Grieving family members of rape victims could soon be jailed for speaking about their dead loved ones under bizarre laws proposed by the Dan Andrews government
Families of dead rape victims could soon be banned from speaking out about the hideous crimes and be jailed for doing so.
They would not even be able to name the victims or criminals under new gag laws being proposed by the Victorian government.
If the legislation passes through parliament, media outlets and family members would also be forced to remove any online references to victims.
Families of slain women including Jill Meagher, Eurydice Dixon, Aiia Maasarwe and Courtney Herron would no longer be able to speak out about their brutal deaths, The Australian reported.
Articles or references to how they died or the moments leading up to their deaths in the media would have to be wiped clean, or journalists risk being sent to prison.
Similarly, families of future victims would have no rights in addressing criminals or speaking about their heartache in the media or on their own social media profiles.
Families of sex abuse victims who died by suicide would also not be able to speak out using their real names in case they indirectly identified the victim.
The legislation has been put before parliament as an amendment to a previous law which gagged living sex abuse survivors.
Under current laws, any victim who wants to publicly speak about their own trauma has to seek a court order, which is costly and could take months to obtain.
Survivors cannot use their real names or photos from the time charges are laid under new laws introduced in February.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8877283/Murderers-rapists-protected-Victoria-legislation-silences-sex-abuse-victims.html
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