Femicide in the Balkans

Tha sreath de bhoireannaich air a bhith air am murt len cèilean ann am Bosnia agus Croatia thairis air na bliadhnaichean mu dheireadh. Chaidh aon mhurt san Lùnastal a chraoladh beò air Instagram. Leis nach eil figearan oifigeil air a bhith air an cruinneachadh gu cunbhalach, feumar an leithid fhaighinn bho bhuidhnean carthannais agus eile. Tha pàtran follaiseach air a thighinn asta sin ge-tà. Tha an àireamh de chùisean femicide, sin boireannaich gam marbhadh air sgàth an gnè, ag èirigh. Tha beachd ann gu bheil ceangal eadar seo agus eachdraidh nan dùthchannan Balcanach, gu h-àraid cogaidhean nan naochadan. Ann am Bosnia, tha iarrtasan air nochdadh airson dèiligeadh ri mar a tha a' tachairt agus tha marbhadh bhoireannach a stèidheachadh mar eucoir fa leth nam measg. Tha an dearbh rud ga mholadh le Riaghaltas Chroatia an-dràsta ach tha teagamhan ann mu cho èifeachdach 's a bhiodh gluasad dha leithid. Tha Eòrpa a' rannsachadh.

A string of women have been murdered by their intimate partners in Bosnia and Croatia over the last few years. One such killing in August was live-streamed on Instagram. Official data isn't gathered regularly and information regarding statistics has to come from NGOs and other groups. A clear pattern has emerged from those figures. Femicide, the murder of women because of their gender, is on the rise. Some are of the opinion that this is connected to the history of the Balkans, especially the wars of the 1990s. In Bosnia, there has been a call to deal with this in part by introducing femicide into the country's criminal code. That was recently recommended by the Croatian government but some are unsure how effective such a measure would prove to be. Eòrpa investigates.