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BBC Trending Protests against jail for Russian teenage 'abuse victims'


Protests against jail for Russian teenage 'abuse victims'



Image copyrightDARYA AGENIY
Image captionDarya Ageniy launched an online petition calling for clarification of Russia's self-defence law

Women in Russia are using social media and protests to draw attention to the country's poor record of tackling violence and sexual assault against women.
Hashtag #NotHerFault (#саманевиновата in Russian) was started by Darya Ageniy, who could face nine years in prison for stabbing a man with a pencil-sharpening blade in "self-defence" when he allegedly tried to rape her in June 2018.

Image captionDarya Ageniy, 19, stabbed a man in "self-defence" who allegedly tried to rape

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