25.11.2013 кунлик архив
Mutabar Tadjibayeva: Uzbek women – victims of violence
In 1999, the UN General Assembly declared November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
This date was chosen in memory of the three Mirabal sisters who lived in the Dominican Republic, who were brutally murdered by the Military Intelligence for their resistance to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo on November 25, 1960. Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabal were members of “June 14 Movement” and actively fought against the dictatorial regime in the country. Death of three sisters triggered mass protests across the country and on May 30, 1961, Trujillo regime was overthrown and the dictator himself was killed.
