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Bruises have covered much of her body, attesting to the abuse she has suffered at the hands of her husband over two decades. Even while carrying his child, he continued to beat her.

“I was pregnant when he once kicked me and I fell from my bed,” says the 43-year-old from the Armenian capital of Yerevan, adding that she now suffers from chronic health problems.

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