The demonstrations were prompted in large measure by a May case of a pregnant 14-year-old allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend. Police found her body buried in the suspect's courtyard. In April, the country was shocked after the estranged husband of a kindergarten teacher slit her throat in front of her class, AFP reported.
Men, women and children in the main square of the presidential palace held banners with the names and pictures of women who have been killed.