Acid attack survivors network in Bangladesh - in pictures

By - - THE GUARDIAN
Added: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:34:23 UTC

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Seventeen-year-old Neela Khatunis is one of more than 2,700 victims of acid attacks in Bangladesh over the past 10 years. 'My husband was angry ... because he claimed a dowry but my family couldn’t provide one,' she says. 'His plan was to sell me in Saudi Arabia – when I refused he threw acid on me then he fled'

Click here to go to the Guardian page and see and read more about other victims and the work of the Acid Survivors Network.

TAGGED: HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, HUMAN RIGHTS

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