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Her right to speak versus his reputation: how courts around the world are getting this wrong | Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida

Speaking out about gender-based violence is a human right, protected not just by the right to freedom of speech, but also the right to equality and the right to be free from violence

A woman tweets on social media that she is a survivor of abuse, using the hashtag #MeToo. She doesn’t name the alleged abuser but he sues her anyway.

A woman speaks in a private safe space of survivors about being raped. She tells the group that her ex-boyfriend raped her. Information is leaked. He takes his ex-girlfriend to court and gets a gag order that means she can never tell anyone about the rape again. The judge finds her guilty of “emotional abuse” and harassment against him.

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