Tuesday, December 25, 2018

India's Forbidden Love: An Honour Killing on Trial


The survivor of a brutal honour killing testifies against her parents in the murder trial of her lower-caste husband.


In March 2016, Kausalya and her husband Shankar were brutally attacked on a crowded street in southern India.
Shankar, who came from a lower Dalit caste, died of his injuries. Kausalya survived and accused her parents of orchestrating an honour killing.
Witness follows Kausalya as she fights for justice through the courts, testifying against her parents in a trial where they face the death penalty.

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