Guyanese women and men yesterday turned out in protest action in solidarity with the Mahdia woman who said she was gang-raped and they condemned the system’s failure in adequately aiding her.
Late last month, the woman had reported that she was drugged and brutally raped by three men with whom she worked with in a popular hotel and bar in Mahdia. However, earlier this week, the police said they had launched no investigation into a rape allegation by the young Amerindian woman. Instead, they said, the Director of Public Prosecutions had recommended a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm.
At a protest in front of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters at Eve Leary, supporters yesterday voiced their outrage at the shortcomings in the
