{"id":31705,"date":"2021-12-15T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T10:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/espch-objazal-rossiju-vyplatit-pochti-400-tysjach-evro-margarite-grachevoj-kotoroj-muzh-na-pochve-revnosti-otrubil-kisti-ruk\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:42:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T10:42:03","slug":"russia-told-to-pay-compensation-to-woman-whose-hands-were-cut-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/hy\/russia-told-to-pay-compensation-to-woman-whose-hands-were-cut-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Court of Human Rights said Russia had failed to combat domestic violence, and ordered it to compensate four women who were brutally attacked.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off<\/h1>\n
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Russia has been ordered to pay more than \u20ac370,000 (\u00a3315,000) in compensation to a woman whose hands were cut off by her husband.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The European Court of Human Rights said Russia had failed to combat domestic violence, and ordered it to compensate four women who were brutally attacked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They include Margarita Gracheva, whose husband kidnapped her in 2017 and attacked her with an axe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court told Russia to make urgent changes to stop such attacks in future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It said domestic violence against women was happening on a “staggering scale” and Russia had breached two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In December 2017, Ms Gracheva’s husband took her into a forest and cut her hands off with an axe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She had already told police about his aggressive behaviour, but officers ignored her complaints.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her mutilated left hand was retrieved from the forest and sewn back on. A prosthetic right hand was fitted after a crowdfunding campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her now ex-husband Dmitry Grachev was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The court said Ms Gracheva’s case showed how Russia’s laws meant authorities did not spot domestic abuse until it escalated to cause physical injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It called for a legal definition of domestic violence and for all perpetrators to be criminalised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In 2017, President Vladimir Putin signed a law softening the penalties for domestic violence<\/a>. First offences where the victim is not hospitalised are no longer treated as criminal offences and punishments were reduced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Three other women, Natalya Tunikova, Yelena Gershman and Irina Petrakova, are also to be paid damages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We won!” Mari Davtyan, one of the lawyers representing the women wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Each of these women was seriously injured as a result of the state’s inaction in the situation of domestic violence,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Russia had previously objected to the women’s claims for compensation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Deputy Justice Minister Mikhail Galperin said the Russian state should not be held responsible for domestic violence cases perpetrated by individuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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