After the killing of Farah Hamza ... a demonstration in Kuwait to condemn violence against women
Dozens of people demonstrated in Kuwait Thursday to protest violence against women, after a young Kuwaiti woman was killed by a young man who had lodged many complaints against him.
The killing of Kuwaiti Farah Hamzah Akbar, 32, caused a shock in the Kuwaiti street, especially because she had previously filed several complaints against him.
The young woman was kidnapped on Tuesday by the murderer, who is not related to her, while she was accompanied by her two daughters and her sister in her car in broad daylight.
A video was posted on social media, showing the killer while colliding with Farah's car, and the crying of her two daughters could be heard while her sister said that the young man who kidnapped her was previously released.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior statement stated that he stabbed Farah one fatally in the chest before throwing her body in a hospital.
The young man was arrested and confessed to committing the crime.
With the participation of about 200 people, including men, the demonstrators wore black clothes to mourn Farah, and responded to the calls to demonstrate by activists on social media under the slogan "Who is next?", And called for tightening penalties for those who assault women.
The participants held banners reading "We will not be silent" and "Stop killing women." Others held a large banner with the names of 10 Kuwaiti women who were killed in recent years, and wrote under it, "There are women who were killed silently and we did not mention their names."
A number of Farah's family participated in the sit-in, demanding justice for them.
Farah’s aunt, crying, told France Presse, “What is her fault ... why did she kill?” She added, “We will not speak today, we will let justice speak.”
Fasting or high temperature did not prevent Ms. Umm Muhammad, a Kuwaiti retired, from participating in the demonstration, which lasted for forty minutes.
"We want security, we want the killer to be killed so that no one dares us," she said.
In turn, Kuwaiti activist Arwa Al-Waqian said, "We have not slept for days because of the unfairness of the victim who was treacherously killed in broad daylight. We do not know which obsessed (person) will confront us on the street tomorrow."
"We are on the street today to express our anger and until our voice reaches our voice," she added. "The authorities must interact with the complaints submitted by women and not be forced to give up."
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