ETLJB has previously published several comments
and sources of information on infanticide in East Timor.
The alarm about infanticide continues
unabated.
On 22 August 2019 JSMP provided training to
members of the village council and community members in Loidahar Village,
Liquica Sub-District in Liquica Municipality.
JSMP reported on 29 August 2019, that local
residents of Loidahar Village are concerned with issues relating to access to
justice: suspended prison sentences, divorce, neglect, infanticide and cases
involving members of the Government.
“The participants conveyed their concerns
about using violence to educate family members, and that perpetrators of
domestic violence have appeared in court but have not been punished and have
gone on to repeat their actions, as well as couples getting divorced and
neglecting their children, cases of babies being disposed of, as well as
members of the sovereign organs being involved in crimes but not being
punished.”
JSMP explained that violence should not be
used to educate someone, but rather words and other non-violent methods should
be used.
On the issue of mothers killing their
babies after giving birth but not being punished, JSMP explained that in some
cases mothers do not serve a prison sentence. However, in some cases it is very
difficult to capture defendants (women and/or men) because it is often
difficult to locate the perpetrators.
“In reality community members always blame
women, without considering and assessing each case in a detailed and
comprehensive fashion,” the report notes.
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