Complainant must be kept anonymous in child abuse cases: Senator Faisal Javed

ISLAMABAD, Dec 9 (APP):Senator Faisal Javed Monday suggested the need to keep the complainant anonymous in child abuse cases to encourage the parents to come forward for assistance which they avoid due to stigma attached with the issue. He was talking to senate standing committee on Information Technology that met here with Senator Rubina Khalid in the chair to get briefing by National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) on filming and uploading the video of child abuses on Dark web with reference to recent case reported from Rawat, Rawalpindi. Senator Faisal Javed said that ‘Zainab Alert Bill’ that had been prepared by Ministry of Law and Justice and Ministry of Human Rights had been going back and forth and could not get passed through the senate standing committee on Human Rights. Senator Faisal said that PPP Chairman Bilawal Zardari chaired the senate committee on Human Rights. “Bilawal should not delay the bill which covers the lapses regarding witness laws and rape victims along with IT solutions for the cases”, he added. He said parents of the victim were silenced by giving money which needed to be changed as it encouraged the criminals in such cases. Senator Rubina Khalid said … Continue reading Complainant must be kept anonymous in child abuse cases: Senator Faisal Javed