Eminent citizens group requests Supreme Court to revoke remission of sentences of Bilkis Bano gangrape case

Expressing shock at the release of 11 men convicted of gangrape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, over 6,000 eminent citizens from across India wrote a letter to the Supreme Court against the remission of sentences by the Gujarat government.   “The remission of sentences for the 11 men convicted of gang-rape and mass murder will have a chilling effect on every

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