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A video of Debbie is attacked Kaore widely

Prior to last week was shared this month, Debbie Kaore was best known in Papua New Guinea as a champion boxer, won gold at the Pacific Games in 2015, recently had a career move to rugby.

Then Last Friday , a video was in wide share on Social Media , which showed that Ms-Kaore is attacked violently, with a hot iron in her home. The video was released on TikTok and Instagram of your friend, with the permission and went viral. Ms Kaore partner Murray Oa, a Lieutenant in the Papua New Guinean army, was arrested and charged with assault.

"graphics" showed pictures of horrible injuries on the rugby players for The Face and body. "I've noticed, if I burn would not be out of The Room , he me alive," She Said in an interview with The Bbc .

The recordings from your Ms Kaore assault has shone a light on the extent of Domestic Violence in Papua New Guinea , and led to statements of support for The Nation , urged them to Papua New Guinea men, "let this woman alone."

But would say to many of The Nation 's women have been able to, what you saw in the video. As many as two thirds have experienced Domestic Violence , according to a study by the UN.

Ms Kaore saw Mr Oa just over a year. The First attack happened when she was two months pregnant, she told The Bbc . "And from then on he continued to be verbally, mentally, and emotionally torment me," She Said . "I was mentally breaking. "

On 4. In June she posted a video on the app TikTok. It was a response to a video published by your sister's ex-boyfriend, to create a duet, which the two in the split-screen feature of the app showed. Satisfied with the result, shared it on your Whatsapp status.

she told The Bbc that Mr Oa, it looked the drinks, and returned home shortly.

Ms Kaore has been accused of having a child with Mr, Oa,, in the to your

"I saw him Parking across the street, and noticed that he looked uncomfortable," Ms Kaore remembered. "He came in, walked up to me and asked for my phone so he could send an E-Mail. So I gave it to him, and he went into our room and looked at my WhatsApp video. "

She Said he called her into The Room and began to question her about the video. "But when I started, showed him my phone, he knocked me down and took the iron," She Said .

Mr Oa burned her about The Face and in the stomach with the iron you, and headbutted told her, while demanding to your Facebook account.

her two sons from a previous relationship, looked both younger than 10, The Attack . You managed to escape through a rear door, and call your father lifted you up and brought you to the hospital.

"I got burned by an iron, And Then hit, while our kids watched" afterwards, she wrote on the Social Media . "A sacrifice to Lieutenant Murry Oa ... I'm here because this has gone too far. I can only hope that it will not be another victim After me. "

Ms Kaore posted pictures of their injuries

With Mr. Kaore permission, one of your friends posted footage of The Attack online The Following day. It went viral, forcing to The Surface , in discussions about the country's widespread Domestic Violence problem.

Mr Oa was arrested and charged with assault. He has yet to comment on The Incident .

The Prime Minister , among other high-profile figures released to condemn the statements, not only Debbie 's attacker, but Domestic Violence in General. Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee and the Rugby club, spoke in support of Debbie .

But what had happened to her once. In 2016, the humanitarian organization Human Rights Watch Papua New Guinea called one of The Most dangerous countries in The World for women and girls. The violence is not so systemic that many women seek help until it is Too Late , said Kate Schuetze, Pacific researcher at Amnesty International .

"It is so normalized In Society and in the culture that people think to get help if you abuse experience," she told The Bbc . "The day-to-day Level of violence Are extremely high. Often only once A Woman is in need of serious medical help you get to seek help or try to escape the relationship. "

For people who Are outside of Papua New Guinea cities, there Are barriers to seeking help, particularly high. About 80% of the population of the country lives in rural areas with little access to emergency or other supportive services.

A Woman was forced to walk for Five Days in a rural part of the country, the Highlands, the hospital, After a serious personal injury, Ms Schuetze said.

"There Are a lot of rural areas out there that don't have a good Transport Infrastructure , which is why she had to go. But She Said to me that, if you have not had to Get Out of this situation, she would not have lived. "

women from Domestic Violence is also captured by financial obstacles. In parts of Papua New Guinea , significant sums of money known as "bride Price " be paid to a groom by The Family of The Bride . It is to be feared, that, if A Woman escapes, your family, it is expected that the repayment of the sum to Her Husband .

And widespread drug and alcohol abuse among men was also a part of The Problem , said Professor Judy Atkinson, The Founder of We Al-li, a group working with indigenous communities in Australia and Papua New Guinea .

"It is a big problem in the community," She Said . "They Are sold on The Streets in Papua New Guinea - and the violence it generates, and leads to a culture of violence. "

Debbie Kaore, second from right, is a Rugby Star and champion boxer

In 2013, Papua New Guinea passed The Family protection Act, criminalizing Domestic Violence and allowing victims to receive protection orders. It is the law, it was Four Years later, but enforcement remains "weak and inconsistent", Human Rights Watch said.

complaints of intimate partner violence Are often not taken seriously by The Police , or the officers involved, the training is missing, with the case effectively and to be sensitive, said MS Schuetze. Papua New Guinea police is relatively small, and there is a legal support or supervision can be too expensive for many to justice through the courts.

One of them said, The Police and the public Prosecutor's office "pursues only a few investigations or the indictment of the people who commit violence in The Family , Even in cases of attempted murder, severe bodily injury, or re - Rape -and instead prefer to resolve such cases through mediation and/or the payment of damages sought".

Ms Kaore said, you hope that the unusually high level of reporting requested, by changing hurry their attack last week.

"I Am grateful for the love and support I get from all over The World . To know I'm not alone in this so much to me and My Family ," She Said .

"I can only hope that things will change After This . I hope to see that people can be trained properly and learn to respect each other, and change your mindset. "

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Source of news: bbc.com