People Of India No Longer Accepting Rape
Rape as socially acceptable behavior is common in India and other countries. Technically illegal, but very few if any ever get convicted. Apparently people in India, have finally had enough and are letting their government know it. I hope it's a regional trend.
New Delhi police fire water cannon at India rape protest
New Delhi (CNN) -- Police in India blasted protesters with water cannon and tear gas Saturday as clashes broke out at a rally in New Delhi against rape, leaving scores of people drenched and angry.
The demonstration was prompted by wide public outrage over what police said was the gang-rape and beating of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in the capital last Sunday.
Her injuries were so severe she spent days in intensive care in a city hospital, battling for her life. Police said Saturday that she had recovered enough to give a statement to a magistrate from her hospital bed the previous evening.
Dozens of police, some equipped with bamboo canes, flanked the water cannon as it blasted out on to the thousands of protesters assembled by New Delhi's historic India Gate.
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Some demonstrators attempted to break through the security barriers blocking access to the country's government district, parliament building and presidential palace.
Others chanted, punched the air in defiance and waved banners as the police sought to disperse them from Raisina Hill, the seat of Indian power.
"Hang them till death," read the placard of one protester seeking capital punishment for rape suspects.
"Stop this shame," read another. A third said, "Give them the same physical torture."
Shouts of "We want justice" also rose above the large and diverse crowd, symbolizing a widely felt anger over attacks against women. Banners proclaiming the same message were marked with a hangman's noose.
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Will
[h=1]Rape as socially acceptable behavior is common in India and other countries. Technically illegal, but very few if any ever get convicted.
hearing about stuff like that makes me sick. about the most degrading, hateful thing you could do to another human being. i like those female condoms they have in africa where little teeth clamp onto the rapists dick!
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simone87
hearing about stuff like that makes me sick. about the most degrading, hateful thing you could do to another human being. i like those female condoms they have in africa where little teeth clamp onto the rapists dick!
It's a damn shame such a horrible event had to take place for someone over there to get angry, but some times that's what it takes.
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It's about time. Rape can be the most traumatizing experience for anyone at any age. Basically a life can be ruined forever. This is a victory for those victims and should bring them some hope that this wont happen again to anyone else.
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I hate to say it but am not surprised about this. The most sexist misogynist men I have met have all been Indian men. They think (the ones I have met)they have the right to do anything with women and not get in trouble.
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I heard there was going to be a Playboy club opened there