New Delhi Gang Rape. Women who have sex before marriage should be hanged, says senior politician in India's Socialist Party. "Innocent people should not be hanged.
Rape is being debated in half the world. If I said this, it was wrong. " His original comments were echoed by the Socialist Party’s Maharashtra unit chief, Abu Azmi, who said that women who have sex outside marriage should be punished by death, even if they are raped. Young Indian mother and her baby daughter burned to death for failing to pay her new family dowry. Annu Devi, 22, burned to death while breastfeeding her daughterHusband Gunjan Masat poured fuel over the pair before lighting itMasat then allegedly moved the still-living Devi close to a fire to make it look like she had accidentally set herself on fireMother and baby were discovered the next morning with 90 per cent burnsThey were taken to hospital but were pronounced dead on arrivalDevi's father claims in-laws became angry when she gave birth to a girl By Chris Pleasance Published: 09:28 GMT, 1 February 2014 | Updated: 12:15 GMT, 1 February 2014 A young Indian mother has been burned to death along with her infant daughter by her husband and in-laws for failing to pay dowry.
Police in eastern Indian state of Jharkhand said 22-year-old Annu Devi was set ablaze while she was breastfeeding her daughter. They have now arrested her husband, Gunjan Masat, who allegedly poured fuel over Devi and her baby daughter before setting them on fire. Indian rape victim, six, is forced to marry eight-year-old son of the 'man who attacked her'
Girl was 'locked in a room and raped' by a 40-year-old man a fortnight agoShe is being forced to marry her attacker's son by Indian council eldersHer parents, who live in Rajasthan, are protesting against the decisionVictim is believed to have been raped by same man again on Wednesday By Sophie Jane Evans Published: 11:10 GMT, 5 September 2013 | Updated: 18:44 GMT, 5 September 2013 A six-year-old Indian girl who was locked in a room and raped is being forced to marry the eight-year-old son of her alleged attacker.
The victim, who lives in the village of Keshavpura, in Rajasthan, was attacked by the 40-year-old around two weeks ago, it is claimed. Indian woman, 24, forcibly married and gang-raped as 'honour' punishment after her brother eloped with village girl. She was forced to marry husband of brother's new girlfriend as revengeVillage elders allegedly said wedding was revenge for brother's adulteryBut on day of nuptials her new husband's brothers gang raped herThe horrific 'punishment' was repeated mercilessly 'as a routine' By Piyush Srivastava and Matt Blake Published: 13:54 GMT, 29 July 2013 | Updated: 13:54 GMT, 29 July 2013.
Catholic nun kidnapped and gang raped for a week 'in revenge attack by her cousins' Trainee nun, 22, said she visited cousins after they said their mother was ill Was held captive for a week and repeatedly raped by three men Three people, including her two cousins, have been arrested Latest in string of appalling rape cases reported in India this year By Becky Evans Published: 10:11 GMT, 17 July 2013 | Updated: 12:15 GMT, 17 July 2013 A trainee nun was kidnapped and gang raped for a week by three men in a suspected revenge attack, Indian media have reported.
The 22-year-old was allegedly lured to a train station by her cousins and then held captive and raped over days because they blame her family for their father's murder. Horrific ordeal of four Indian girls, aged 12 to 14, who were abducted from care home and gang raped by TWENTY armed men. A group of armed men raided a hostel at Lawada village in Pakur districtThey snatched four girls, aged 12 to 14, took them away and raped themPolice are now looking for the men who have gone on the run in India By Matt Blake Published: 16:22 GMT, 15 July 2013 | Updated: 15:15 GMT, 16 July 2013 A nationwide manhunt has been launched in India after four young girls were abducted from a care home in India and gang raped by up to 20 men.
Five-year-old girl 'raped for four days' after she was kidnapped by neighbour in third Delhi paedophile crime this month. Five-year-old kidnapped and raped by her neighbour in east DelhiMan allegedly held her captive for four days, raped and mutilated herGirl is fighting for her life in 'one of the worst cases' doctors have seen By Sara Malm Published: 19:24 GMT, 19 April 2013 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 19 April 2013 A five year old girl is fighting for her life after she was raped by a neighbour in Gandhi Nagar, east Delhi, who held her captive for four days.
The girl was kidnapped while playing outside her home and locked in her neighbour’s flat for days before someone heard her cries for help. Ten-year-old girl 'raped after being lured on bus by neighbour' in latest horrific sex crime allegation to shock Delhi. Youngster is said to have been playing outside her slum home when she was lured aboard the bus and raped by a 47-year-old neighbourIt is the second alleged rape of a ten-year-old girl in the region around the Indian capital in as many weeksThe allegation comes as the Delhi Transport Corporation announced it is to paint seats reserved for women pink on all new busesThe vehicles will also be fitted with GPS devices and CCTV so authorities are able to keep tabs on them By Damien Gayle Published: 11:35 GMT, 15 April 2013 | Updated: 11:35 GMT, 15 April 2013 A girl of 10 was allegedly raped on a bus after its driver, a neighbour of her family, lured her aboard as she played outside her Delhi home yesterday.
'She was too attractive': Village elders punish teenage girl who was kidnapped by her uncle to become his bride by shaving her head. The 18-year-old girl was snatched while shopping in Madhya Pradesh Her 53-year-old uncle is married with two children of his own He was forced to walk around the village wearing a garland of shoes By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 15:28 GMT, 2 April 2013 | Updated: 09:59 GMT, 3 April 2013.
After Being Raped, I Was Wounded - My Honor Wasn’t. Menstrual Shame and Superstitions in India. Indian village bans girls from wearing jeans and T-shirts as 'poor dressing is the reason for most rapes' The ban, in Khedar, Hisar province, is designed to reduce rapes in the areaAlcohol also outlawed while 'DJ parties' will carry a fine of 11,000RP (£125)Village council member: 'Poor dressing is the main reason behind rapes' By Matt Blake Published: 17:03 GMT, 8 January 2013 | Updated: 18:25 GMT, 8 January 2013 Young women in a village in India have been banned from wearing jeans and t-shirts because elders say they encourage rape.
Indian politician Bikram Singh Brahma beaten by villagers after 'raping woman' Assam congressman Bikram Singh Brahma beaten by villagers after 'rape'He was visiting village of Santipur when he entered woman's house at 2amFact he was arrested suggests attitudes to rape in India may be changingTrial starts of men accused of gang raping 23-year old student on Delhi busYoungest defendant said to have ripped victim's intestines out with hands By Sean O'hare Published: 17:16 GMT, 3 January 2013 | Updated: 08:30 GMT, 4 January 2013 Pictures have emerged of a leading Indian politician being beaten by villagers after allegedly raping a woman in her home at 2am. How India treats its women. 29 December 2012Last updated at 06:41 ET People have called her Braveheart, Fearless and India's Daughter, among other things, and sent up a billion prayers for a speedy recovery.
When the unidentified woman died in a Singapore hospital early on Saturday, the victim of a savage rape on a moving bus in the capital, Delhi, it was time again, many said, to ask: why does India treat its women so badly? Female foetuses are aborted and baby girls killed after birth, leading to an appallingly skewed sex ratio. Many of those who survive face discrimination, prejudice, violence and neglect all their lives, as single or married women. Two finger 'rape test' in India causes victims more suffering and must end now, experts say. Call comes days after a student died from injuries after being gang-raped by six men on a bus in DelhiActivists say test on rape victim is a second assault on an already traumatised woman By Jill Reilly Published: 13:16 GMT, 31 December 2012 | Updated: 14:57 GMT, 31 December 2012 A human rights organisation has demanded the so-called 'two finger rape test' to see if a woman has been assaulted to be banned.
Activists argue the unreliable and invasive test on a rape victim is a second assault on an already traumatised woman. The call comes days after a 23-year-old student died after being gang-raped by six men on a bus in Delhi, thrusting India's attitude to rape into the spotlight. Young woman stripped and beaten by mob of men in India as police take up to 45 minutes to respond from station less than a mile away. Incident captured on video by passing journalist and film has caused outrageAttack shows mob of at least 20 men pouncing on defenceless woman in Indian cityNo one came to the assistance of the woman during the assault which reportedly lasted 30 minutes By Phil Vinter Published: 15:30 GMT, 15 July 2012 | Updated: 15:46 GMT, 16 July 2012.