#SILENT WINGS TRIAL#

вЂњA survivorвЂ™s journey reveals much about the society and governing system around herвЂќ, the collective wrote on social media.ДЄctor Divya Gopinath, a member of WCC, says that as a woman and a person working in the film industry, this has been a terrifying time as the survivor has been seeking justice for these many years and her prosecutors keep changing. The Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) has been a constant sup- port system for the survivor, and they again made a call last week urging everyone to stand with the survivor. P Gopalakrishnan alias Dileep, one of Malayalam film industryвЂ™s top actors, is the eighth accused in this case, charged with conspiring to commit sexual assault. Several of the accused are currently in prison.

#SILENT WINGS TRIAL#

The letter was addressed to the CM but indirectly it was also addressed to KeralaвЂ™s public conscience вЂ“ a reminder that we donвЂ™t forget what she, as a woman, had to endure and the powerful forces that are allegedly working to ensure that what she endured be conveniently forgotten.ДЄway from the public eye, a trial has been progressing incamera in Kochi.

Last week, the survivor wrote a letter to the chief minister seeking justice. Are the Malayalam film industry and LDF government doing enough to protect women artistes and their rights?Д¬ome February 17, it will be five years since a wellknown actor was abducted, sexually assaulted in a moving vehicle and her brutal ordeal filmed by her attackers.

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