Victims of acid attacks in Pakistan are taking legal action to block broadcast of Saving Face, an Oscar-winning film that documents their plight for fear of violent reprisals.
Saving Face has won plaudits around the world for exposing the horrors endured by women whose faces haven been destroyed by acid – often thrown by jealous husbands or relatives who believe they have brought shame on the family.
The Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan had co-operated with the makers but some survivors now fear a backlash and claim they had not consented to the film being released in Pakistan.
Naveed Muzaffar Khan, their lawyer, said he sent legal notices to the film's producers Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge, on Friday threatening an injunction if they did not agree to withdraw the film. Full story...
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Saving Face has won plaudits around the world for exposing the horrors endured by women whose faces haven been destroyed by acid – often thrown by jealous husbands or relatives who believe they have brought shame on the family.
The Acid Survivors Foundation Pakistan had co-operated with the makers but some survivors now fear a backlash and claim they had not consented to the film being released in Pakistan.
Naveed Muzaffar Khan, their lawyer, said he sent legal notices to the film's producers Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge, on Friday threatening an injunction if they did not agree to withdraw the film. Full story...
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