Beaten because she refuses the veil, 14-year-old Bengali denounces family members

She accused her brother of beating her for refusing to wear the veil. A 14-year-old girl from Bangladesh turned to the carabinieri in Ostia, denouncing her mother and brother for repeated attacks up to the threat of returning her to Bangladesh. After being medicated at the Grassi hospital in Ostia, the girl is now in a protected facility. “I express my solidarity with the young woman who was examined and treated in the ‘Pink Code’ in the emergency room of the Grassi hospital in Ostia” says the regional health councilor of the Lazio Region Alessio D’Amato. “The priority now is to guarantee the safety and psycho-physical serenity of the girl. Acts of violence against women are always hateful and in this case even more serious is wanting to impose religious precepts by force. There can be no room for this violence and we have guaranteed all the support of the regional health service towards this teenager who had the courage to report and cannot be left alone ”.