Hello and welcome. We start in india, where the country is once again going through grief and outrage, following the deaths and alleged gang rapes of two young women. In 2012, there was an outpouring of anger after the Sexual Assault and murder of a female student in delhi. Tougher laws against rape in india have been brought in, but the countrys still struggling to tackle Sexual Violence against women. Bbcs Arunoday Mukharji has this report from delhi. She sobs devastated and heartbroken. Another indian mother torn apart by grief. Under indian law, we cant show you herface, nor the face of the victim, her daughter. Her death came two weeks afterfour men allegedly brutalised, tortured and gang raped her. Some details too horrific to relay. A heinous crime, but one that india is all too familiar with. She was a dalit, formally known as untouchable, the lowest in the hindu caste system. Her case has brought into focus the powerlessness felt by those at the bottom of it. The dalit girl st
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Given written evidence to this committee two months ago, it has not been published, that is not down to me, i have not been invited to give evidence to the committee and yet i am somehow being accused of not being prepared to answer questions. Alex salmond was acquitted in march of 13 charges of sexual assault. The parliamentary enquiry at the heart of this row is looking into where the Scottish Government went wrong when it was investigating claims of Sexual Harassment against alex salmond, a process that was found to have been procedurally flawed. The convener of the salmond enquiry turned up the heat this week when she said she was completely frustrated with the obstruction she was experiencing. Tory msp Oliver Mundell was ejected from the Holyrood Chamber yesterday after refusing to withdraw a claim that miss sturgeon had lied to parliament. Nicola sturgeon has volunteered to give oral evidence any time the salmond enquiry
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