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Home > Nigeria: Violence against women must stop

Contributor [1]
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 02:00
Categories: 
Women & gender [2]
Issue Number: 
232 [3]
Article-Summary: 

It was "Folake" who was jailed after she accused a man of rape. A domestic worker, she said her employer’s husband had forced her into his bedroom and made her watch a violent videotape before forcing her to have sex. A medical examination supported her allegation. Yet she was the one brought to court, charged with slander for making the accusation, and remanded in prison until her family could raise the bail money to have her released. The material evidence of the crime, handed over to the p...read more [4]

It was "Folake" who was jailed after she accused a man of rape. A domestic worker, she said her employer’s husband had forced her into his bedroom and made her watch a violent videotape before forcing her to have sex. A medical examination supported her allegation. Yet she was the one brought to court, charged with slander for making the accusation, and remanded in prison until her family could raise the bail money to have her released. The material evidence of the crime, handed over to the police, was later said to have disappeared. No charges were brought against the man she accused.

Category: 
Gender & Minorities [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/wgender/30602 [6]
Country: 
Nigeria [7]

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