NEW DELHI: Ten years ago, the gruesome gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi sent shockwaves around the world, bringing under a spotlight the frightening levels of violence against women in India. It was the night of Dec. 16, 2012, when 23-year-old Jyoti Singh was brutally assaulted by the driver of a bus she was traveling on and his five accomplices. Tortured with an
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
A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free the 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime, after they were released
A Muslim woman who was gang-raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious riots has appealed to the government to rescind its decision to free the 11 men who had been jailed for life for committing the crime.