Domestic violence (Häusliche Gewalt) refers to violence in the family or partnership: between married people or people who are or were together. It does not matter if they live together. Violence between parents and children or between siblings is also domestic violence.
There are different forms of domestic violence – physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence. For example: constant insults, forbidding contact, confinement, pushing, controlling, forcing someone to have sex, taking away money, forbidding someone to learn a language and neglecting children. Threats are also domestic violence. Domestic violence is forbidden.
Everyone can be affected by domestic violence: young and old people, people with and without a Swiss passport, rich and poor families. It’s important for victims to get help.
Help in emergencies is available here:
Psychiatry service of Baselland (24 hours), tel. 061 553 56 56, www.pbl.ch/notfall
Police emergency hotline (24 hours), tel. 112 or 117, www.polizei.bl.ch
Women’s Refuge of Basel-Stadt and Baselland (24 hours), tel. 061 681 66 33, www.frauenhaus-basel.ch
Medical emergency hotline (24 hours), tel. 061 261 15 15, www.mnzbasel.ch
Kantonsspital Baselland emergency units (Liestal, Laufen, Bruderholz, 24 hours), www.ksbl.ch/notfall
Source: https://www.hallo-baselland.ch/en/emergencies-and-counselling-services/hausliche-gewalt
