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I also condemn the publishing of these photographs

Jun 04, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
I join Mr. Vidyaratha Kissoon in his absolute condemnation of the two pictures and the headlines on the front page of the Kaieteur News of Saturday 2nd June 3, 2012 entitled “Woman gets sound beating in public for threatening to leave husband”.
In an effort to sensationalise and sell, Mr. Adam Harris the editor of that day’s edition slipped seamlessly back into that period when violence against women was considered permissible and indeed even glorified.
Mr. Harris must understand that as one of the editors of Guyana’s largest selling newspaper he has both a legal and moral duty to uphold the basic tenets of modern journalism.
I call on both Mr. Harris and Kaieteur News to immediately issue a public apology to this brave woman, mother and sister.
Deborah Backer

Editor’s note: The picture simply highlighted the fact that there is domestic violence and that it exists outside the printed word. It has reached epidemic proportions. We talk about it and all the newspaper did was to let people know that it is real and not just something that people talk about, like ghosts, something nebulous.We also provided evidence in the event of prosecution and we are prepared to defend the victim in court.Sorry how some people prefer to deal with intangibles and when presented with the real situation, balk.
If Guyana is serious about eradicating this scourge of domestic violence then we just cannot do it by talking. We need to bring it in the open. There was, is and would never be any intention to degrade anyone. Most of the employees in this newspaper are women.

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