‘I’m alive but not living’: Survivors of Bangladesh’s rape crisis
4 years, 4 months ago

‘I’m alive but not living’: Survivors of Bangladesh’s rape crisis

Al Jazeera  

With four reported rapes a day and many more unreported, survivors and activists say anyone could be next. While the country’s information minister blames pornography for rising rape cases, protesters and aid agencies insist rape culture and gender-based violence are deep-rooted issues that go beyond “just pornography”. As a result, cultural and social practices that perpetuate violence against women remains pervasive.” ‘My in-laws won’t eat with me’ The physical and emotional trauma from rape is not all that victims must contend with in Bangladesh: the stigma attached to rape, and the fear of humiliation discourage many survivors from seeking medical help or reporting attacks to the authorities. “He could have come again any moment but thank God he hasn’t.” ‘Do we just continue living in fear?’ Umama Zillur, a 25-year-old social activist from Dhaka, says she has become “deeply enraged at the state and society that has contributed to the continuous violence against women”. “The government should consider proposals put forward by The Rape Law Reform Coalition that set forth 10 points for addressing the shortcomings in the legal and institutional framework and offer a set of solutions.” As for the death penalty acting as a deterrent, Rani says she knows men will never be convicted due to their privilege of “being men” and “staying well-connected in society”.

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The shocking case of 8-yr-old who died after rape by sister's in-law in Bangladesh
1 day ago

The shocking case of 8-yr-old who died after rape by sister's in-law in Bangladesh

Firstpost  

An eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by her elder sister’s father-in-law last week, died of her injuries on Thursday in Bangladesh. The incident has triggered intense protests across the country, with many demonstrators calling for a reform in the laws concerning women and children’s safety Students take part in a protest rally at the University of Dhaka, demanding capital …

Bangladesh to quicken investigations amid nationwide protests against rapes, assault on women
6 days, 16 hours ago

Bangladesh to quicken investigations amid nationwide protests against rapes, assault on women

Hindustan Times  

Dhaka, Bangladesh’s interim government of Muhammad Yunus on Sunday promised to quicken investigations into incidents of rapes and assaults on women amid growing such incidents prompting nationwide protests. Bangladesh to quicken investigations amid nationwide protests against rapes, assault on women Law adviser Asif Nazrul said the government planned to enact a law requiring police to complete investigation of rape cases …

Kerala, India: Teenager alleges rape over five years by 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives, strangers
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Kerala, India: Teenager alleges rape over five years by 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives, strangers

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. “When it’s Dalit women, in general the outrage is less across the country,” said Cynthia Stephen, a Dalit rights activist and social policy researcher. There were 4,241 reported cases of rape against women from oppressed castes in India, including Dalit women, in 2022, the most recent year for which …

A trainee doctor’s rape and murder sparked mass protests in India. A man has now been charged
5 months, 1 week ago

A trainee doctor’s rape and murder sparked mass protests in India. A man has now been charged

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — A man has been charged for the rape and murder of a resident doctor during a night shift in India’s eastern city of Kolkata, a crime that ignited nationwide protests about the country’s pervasive problem with gender violence. The doctor trainee was resting in a seminar room at the medical college while working a night shift …

We must reform the ecosystem which enables rape
5 months, 3 weeks ago

We must reform the ecosystem which enables rape

Hindustan Times  

Twelve years ago, the heinous Delhi gang rape shocked the nation. A significant number of sexual crimes, including harassment and abuse of domestic workers to the trafficking of children for forced labour and slavery, are commercial in nature, but the legal response remains inadequate. Society’s apathy towards sexual crime fuels an ecosystem of inaction leaving rapists feeling powerful and the …

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’
6 months ago

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’

Hindustan Times  

When a young woman was gang-raped and left to die on the streets of New Delhi in 2012, a shocked and enraged India vowed that her death would not be in vain, that she would be avenged by not letting this happen to “anyone else”. Protests condemning the RG Kar case continue with doctors taking to the streets to demand …

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’
6 months ago

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’

Hindustan Times  

When a young woman was gang-raped and left to die on the streets of New Delhi in 2012, a shocked and enraged India vowed that her death would not be in vain, that she would be avenged by not letting this happen to “anyone else”. Protests condemning the RG Kar case continue with doctors taking to the streets to demand …

'It's Concerning': Vivek Ramaswamy Condemns Targeted Violence Against Hindus In Bangladesh
7 months ago

'It's Concerning': Vivek Ramaswamy Condemns Targeted Violence Against Hindus In Bangladesh

News 18  

Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has condemned the targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh after the fall of Shiekh Hasina’s regime. “The targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh is wrong, it’s concerning, and it’s a cautionary tale for victimhood-laced quota systems. The targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh is wrong, it’s concerning, and it’s a cautionary tale for victimhood-laced …

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors
11 months, 1 week ago

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors

Hindustan Times  

The recent outrage over a judicial magistrate in Rajasthan asking a rape survivor to show her injuries has brought into focus once again the gap between how survivors of sexual violence are treated and they should be treated. Here are three important ones: In-camera proceedings introduced via the 2008 amendment to criminal procedure The 154th Report of the Law Commission …

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women
1 year ago

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women

The Independent  

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Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women
1 year ago

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. The case triggered a nationwide outcry over one of India’s rampant problems: a decades-long struggle to curb rising sexual violence against women. Reports of horrific sexual assaults on women have become familiar in India, where police recorded 31,516 rape cases in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to …

Rape survivors of 1971 Bangladesh war recount the horrors inflicted by Pakistani forces
1 year, 11 months ago

Rape survivors of 1971 Bangladesh war recount the horrors inflicted by Pakistani forces

Op India  

Amina was a 16-year-old student in Dhaka when Pakistani army took her from her home. In a deliberate campaign of genocidal rape, Pakistani military personnel and the Razakars raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bengali women and girls during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Noor Jahan and her sister was 14 when she was abducted After 52 years, one of the …

Explained: 10 years after Delhi gang rape, how women still fear for their safety
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained: 10 years after Delhi gang rape, how women still fear for their safety

Firstpost  

A decade after the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus, many women are still afraid to travel at night in India’s capital, a sprawling metropolis of 20 million people New Delhi: Ten years ago the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus horrified the world and shone …

How a model’s account of gang-rape is sparking a new #MeToo moment in Nepal
2 years, 9 months ago

How a model’s account of gang-rape is sparking a new #MeToo moment in Nepal

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Government response The case led to a resolution motion …

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades
2 years, 10 months ago

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades

Live Mint  

India’s rape-related crime rate rose 70.7% over the last two decades from 11.6 per 100,000 women and girls in 2001 to 19.8 in 2018, according to a report by Public Health Foundation of India. While the least number of cases were reported in Bihar with a rate of 1.8 per 100,000 Odisha was high up on the list with 49.4 …

Bangladesh to bar colonial-era ‘immoral character’ test in rape cases
2 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh to bar colonial-era ‘immoral character’ test in rape cases

The Independent  

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India recorded 77 rape cases, 80 murders daily in 2020, says NCRB report; crimes against women highest in Rajasthan
3 years, 5 months ago

India recorded 77 rape cases, 80 murders daily in 2020, says NCRB report; crimes against women highest in Rajasthan

Firstpost  

Among states, UP reported the maximum of 3,779 murder cases, followed by Bihar with 3,150 cases, in Maharashtra 2,163 cases were registered, the data showed New Delhi: India has recorded an average of 80 murders and 77 rape cases daily in 2020, National Crime Records Bureau’s report revealed on Wednesday. Among states, Uttar Pradesh reported the maximum of 3,779 murder …

Brutal Cases, Rape Survivor's Profile: UNESCO Study Flags Problematic Reporting of Sexual Violence by Indian Media
3 years, 7 months ago

Brutal Cases, Rape Survivor's Profile: UNESCO Study Flags Problematic Reporting of Sexual Violence by Indian Media

News 18  

A recent publication titled, ‘Sexual Violence and the News Media: Issues, Challenges and Guidelines for Journalists in India’ sheds light on the problematic state of reporting sexual violence by the Indian media and suggests steps for editorial gatekeeping and redressal mechanism for better coverage of such news. Deep Dive The study states that Indian media tends to excessively focus on …

Sexual violence reports steadily surge in South Asia ‘with rape victims facing stigma’
3 years, 10 months ago

Sexual violence reports steadily surge in South Asia ‘with rape victims facing stigma’

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sexual violence reports across South Asia have steadily risen in recent years …

Alarming situation in Rajasthan as cases of rape on a rise
3 years, 11 months ago

Alarming situation in Rajasthan as cases of rape on a rise

Op India  

Regular reports on rape cases in Rajasthan have sent shockwaves in the country, questioning the state government’s inactivity to curb crimes against women. Rajasthan is currently plagued with cases of brutal rape including gang rape and cases of sexual violence against women and the eerie silence of the government has made the matter worse. Patrika report on several cases of …

Two men sentenced to death in Pakistan over gang-rape that sparked change to law
3 years, 11 months ago

Two men sentenced to death in Pakistan over gang-rape that sparked change to law

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A court in Pakistan sentenced …

The archaic, patriarchal mores at the heart of suggestions that women can marry their rapists as 'compromise'
4 years ago

The archaic, patriarchal mores at the heart of suggestions that women can marry their rapists as 'compromise'

Firstpost  

Trigger warning: Sexual violence. As Vrinda Grover observes: “Once again the culture of compromise for the crime of rape was offered as a mode of settlement, this time suggested by His Lordship the CJI himself.” There are several problematic issues in this case, all connected to our archaic attitude. This past week, in another case where a woman accused her …

Ethiopia confirms rapes ‘without a doubt’ in Tigray conflict
4 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia confirms rapes ‘without a doubt’ in Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Rape has occurred “conclusively and without a doubt” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, the country’s minister for women said in a rare government acknowledgement of the toll on civilians during 100 day of fighting. The minister’s statement came hours after the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission in a new report said 108 rapes had been reported to health …

Death for Rapists: Will Bangladesh Curb Crimes Against Women?
4 years, 4 months ago

Death for Rapists: Will Bangladesh Curb Crimes Against Women?

The Quint  

Bangladesh’s veteran women’s right activist advocate Salma Ali reckons the move of amending the legislation is just a rushed act to calm the protest. It’s just a rushed act to calm some of the protesters.” Asif Nazrul, a professor of law at the University of Dhaka, believes that the death penalty is not supportable to curb the rape and women …

Bangladesh sentences five men to death for 2012 gang rape of teen
4 years, 5 months ago

Bangladesh sentences five men to death for 2012 gang rape of teen

Al Jazeera  

Court order comes days after government introduced death penalty for rape amid growing anger over sexual violence. A Bangladesh court has sentenced five men to death for the 2012 gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, amid growing public anger over rampant sexual violence. Anger over the issue had been simmering since last month when members of the governing party’s student …

Bangladesh to bring in death penalty for rapists after weekend of protests
4 years, 5 months ago

Bangladesh to bring in death penalty for rapists after weekend of protests

The Independent  

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Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape cases after protests
4 years, 5 months ago

Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape cases after protests

Al Jazeera  

The government approves changes to law following unprecedented protests across the nation against sexual assaults. Bangladesh’s government has approved an amendment that would allow for the death penalty in rape cases, as anger grows in the South Asian country over incidents of sexual assault. The amendment was approved at a weekly meeting of the council of ministers headed by Prime …

Bangladesh mulls death penalty for rapists as protests rage
4 years, 5 months ago

Bangladesh mulls death penalty for rapists as protests rage

Al Jazeera  

Amid unprecedented anger over rising rape cases, government weighs capital punishment for the crime by changing the law. “We are protesting against this culture of impunity and nonchalance,” said Auroni Semonti Khan, a Dhaka University student who led one of the protests in the city’s Shahbagh area. “Justice has to be ensured in any case of rape.” Capital punishment as …

Bangladesh considering death penalty for rapists as protests flare
4 years, 5 months ago

Bangladesh considering death penalty for rapists as protests flare

Deccan Chronicle  

Dhaka: Protests rocked Bangladesh on Saturday as hundreds of people took to the streets to demand justice after a series of rapes and sexual assaults that have spurred the government to seek capital punishment for offenders. Such incidents have surged in Bangladesh in recent years, with gang rapes accounting for more than a fifth of the nearly 1,000 attacks reported …

Why are women raped with impunity in Bangladesh?
4 years, 5 months ago

Why are women raped with impunity in Bangladesh?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, October 12 at 19:30 GMT: Anger over a viral video of a woman being stripped, beaten and sexually assaulted by nine men in Bangladesh, as she begged for mercy, has brought thousands of people to the streets. “This truly disturbing footage demonstrates the shocking violence that women in the country are routinely being subjected to,” rights group Amnesty …

Another horrific rape incident shames Delhi as 12-year-old battles for life at AIIIMS after brutal assault
4 years, 7 months ago

Another horrific rape incident shames Delhi as 12-year-old battles for life at AIIIMS after brutal assault

India TV News  

Another horrific rape incident shames Delhi as 12-year-old battles for life at AIIIMS after brutal assault A 12-year-old girl, who was sexually assaulted and found in a pool of blood two nights ago, is battling for life with grievous intestinal and head injuries, doctors said on Thursday as outrage over the case escalated and police finally arrested one person. A …

One woman reports a rape every 15 minutes in India
5 years, 2 months ago

One woman reports a rape every 15 minutes in India

Al Jazeera  

Women reported almost 34,000 rapes in 2018, according to the annual crime report released by the Home Ministry. One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday, underlining its dismal reputation as one of the worst places in the world to be female. The highly publicised gang rape …

7 years after Delhi gang rape, brutal India attacks continue
5 years, 2 months ago

7 years after Delhi gang rape, brutal India attacks continue

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Days after an alleged gang-rape victim was set on fire, a note was left at the family home of an 18-year-old set to testify in her own case against a man she had accused of rape. “Consequences may be worse than what happened in Unnao,” the note read, alluding to the city in northern India where a …

Is Rape Serious Only Because a Woman’s ‘Honour’ Is Threatened?
5 years, 3 months ago

Is Rape Serious Only Because a Woman’s ‘Honour’ Is Threatened?

The Quint  

The case caused massive outrage across India. Politicians spoke of the need to ‘lynch’ the rape accused, or to hang them within 180 days. News anchors screamed that ‘when it comes to rape, justice delayed is justice denied’. The men, allegedly, tried to ‘snatch’ weapons, ‘fired’ at the police and began to ‘escape’. Popular actor Anupam Kher tweeted “congratulations and …

Give Condoms to Rapist, Fulfil His Sexual Desires: Filmmaker's Advice to Women Will Boil Your Blood
5 years, 3 months ago

Give Condoms to Rapist, Fulfil His Sexual Desires: Filmmaker's Advice to Women Will Boil Your Blood

News 18  

About to get raped? Filmmaker Daniel Shravan took to social media recently and posted a number of messages in which he sought a “rape without violence" scheme. He also asked for legalizing “rape without violence" for the SAFETY of rape victims, claiming it was the ONLY way to protect rape victims from brutal murder. The filmmaker further suggested that “society …

Rape, impunity and state of denial
5 years, 3 months ago

Rape, impunity and state of denial

The Hindu  

The horrific violence, gang rape and murder of the young woman veterinarian on a national highway close to Hyderabad has led to national outrage and protests in several States. Apart from the deliberate omissions in reporting lynching cases and honour crimes, the report showed an alarming increase in registered crimes against women. A UN report on steps required to provide …

Why it is absolutely essential to deem rape a medical emergency
5 years, 4 months ago

Why it is absolutely essential to deem rape a medical emergency

Firstpost  

Though there are government guidelines in place for “medical emergency for rape victims”, few rape survivors get the medical attention they need. Even though the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has guidelines for “medical emergency for rape victims”, few rape survivors get the medical attention they need. Rape survivors may have vaginal injuries, mutilated genitalia, pelvic inflammatory disease, …

Violent protests erupt in India after seven-year-old girl abducted and raped
5 years, 8 months ago

Violent protests erupt in India after seven-year-old girl abducted and raped

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The incident happened between 7.30 and 8pm when a motorcycle-borne criminal took the girl away and …

After political murders, it is now political rapes in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal
6 years, 2 months ago

After political murders, it is now political rapes in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal

Op India  

After BJP workers succumbed to several political murders in the state of West Bengal, it has now taken a horrific turn to political rapes as a lady has been brutally gang-raped by four men in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district for being the wife of a BJP worker. According to reports, four men gang-raped a lady on Wednesday at …

Opinion | Changing the status quo on sexual assault
6 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Changing the status quo on sexual assault

Live Mint  

On the morning of 17 December, 2012, Delhi woke up to a horror story of gang rape and torture of a woman who eventually succumbed to the brutalities. As widespread protests erupted following the ‘Nirbhaya’ case, people and specifically women became increasingly aware of their vulnerability—that another such incident may be lurking just around the next corner. This plays out …

Four-year-old girl 'gang-raped' in Indian hospital intensive care unit
6 years, 4 months ago

Four-year-old girl 'gang-raped' in Indian hospital intensive care unit

The Independent  

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Bangladesh: Rohingya rape survivors battle stigma
6 years, 7 months ago

Bangladesh: Rohingya rape survivors battle stigma

Al Jazeera  

In a community that considers victims of sexual violence a disgrace, women are left alone to suffer. She fled her village of Merula, in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, as a government-backed attack on the minority Rohingya population escalated, in what the United Nations described as “textbook ethnic cleansing”. “But our community regards rape survivors as a disgrace so it’s easier for …

Back Story: Why India’s rape crisis is getting worse under Narendra Modi
6 years, 10 months ago

Back Story: Why India’s rape crisis is getting worse under Narendra Modi

LA Times  

Demonstrators in Bangalore, India, hold a candlelight vigil in memory of an 8-year-old girl whose rape and killing has sparked national outrage. Misinformation on right-wing social media channels contended that Asifa hadn’t been raped, prompting state police to issue a statement over the weekend saying that the facts of the case were “established beyond doubt.” Pratap Bhanu Mehta, one of …

Rape as a political tool in India
6 years, 10 months ago

Rape as a political tool in India

Al Jazeera  

The brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a Muslim minority group is not just about gender violence. The gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Kathua district of Indian-administered Kashmir is a chilling reminder of how sexual assault is used as a tool to instil fear among those belonging to the minority communities in …

Kathua, Unnao rape cases: Death penalty won't solve problem, attitude towards women needs to change
6 years, 11 months ago

Kathua, Unnao rape cases: Death penalty won't solve problem, attitude towards women needs to change

Firstpost  

What are the reasons we are unable to prevent incidents like the ones in Kathua and Unnao and what actions need to follow so that we can reduce them? India has become notorious around the world as a place where women and children are unsafe from sexual violence, and even if this is not the reality, it has become the …

‘Enacting rape on screen can be very taxing’
6 years, 11 months ago

‘Enacting rape on screen can be very taxing’

Hindustan Times  

Indian films and TV have always been vocal about bringing the heinous crime of sexual assault on women to the fore. It made me distressed: what kind of a world we live in where women are mere objects of hollow family honour and anyone can crush them to demean someone related to them.” Author of Ten Days, Leena Nandan who …

India left reeling at brutal rape and murder of six-year-old girl
7 years, 3 months ago

India left reeling at brutal rape and murder of six-year-old girl

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police are investigating the sexual assault and murder of a six-year-old girl …

Rohingya crisis: Burmese military guilty of widespread rape of fleeing women and girls, Human Rights Watch says
7 years, 3 months ago

Rohingya crisis: Burmese military guilty of widespread rape of fleeing women and girls, Human Rights Watch says

The Independent  

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Doctors report horrifying gang rape attacks on Rohingya women
7 years, 5 months ago

Doctors report horrifying gang rape attacks on Rohingya women

The Independent  

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