Chief justice says in televised speech that abuse survivors will be able to ‘speak their heart without any fear’Pakistan is to set up more than 1000 courts committed to tackling violence against women,the country’s top judge has announced, seeking to tackle a problem activists say the criminal justice system has long neglected.Chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa said the special courts would allow victims to speak out without fear of retaliation in the conservative Muslim country, and where domestic violence is often seen as taboo. Related: Pakistan: where the daily slaughter of women barely makes the news | Mohammed Hanif Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com