Tag Archives: Rape
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India’s capital orders judicial enquiry after girl, 9, raped and murdered
4 August 2021 | Alasdair Pal
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The chief minister of India's capital ordered a judge-led enquiry on Wednesday after a nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered, sparking days of protests and renewed scrutiny of the country's problem with sexual violence. ...
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Second Dalit woman dies after gang rape within a week
1 October 2020
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A woman from India's marginalised Dalit community has died after being gang-raped, police said Thursday, days after the death of a teenager from the same "untouchable" group at the hands of a group of high-caste men sparked outrage. ...
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Outrage in India as Dalit teen dies after gang rape
30 September 2020
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A Dalit teenager allegedly raped by four upper-caste men died of her injuries on Tuesday, sparking outrage from Indian activists, politicians and Bollywood stars. The 19-year-old woman was brutally assaulted in Uttar Pradesh. ...
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Unnao victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze
7 December 2019 | Zeba Siddiqui, Sankalp Phartiyal and Mayank Bhardwaj
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A 23-year-old rape victim set on fire by a gang of men, which included her alleged rapists, has died in a New Delhi hospital, prompting protests from opposition leaders who blamed the ruling party. ...
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Indian police kill rape-murder suspects, sparking celebrations
6 December 2019 | Jalees Andrabi and Abhaya Srivastava
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Indian police on Friday shot dead four gang-rape and murder suspects, prompting celebrations but also accusations that they were extrajudicial executions. The men were shot in the early hours during a re-enactment of the crime. ...
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Indians demand justice after woman gang raped and killed
2 December 2019 | Sheikh Saaliq
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Hundreds of people gathered in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and other Indian cities on Monday to demand justice in the case of a veterinarian who was gang-raped and killed last week. ...
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Police arrest 18 in Chennai for raping 12-year-old girl over months
18 July 2018 | Sudarshan Varadhan
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Eighteen men appeared in court in Chennai on Tuesday on charges of repeatedly raping a 12-year girl over a seven-month period. ...
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Police arrest 14 after teen raped, burned to death in India
5 May 2018
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Police arrested 14 men on Saturday after a teenager was raped and burned alive at her home in eastern India, in the latest case of sexual violence in the country. ...
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Dera chief Ram Rahim gets 20 years in jail for rape
28 August 2017 | Prakash Singh
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An Indian court on Monday sentenced a controversial spiritual leader to a total of 20 years in prison for raping two of his devotees, days after his followers went on a rampage that left 38 ...
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India’s top court upholds 2012 gang rape death sentences
5 May 2017 | Jalees Andrabi
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India's top court on Friday upheld the death sentences of four men convicted for the fatal 2012 gang rape of a Delhi student, an attack that triggered global outrage. ...