Witness will be fetched to testify in gang trial PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 19 April 2021
A defence witness in the trial of three alleged gangsters charged with double murder and six counts of attempted murder, will be forced to appear before the high court in Gqeberha on Wednesday.
This, after a warrant of arrest was signed by judge Bulelwa Pakati on Monday.
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Priya Ramani s Acquittal, Female Solidarity and the Rise of a #MeToo Judicial Conscience
A deep dive into a judgment which goes some way in fighting the need to vilify and suspect survivors of sexual harassment.
Illustration: The Wire
Women21/Feb/2021
On October 8, 2018, journalist Priya Ramani shared her story about being sexually harassed in 1993 by BJP leader and minister M.J. Akbar, back in the day when he was editor of
Asian Age. Subsequently, nearly 20 other women also shared accounts of sexual harassment at Akbar’s hands and supported the claim made by her.
On October 18, 2018, Akbar filed a criminal defamation complaint against Ramani. The ensuing trial continued for two and a half years, with several delays in the trial process â the case was transferred on three separate occasions and the accused was compelled to come to court on approximately 20 occasions from Bengaluru to New Delhi for the trial.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Datuk Seri Najib Razak will testify as a defence witness in his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s corruption trial relating to the RM1.25bil solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.