial jobs for years – even during the high-cost war and the global financial crisis.
Six years ago, these remittances had accounted for 34% of Sri Lanka’s export earnings, about two-thirds of which came from women. A study by Monash University – one of the many pieces of research on migrant women in Sri Lanka – shows that in the Gulf countries, women work in “unregulated and isolated conditions” with “significant risk of abuse and exploitation”. Even as academic euphemisms, these expressions indicate the scary conditions in which the women work.
The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) and the Human Rights Watch have documented that the women are subjected to physical and sexual assaults, besides other forms of intimidation and violence such as confiscation of passports, enslaved working conditions and torture by their employees.
The main culprit in such cases are the governments of “sending countries” themselves, because they don’t want to kill the geese that lay these golden eggs. For instance, as the Monash study noted, the Sri Lankan government had been “cautious” in tackling the issue for the fear of losing its “competitive advantage”.
What is this competitive advantage?
The availability of its women for abuse in return for a few dollars in foreign exchange.
In fact, a few years ago, the Sri Lankan government had stooped to apologising to the Saudis when a maid from the country committed suicide on the latter’s soil.
Although there have been relentless efforts by the IOM and oragnisations such as Migrants Forum and Caram Asia along with national governments to improve the working conditions of women in the Arab states, Saudi Arabia has steadfastly stonewalled every request because they employ the largest number of migrant women in menial jobs. While most Middle Eastern countries agreed to the Sri Lankan government’s request to raise the minimum wage to US$ 150 for maids, the Saudis asked them to take a walk.
The beheading incident is a wake up call for not only Sri Lanka, but also for countries such as India. A few months ago, another maid, this time from Indonesia, was executed on some unproven grounds.

Turkey ( 100 plainclothes police to catch man beating women in Istanbul )

Heavy Police Presence In Samatya After Attacks On Armenians

• From: Mihran Keheyian <mkeheyian@gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:22:57 +0400 (AMT)

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HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE IN SAMATYA AFTER ATTACKS ON ARMENIANS

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/01/25/heavy-police-presence-in-samatya-after-attacks-on-armenians/
January 25, 2013

ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)-The Armenian neighborhood of Samatya in
Istanbul is now under heavy police patrol after a series of attacks
against elderly Armenian women in recent weeks, the Armenian Weekly
has learned from activists and sources in Samatya.

Agos headline: Turkey Silent as Attacks Continue The Istanbul Aksaray
Police department has announced that there are 20 police patrols in
the neighborhood, and around 100 plainclothes policemen have also
been dispatched to Samatya.

Police has also announced that one person might be behind all recent
attacks, while activists the Weekly has communicated with question
that scenario.

The Samatya area is home to many Armenians. The community is weary of these attacks, and calls for caution have been made. Agos: Turkey Silent as Attacks Continue


The front page headline in this week's issue of Agos, the Turkish Armenian newspaper founded by Hrant Dink, reads "Turkey Silent, Attacks Continue" (see photo). On Sunday, Jan. 27, The Istanbul branch of the Human Rights Association, Nor Zartonk (young Armenians' socialist initiative) and AKADER (Antolian Peoples' Culture association) will hold a rally in Samatya in solidarity with the Armenian community there. In recent days, a few media outlets and politicians have broken the silence on the issue, while overall, Turkey remains silent. One murder, at least three other attacks in recent weeks In recent weeks, there have been several attacks against Armenians in Istanbul, mostly in Samatya. In early December an Armenian woman was attacked and robbed; while months earlier an Armenian woman was attacked by a taxi driver and called an infidel.

On Jan. 6, three assailants tried to kidnap an elderly Armenian woman, according to Turkish sources. The attempt failed. According to human rights activists, the common thread that runs through all of these crimes is not just their being motivated by hate or being committed in an environment that breeds intolerance against Armenians, but also the efforts of the authorities to play them down. The Armenian Weekly will continue following up on this issue.

Turkey ( 2 Armenian women attacked in Istanbul in Past 24 Hours )

TWO ARMENIAN WOMEN ATTACKED IN ISTANBUL IN PAST 24 HOURS

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/01/23/breaking-news-two-armenian-women-attacked-in-istanbul-in-past-24-hours/
January 23, 2013

Second attack not confirmed independently

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Two elderly Armenian women were attacked in
Istanbul's Samatya district on Jan 22 and 23, less than a month after
an 84-year-old Armenian woman was brutally murdered in Istanbul,
raising the number of violent attacks against elderly Armenian women
to at least four in recent months.


Two elderly Armenian women were attacked in Istanbul's Samatya district
on Jan 22 and 23.

The Jan. 22 attack happened around 5 p.m. when the victim, 83-year-old
Sultan Aykar was about to enter her ground-floor apartment. She then
saw the intruder and, frightened, she fell. The attacker proceeded to
kick her. Hearing her screams, neighbors came down, scaring off the
masked man, reported Bianet. The neighbors described the attacker as
a male between the ages of 35 and 40, with gray hair, and dressed in
black. During the attack, Aykar suffered damage to her eye. She has
now lost sight in that eye, despite surgery on Jan. 23. The victim's
daughter, Menzar Etik, said her mother did not have any enemies, as
she was a quiet woman. Etik did not believe the attacker's intention
was robbery, as the attacker did not attempt to steal her purse,
and there was nothing more than a broken TV in her apartment.

Today (Jan. 23), another attack was reported on yet another elderly
Armenian woman. The attack happened on the street, near the Samatya
High School, sources reported. The two assailants ran away. The victim
was covered with blood. Shortly thereafter, she disappeared.

Community members and plainclothes policemen have been unable to find
or identify the woman.

The Armenian Weekly could not independently confirm the report on
today's attack.

In turn, Agos editor Rober Koptas told the Weekly, "We spoke to
churchmen, taghagans, shopkeepers, police, and lots of people but
none of them confirmed it."

The Samatya area is home to many Armenians. The community is weary
of these attacks, and calls for caution have been made.

In recent years, there have been several attacks against Armenians
in Turkey. In early December another Armenian woman was attacked and
robbed; while months earlier an Armenian woman was attacked by a taxi
driver and called an infidel.

On Jan. 6, three assailants tried to kidnap an elderly Armenian woman,
according to Turkish sources. The attempt failed.

According to human rights activists, the common thread that runs
through all of these crimes is not just their being motivated by hate
or being committed in an environment that breeds intolerance against
Armenians, but also the efforts of the authorities to play them down
and cover them up.

The Armenian Weekly will continue following up on this issue.