{"id":78776,"date":"2017-02-08T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1ac597b5d8a2f96bf6a11e960a283e0e"},"modified":"2017-02-08T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:33:00","slug":"press-release-uk-minister-condemns-russias-domestic-violence-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78776","title":{"rendered":"Press release: UK minister condemns Russia\u2019s domestic violence law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>On 7 February the Russian government passed into law an amendment which decriminalises domestic violence in Russia. It reduces \u2018battery within the family\u2019 from a criminal to an administrative offence, with weaker sanctions for offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Baroness Anelay, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Human Rights and the Prime Minister\u2019s Special Representative for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/preventing-sexual-violence-initiative\">Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict<\/a> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It is deeply disappointing that Russia has introduced new legislation decriminalising domestic violence. This sends the wrong message about the Russian authorities\u2019 commitment to tackling violence in the home. Victims of domestic violence, which are most often women and children, need more protection, not less.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The UK is committed to addressing domestic violence, and particularly violence against women and girls at home and overseas. Globally, one in 3 women will experience physical or sexual violence at some point in her lifetime. A 2008 report issued by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested 14,000 women die annually at the hands of husbands or other relatives and that domestic violence occurs in one in 4 Russian families.<\/p>\n<p>Tackling violence; promoting gender equality; and empowering all women and girls are essential to defending human rights. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is supporting women\u2019s rights projects across 28 countries with a total projected spend of more than \u00a33.5 million between 2016 and 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyceAnelay\">@JoyceAnelay<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\">YouTube<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\">LinkedIn<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s new legislation sends the wrong message about tackling violence against women and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78801,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78776\/revisions\/78801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}