Ghaza city: A Palestinian woman was imprisoned for nine years in a bathroom by her father, beaten, barely fed and only let out at night, a report said.
Hala Shreim, a social worker said that she was given only a blanket, a radio, and a razor blade by her father, who encouraged her to kill herself.
Palestinian police freed Baraa Melhem on Saturday in the West Bank town of Qalqilya, after a relative told authorities of the woman’s plight, said spokesman Adnan Damiri.
Authorities said Melhem was in her early 20s and that she was initially locked up when she was between 10 and 12 years old.
The woman was found by Shreim and the police in a small bathroom with a tiny window. She wrapped herself in a blanket for warmth, and her father also gave her used clothes.
“It’s a miracle she didn’t go mad. She had a small radio that she used to listen to programs. She was aware of herself – of her own mental health. She said the radio was her only friend in the darkness,” said Shreim.
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