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Paris: Girl beaten for chatting on MSN


A 16 year old might lose her eye for chatting on MSN. Caught while on her computer in December, she was beaten and locked up at home in the Paris suburb of Saint-Gratien (Val d'oise). With their parents' permission, both strict Muslims, her two brothers (28 and 32) allegedly punished the victim. The four held a family meeting to avoid legal repercussions.

The brothers and parents [ed: according to one report, the mother was not charged] appeared before a magistrate in Pontoise yesterday, charged with willful violence, kidnapping or more than seven days and neglect.

The investigation started after the victim visited an ophthalmologist, having finally been able to leave the apartment a month after the attacks started. The teenager, who was injured in her eye, was able to consult a specialist, who did not fail to notice the bruises. The young victim risks losing her eye.

At best, according to certain reports, she would retain very diminished eyesight. Her visual acuity is less than a tenth. The specialist immediately reported the incident and the proceedings were launched.

The Enghien-les-Bains police started a preliminary investigation which culminated Wednesday in the arrests of the parents of the victim and her two brothers. The older brother is particularly suspect. They trapped her for eight days in the apartment, in harsh conditions. 

The UMP mayor of Saint-Gratien, Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio, says it's unbearable that such a thing can happen in France in the 21st century, to injure your child's eye because of religion. The parents must understand that it's a very serious act.

Sources: Le Parisien, Le Figaro (French), 

Of course I have, actually I went there a week ago.. Wonderful city

Minas Gerais – Southeastern Brazil, about 2000km from the Uruguayan Border.

Sure that's not in Middle Earth? 

Why did the  sad thing happen? I have some muslims friends ,we chat on msn,and they don't have the trouble.

I think the family mistake the belief of the religion. 

Minas Gerais – Southeastern Brazil, about 2000km from the Uruguayan Border.

Sure that's not in Middle Earth? 

no dude, LOL ABOUT 2000KM GOING THROUGH THE HIGHWAY. 

I envy you, Santiago, coz you live in Punta del Este. Lots of bars, barbecue, casinos… PARADISE…

I don't live in Punta del Este, I live in Montevideo, but Punta del Este is near here anyway. Have you ever been here?

When i was little kid. I went there, but I don't remember so much about it, just have some pics of the trip. Beautiful city, man.

(ooooooooooops you live near* PUNTA, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, SORRY LOL) With due respect, but in Uruguay, everything is near, lol

Compeared to our neighbours Brazil and Argentina – yes, everything is near, but we are bigger than most of the European countries though, I think that we have the fame of being a little country is about population (3 million of people), and it is because most of people is old (high life expentency) and the young people don't want to have children, they prefer to have a career, travel and so on, and the ones who want to have children prefers have one, two or three, because if they have a lot of children like it happens in most of the latin american countries, they can not keep their high quality of life

anyway… your country rocks bro

wanna come back some day…

We live in idiotic world that this things are happening.Shame.

Fucking weird. I know this post above me comes from a muslim guy, but it is very useful to us, so we can see there isn't many differences between the '1st and the 3rd world'

good post!