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In her more than four decades of practising law, president of the Law Association of TT (LATT) Lynette Seebaran-Suite has been an advocate for the rights of women, children and vulnerable groups. Among some of the topics she has tackled are land tenants’ rights, domestic violence, sexual harassment in the workplace, disability in the workplace,
Investigators have submitted a file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for instructions on Wednesday’s chopping and stabbing of a policeman at his home in Rio Claro. Up to Friday afternoon, the suspect, who is the mother of two, remained in police custody without charge. The victim, PC Nazrudeen Meighoo of the
In the instances where domestic violence victims are too afraid to report abuse, activists are calling on the Government to make law external party reports on domestic violence, which would give the police the right to intervene to save a life. The call comes in the wake of the country’s fourth domestic violence-related killing for 2021, in which 53-year-old Karen Rauseo was allegedly beaten to death by a close male relative on Tuesday. Her death came after numerous reports to the police by family members about abuse they said Rauseo endured repeatedly. But it was also reported that Rauseo ...