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Upskirting : great Britain prohibits taking pictures under woman's skirts

The upper house of the British Parliament has passed a law against taking pictures under woman's skirts, and thus the months-long campaign of a young Englishwo

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Upskirting : great Britain prohibits taking pictures under woman's skirts

The upper house of the British Parliament has passed a law against taking pictures under woman's skirts, and thus the months-long campaign of a young Englishwoman to success helped. The 27-year-old activist Gina Martin celebrated the on Tuesday approved a ban on Twitter: "I'm exhausted and so happy," wrote Martin on Wednesday. However, the decision was due to the also on the same day, to be held Brexit vote in the lower house.

Martin had taken up the fight against secret Photography under skirts and dresses (in English: "Upskirting") to one's own experience in suffering. In July 2017 they had been according to its own information of a stranger at a music festival in London initially afflicted.

Then he made a picture under her skirt and this over the short message service Whatsapp to a friend sent that lurked in the immediate vicinity. She knew immediately that she had been the victim of this intimate Close-up told you once to the AFP news Agency.

you have alerted the police, who had forced the man to Delete the photos. The investigations against the Suspects were, however, soon set in. The reason: The Offense was at the time in England and Wales, not criminal, unlike in Scotland.

"That was the straw that broke the camel's back," said Martin. She launched a Petition to ban the secret pictures. More than 110,000 signatures they collected. At the same time, you have to hate messages in the social networks plug-in: "One year I received rape threats. The Tenor was, it was my own fault because I was wearing a skirt".

in the Meantime, the project was threatened even by the Failure, as a conservative member of Parliament in the blocked house of the law. After much outrage, the government took Prime Minister Theresa May, however, in a cross-party Initiative in the matter and brought the ban through the house of Commons.

Martin is sure that you have also helped the #MeToo-movement against sexual Assault. "They knew exactly that they had to listen, and that this international debate is no longer allowed you to just sweep this under the carpet."

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