ROME (AP) — Police detained several activists who poured red paint down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps on Wednesday to raise awareness about femicides in Italy. The protesters, from an organization called “Bruciamo Tutto,” or ”Let’s Burn Everything,” spilled paint down the 135-step monument, then dipped their hands in the paint, meant to represent blood, to […]
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Argentina femicides keep rising after record last year, observatory says
By Candelaria Grimberg BUENOS AIRES(Reuters) – Femicides in Argentina, already at a record level last year, have increased further in the first two months of 2024, a report from a local observatory on Friday showed, with more than one killing per day underscoring the deadly threat to women. The country saw 61 misogynistic murders of […]