Following a 13-hour session of heated debate, the Latvian Parliament decided Thursday to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a convention designed to help women who are victims of violence.
Thursday's vote saw some 32 Latvian lawmakers vote to stay in the pact of Council of Europe, which opposes violence against women, while 56 voted to leave it.
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