Quicker with justice: Bangladesh conducts express trials in rape cases 2 minutes read
By Azad Majumder
Dhaka, Dec 10 (efe-epa).– The recent widespread outrage against the high level of sexual violence targeting women in Bangladesh has forced the authorities to conduct faster trials of rape cases in a country known for sluggish judiciary .
The courts have begun delivering quicker verdicts, some even in less than a week, which would earlier take years of stagnation.
Public prosecutor Mahmuda Akter was racing against time with her team, attending hearings of at least a dozen cases in a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Dhaka on Dec 3.