Guardianship will check the situation in the family of a girl who, on the air of Channel One, showed an international signal for help with domestic violence: she pressed her thumb to her palm and bent four other fingers several times, RBC reports citing a statement by Olga Yaroslavskaya, Commissioner for Children’s Rights in Moscow .
The story was shown in the program “Male and Female” on June 21. It told about the quarrel of the former spouses: Muscovite Karen Tunyan complained that the mother of his four-year-old daughter Milana Kristina did not allow him to see the child. Christina has an older daughter from a previous relationship, eight-year-old Veronica. It was she who gave the signal in the program when she talked about family relationships.
“My mother and sister live very friendly, especially I love my mother very, very, very, very much, I am grateful to her for everything, for everything, for everything. I love her very, very much, ”said the girl, at this time showing a signal for help from behind her sister.
The Children’s Ombudsman, after the broadcast of the program, asked why the members of the film crew had not reported this anywhere. “This is leaving a child in danger. Why did the operator of Channel One not apply with a statement that this child needs help? If the operator sees the SOS gesture, why doesn’t he immediately respond?” the children’s ombudsman said.
HRC member Alexander Brod told the agency that he had spoken to Tatyana Potyaeva, the human rights ombudsman in Moscow, who advised him to contact Yaroslavskaya. “The situation seemed very unusual to me – a prosperous picture was shown on camera, peace and tranquility in the family. But since the girl showed this international gesture, indicating violence, about an unfavorable situation, then, of course, the problem requires study, intervention, ”he stressed.
Source: Rosbalt
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