A deputy from Kazakhstan's lower chamber of Parliament, the Mazhilis, has made an outrageous proposal to punish women for provoking abuse by their husbands. This, in a country where police receive more than 100,000 domestic violence complaints annually. In a September 26 meeting, where parliament's Legislation and Judicial Reform Committee was discussing measures to combat domestic violence, Amantai Zharkynbek, a deputy from the ruling Amanat political party, said that if a woman's husband is sentenced to 15 days of administrative arrest for domestic violence, then 'it follows that his wife should be detained too,' for 'provoking' the abuse.

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