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Pushing back against #MeToo, Israeli NGO seeks gag order on sexual harassment
[Jpost] An NGO is pushing back against the #MeToo movement, which began with women speaking out publicly about their experiences of sexual assault and harassment, and seems to have spurred a trend of public ousting of harassers.In response, this Israeli NGO is seeking a gag order on claims regarding incidents which took place 14 years or more in the past. On Sunday, the Movement for Diverse Equality appealed to Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked to endorse its initiative for new legislation regarding sexual harassment. Since the #MeToo movement became a widespread phenomenon, a debate has resurfaced in Israel about extending the statute of limitations for criminally investigating sexual harassers. Currently, depending on the crime, there are different time limits about how long after an incident that an alleged offender can be criminally investigated for sexual harassment, but in Israel the longest time, for the most serious offenses, is 10 years. Britain has no limit, while the US has different limits in different states, varying from a few years to 30 years. The NGO is calling on Israel’s sexual harassment limit to be raised to 14 years, as many officials have called for, but is also asking that there be a gag order against "informal trials by media," meaning that women could not name harassers publicly after 14 years. Movement for Diverse Equality chairwoman Hila Shai Vazan said the gag order part of her initiative would "ensure that the trials be in court." Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-11-13 |
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