新华社耶路撒冷/加沙8月23日电（记者冯国芮 赵伟宏） 以色列总理内塔尼亚胡和国防部长卡茨23日警告巴勒斯坦伊斯兰抵抗运动（哈马斯），如果不立即停止从加沙地带向以色列“放风筝”，以军将加大对相关人员的打击力度，并疏散加沙地带相关区域居民。 New Delhi, Oct 14 (UNI) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notices to Union Ministries of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, the governments of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra over menace of Devadasi system, calling for a detailed report in the matter.
The report must contain the supporting data mentioning the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the authorities to prevent the Devadasi system and to provide the Devadasis rehabilitation and social security so that they could lead their lives with dignity. It should also mention whether any local laws have been enacted in the States to prevent such social evil, and if not what steps have been proposed to be taken to eradicate it, NHRC in a statement stated.
The Commission took suo motu cognizance of a media report on the continued menace of Devadasi system, especially in southern part of India. Reportedly, the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh governments had declared this tradition of Devadasi as illegal in the year 1982 and 1988, respectively. However, reportedly, over 70,000 women have been leading their lives as Devadasi in Karnataka alone, it stated.
A Commission constituted under the chairmanship of Justice Raghunath Rao had reportedly held that there are 80,000 Devadasis in the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, it added.
Issuing the notices, the Commission observed that a few years back, it had received a complaint regarding the malpractice of Devadasi in the States of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. In response to its notices, the state authorities had denied the allegations. Various laws have also been enacted in the past to stop the malpractice of the Devadasi system but it is still prevailing, as the news report indicates. The Apex Court has also taken a stern stance in condemning the malpractice of dedicating young girls as Devadasis. It has described the practice as an evil done to women by subjecting them to sexual exploitation and prostitution. This is a serious issue of violation of Right to Life, Dignity and Equality of these victim women, it added.
UNI CM SHK2145。内塔尼亚胡和卡茨当天晚间与以军总参谋长扎米尔等军方和国防部门高级官员举行形势评估会议，讨论近期加沙地带风筝飞入以色列境内事件。
B | 据以媒报道，本周末至少有4只从加沙地带飞来的风筝落入以色列南部靠近加沙地带的集体农庄。
C | 以军表示，没有在这些风筝上发现可疑物品，风筝也未对公众构成危险。不过，这些风筝令人联想到此前数年从加沙地带放飞、携带燃烧装置并曾导致以南部多地发生火灾的风筝和气球。哈马斯发言人哈齐姆·卡西姆当天回应说，以方不要以所谓“放风筝”为由发出威胁，并称这些风筝只是“加沙难民营里儿童的玩具”。卡西姆称，以方的威胁“建立在捏造的借口之上”，试图为继续针对巴勒斯坦人的行动和“侵犯行为”寻找正当理由。卡西姆呼吁美国政府、斡旋国家以及“和平委员会”采取行动，阻止以方针对巴勒斯坦人的行动，防止停火框架遭到破坏。
