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| The '''suicide of Anna Halman''' occurred on ] ] when Halman, aged 14, took her own life following a serious ]. | |||
| ==Anna Halman== | |||
| Anna Halman (] ] - ] ]) was a ] from ] who attended Gymnasium #2 in ]. | |||
| ==Events== | |||
| On ] ] Halman was the victim of a sexual assault. In her classroom, in the teacher's absence, male classmates stripped and sexually molested her while one boy filmed the incident with his mobile phone. <ref name="warsaw"></ref> The following day she committed suicide. Her story was carried by the media, and she was known as '''Anna''' or | |||
| '''Ania''' (an affectionate diminutive of the name Anna) until her full name was revealed. | |||
| In response to the incident and the scandal it caused, the Polish Minister of Education, ], launched a Zero Tolerance school reform.<ref></ref> Under this plan, teachers would have the legal status of civil servants, making violent crimes against them punishable by higher penalties. Head teachers will be, in theory, able to send aggressive pupils to perform community service and these students' parents may also be fined. Teachers who fail to report violent acts in school could face a prison sentence.<ref name="warsaw"/> | |||
| This plan has been criticized by psychologists stating that more severe punishments won't fix the real problem.{{Fact|date=May 2007}} | |||
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| * http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1,75478,3703914.html Polish site | |||
| * http://gdansk.naszemiasto.pl/wydarzenia/661922.html Polish site | |||
| * http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/dodatki/warszawa_070507/warszawa_a_5.html Polish site | |||
| * http://www.sarm.sk/indexPure.cfm?module=articles&page=ArticlePrint&ArticleID=8588 Slovak site | |||
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