Indian brides given wooden paddles to hit drunken, abusive husbands by leading politician

  The Independent Newspaper has reported that Gopal Bargave (a minister in the state of Madhya Pradesh in india) has handed out the paddles, traditionally used to get dirt out of clothes in old-fashioned laundries, to around 700 brides at a mass wedding. Gopal Bargava says he wants to draw attention to the problems of domestic violence in India with …

Attorney general urged to review release of man who beat wife with cricket bat

  The attorney general has been urged to examine the sentencing remarks of judge Richard Mansell QC who freed a man guilty of domestic abuse because he did not believe the victim was vulnerable. Mustafa Bashir, 34 (pictured below) was spared a prison sentence despite forcing his wife to drink bleach, throttling her in public, and striking her …