International A trainee doctor is raped and killed in India, sparking protests and an attack at a medical college

[LeonardoBjj]

BY BIKAS DAS
Updated 7:22 AM BRT, August 15, 2024

KOLKATA, India (AP) — A trainee doctor was raped and killed, sparking protests in several cities and an attack on a medical college campus as doctors and paramedics in several cities across India demand better and safer working conditions.

Scores of people went on a rampage at a medical college campus in eastern India, attacking vehicles and ransacking patient wards Wednesday night, police said Thursday. Police did not identify who was behind the rampage, but media reports said several police officers were injured and police fired tear gas in the Wednesday night clash at the R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal state.

The unrest began when police said a 31-year-old trainee doctor was found raped and killed Friday. A police volunteer was arrested in connection with the crime, and police handed the case to federal investigators following a court order.

Government hospitals in several cities across India have since suspended medical services except for emergency departments as protesters demanded justice, claiming that it was a case of a gang rape and more were involved.

Police in India recorded 31,516 reports of rape in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

Many cases of crimes against women go unreported in India due to stigma surrounding sexual violence, as well as a lack of faith in the police. Women’s rights activists say the problem is particularly acute in rural areas, where the community sometimes shames victims of sexual assault and families worry about their social standing.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned atrocities against women in the country.

“There is outrage against this in the country. I can feel this outrage,” Modi said in an address to the nation on its 78th Independence Day.

State Governor C.V. Ananda Bose visited the medical college Thursday to review the situation.

Rahul Gandhi, leader of the opposition Congress party, said in a statement that he saw an attempt by some state government officials to protect the suspects rather than punish them.

Rape and sexual violence have been under the spotlight since the brutal 2012 gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus. The attack galvanized massive protests and inspired lawmakers to order harsher penalties for such crimes, and the creation of fast-track courts dedicated to rape cases.

The rape law was amended in 2013, criminalizing stalking and voyeurism and lowering the age at which a person can be tried as an adult from 18 to 16.

Despite stringent laws, rights activists say the government is still not doing enough to protect women and punish attackers.

https://apnews.com/article/india-do...ampus-attack-c1627ddcea789ab14da2ceb962c0a5bd

- Is India the worst place to be a woman?

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Indian women march to ‘reclaim the night’ after doctor’s rape and murder​

Protests reflect anger at 31-year-old’s killing, as well as a failure to address the daily struggles faced by many women

At the stroke of midnight, thousands of women holding flaming torches and blowing conch shells began to march through dark streets across the state of West Bengal.

The processions in the early hours of the morning on Thursday 15 August, India’s Independence Day, were part of several days of protest against the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor inside a hospital in the state capital, Kolkata, last week.

The women marched to chants of “Reclaim the night”, a reference to the fact that the unnamed 31-year-old doctor was attacked at night on Friday while taking a break from a long shift at the government RG Kar hospital.

The call for women to come out emerged from the anger expressed on social media, and quickly created the largest protest movement the state has seen for a long time.

The anger on the streets was about the doctor’s horrific ordeal, but it was also about the daily struggle Indian women face to live freely. Organisers said they chose Independence Day to ask: when will women gain their independence?

As the marchers made their way past homes, gated communities and apartment blocks, many inside rushed out to join the throng, undeterred by the rain. The chants were about justice, safety and respect.

Anupama Chakraborty came out with her two granddaughters, aged 11 and 13. “This has rocked the country. The girl who was brutalised was an on-duty doctor. If the government cannot ensure the safety of women at a government-run institution, what hope is there?” she told the Telegraph.

Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services “indefinitely” on 12 August, to protest the rape and murder of a young medic. Photograph: Idrees Mohammed/AFP/Getty Images

On Monday, thousands of doctors halted most services by going on strike, severely disrupting patient services across India. They are demanding justice for the victim and better security at hospitals, such as stricter controls over who enters, more CCTV cameras and more guards.


The doctor who was killed had been watching the Olympics with colleagues, had dinner and chatted to her parents before going into a seminar room to rest.

The police investigation revealed that the 33-year-old man arrested for the crime was able to access every part of the hospital even though he appeared to be an unofficial tout helping patients to get admission faster in return for money.

The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association union, which called the strike, had called it off after a meeting on Wednesday with the federal health minister, Jagat Prakash Nadda, but many doctors continued to strike.

Distrust with the police investigation has been mounting, after the hospital initially told the parents that their daughter had committed suicide.

“What’s clear from this is that the hospital staff, along with police, wanted to cover up the real culprits,” Nazrul Islam, the former director-general of police in West Bengal, told the NDTV news channel.

Protesters were also incensed that although the hospital’s principal, Dr Sandip Ghosh, resigned after the incident, he was reinstated as principal of another hospital 24 hours later.

Responding to petitions for the case to be investigated outside the state, the Kolkata high court raised concerns about destruction of evidence and handed over the case to the federal crimes agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The young doctor’s death has struck a chord with the public, highlighting yet again the vulnerability of Indian women to violence. The shock has been heightened by the fact that she was not out late in the dark on her own but was at her place of work, filled with light and people.

In 2022, an average of 86 rapes were reported in India every day. Ever since the savage gang-rape and death of a young woman in 2012 on a bus in New Delhi, Indians have wearied of an all-too-familiar cycle: rape, outrage, promises of change, return to “normal”.

This time, neither the women and child development minister, Annapurna Devi, nor the chair of the National Commission of Women, Rekha Sharma, made a statement.

Ranjana Kumari, the director of the Centre for Social Research, said: “It makes my blood boil when I see this silence, when I read how he butchered her, this total neglect of safety at the hospital. Nothing, nothing has changed since 2012. The room where it happened didn’t even have a CCTV camera.”

https://www.theguardian.com/global-...ght-doctor-rape-murder-protests-womens-safety

 

[Scerpi]

- Is India the worst place to be a woman?

The 6 dudes raping a woman to death with rebar on a bus still haunts me...

Fucking horrendous

 

[nonoob]

Sadly, there is no protection for wimmenz in India, never has been, never will be.

If the UN gets involved, their past conduct would unfortunately indicate more women would be raped after they arrived than if they weren't involved at all.

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

North Korea exists.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

The 6 dudes raping a woman to death with rebar on a bus still haunts me...

Fucking horrendous

- In another thread of mine, someone posted a twiter of some person saying Indian men are sex starved, that's why they rape woman, lizards, corpses, bricks and so on!

 

[LeonardoBjj]

North Korea exists.

- Is North Korea this bad to woman?
I think only the sahel can be this bad!

 

[Nizam al-Mulk]

- Is North Korea this bad to woman?
I think only the sahel can be this bad!

India is a giant country with many regions and english is common. There are many ways to escape the country and thrive in it compared to North Korea.

 

[TUFNewb]

- Is India the worst place to be a woman?

It's just the worst place to be period. Woman, man, monitor lizard, you gonna get raped.

 

[Scheme]

Why does every rape in India seemingly get a news story? How come the news doesn't post every single rape story in America, Europe, South America, Africa, etc.? Especially when according to data India has a low incidence of rate in comparison to much of the rest of the world.

 

[TheMaster]

North Korea exists.

Brazil exists.

Brazilian teen gang-rape victim speaks out

Sixteen-year-old victim of attack, which was filmed and posted online, recounts ordeal as police chief takes over case.

www.aljazeera.com

"A 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro was drugged and raped by about 30 men, who then posted a video of the attack to social media, in a crime that has shocked Brazil."

In Brazil its also got a problem with rape of underage girls which is terrible

"Brazil had the highest number of registered rape cases in its history in 2022: 74,930, according to a recent report by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. In over 60 percent of the cases, the survivor was under 14 years old."

New Rape Statistics in Brazil Highlight Importance of Sexuality Education

Brazil had the highest number of registered rape cases in its history in 2022: 74,930, according to a recent report by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. In over 60 percent of the cases, the survivor was under 14 years old.

www.hrw.org

And massively undereported.

The invisible magnitude of the rape of girls in Brazil - PMC

Compare official data on notifications of sexual violence against girls aged 10 to 13 years with data on pregnancy for the same age group between 2012 and 2018. This is an epidemiological, descriptive, cross-sectional study with data from the ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"The lack of adequate notification of statutory rapes in Brazilian official statistics leads to the underestimation of its magnitude."

 

[terrapin]

Why does every rape in India seemingly get a news story? How come the news doesn't post every single rape story in America, Europe, South America, Africa, etc.? Especially when according to data India has a low incidence of rate in comparison to much of the rest of the world.

A tiny fraction of rapes get reported in India. We don't see stories on the vast vast majority of the ones reported either.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Why does every rape in India seemingly get a news story? How come the news doesn't post every single rape story in America, Europe, South America, Africa, etc.? Especially when according to data India has a low incidence of rate in comparison to much of the rest of the world.

- India is the rape capital of the universe!

https://intpolicydigest.org/the-platform/new-delhi-doing-little-to-address-india-s-rape-epidemic/

 

[LeonardoBjj]

A tiny fraction of rapes get reported in India. We don't see stories on the vast vast majority of the ones reported either.

- This. For some reason plice covers the rapes. Theres one 13 year old girl that has gonne to the cops to report she was raped, and got raped by the cops.

A 13-year-old girl told the police she had been gang-raped. Then a police officer allegedly raped her​

By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN

New DelhiCNN —
A 13-year-old girl who was allegedly gang-raped by four men in India, was allegedly raped again by a police officer after she tried to seek his help in reporting the initial attack.

Authorities in Uttar Pradesh confirmed Wednesday a police officer had been arrested in connection with the alleged incident, which has caused outrage in India with many accusing police of helping to perpetuate a systemic culture of sexual violence.

In a tweet on Wednesday, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a senior politician for India’s opposition Congress party, wrote: “If police stations are not safe for women, then where will they go to complain?”

An investigation into the alleged incident in a police station in the state’s Lalitpur district is ongoing. Following his arrest, the officer at the center of the allegation told reporters he was innocent and called for an independent probe. All officers on duty at the time of the alleged incident have been reprimanded, and action will be taken against them if found guilty of any crime, according to police.

Separately, four men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping the minor in April, according to police. They had allegedly taken the girl to the neighboring state of Madhya Pradesh, where she was raped and kept for four days, police said. A woman has also been arrested in connection with the alleged incident, police said.

They have also been accused of breaking India’s laws in place to protect minority castes, police said. The five have not been formally charged.


The girl belonged to India’s Dalit community, additional superintendent of Lalitpur police, Girijesh Kumar, told CNN on Thursday. The accused police officer was also a Dalit, Kumar said.

The alleged incident is the latest in a series of high-profile crimes against women and minority groups across India, epitomizing what critics allege is widespread internalized misogyny and support for patriarchal values.

According to the latest figures from India’s National Crime Records Bureau, more than 28,000 cases of alleged sexual assault against minors were reported in 2020. But activists believe the real figure is much higher, as in other countries, rape is often underreported.

In a statement Wednesday, India’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) described this month’s alleged incident as a “human rights violation.”

Caste-based violence against women and girls​

India’s 2,000-year-old caste system categorizes Hindus at birth, defining their status in society, what jobs they can do and who they can marry.

It was officially abolished in 1950, but the social hierarchy still exists in many parts of the Hindu-majority nation.

Dalits account for about 201 million of India’s 1.3 billion population, according to government figures. They have been referred to as “untouchables” in the past and continue to experience rampant discrimination, sexual violence and assault.

A litany of violent crimes and sex attacks against Dalit women and girls have caused outrage in recent years.

In August last year, four men, including a Hindu priest, were charged with the rape and murder of a 9-year-old Dalit girl in the Indian capital of Delhi.

The incident followed the September 2020 gang-rape and death of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh. Just a month earlier, another 13-year-old Dalit girl was raped and murdered in the state.

In 2019, two Dalit children were allegedly beaten to death after defecating in the open. And in 2018, a 13-year-old girl from a lower caste was beheaded in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, allegedly by an assailant from a higher caste.

Activists and opposition politicians say the crimes reflect an atmosphere of hate, fueled in part by a rise in hardline Hindu nationalism.

According to a 2020 report by the non-government organization Equality Now, sexual violence is used by dominant castes to oppress Dalit women and girls.

heir investigation found that Dalit women and girls in the northern state of Haryana are often denied access to justice in cases of sexual violence due to the “prevalent culture of impunity, particularly when the perpetrators are from a dominant caste.”

The organization called on the government to ensure increased police accountability and effective law enforcement to protect caste-based minorities.

In March 2020, then junior member of the Ministry of Home Affairs, G. Kishan Reddy, said in a written response to parliament that the government was “committed to ensure protection” of those in marginalized castes. He added that laws had been amended in 2015 to strengthen both preventative and punitive measures for crimes against Dalits.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/05/india/india-rape-teenager-police-arrested-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Brazil exists.

Brazilian teen gang-rape victim speaks out

Sixteen-year-old victim of attack, which was filmed and posted online, recounts ordeal as police chief takes over case.

www.aljazeera.com

"A 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro was drugged and raped by about 30 men, who then posted a video of the attack to social media, in a crime that has shocked Brazil."

In Brazil its also got a problem with rape of underage girls which is terrible

"Brazil had the highest number of registered rape cases in its history in 2022: 74,930, according to a recent report by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. In over 60 percent of the cases, the survivor was under 14 years old."

New Rape Statistics in Brazil Highlight Importance of Sexuality Education

Brazil had the highest number of registered rape cases in its history in 2022: 74,930, according to a recent report by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. In over 60 percent of the cases, the survivor was under 14 years old.

www.hrw.org

And massively undereported.

The invisible magnitude of the rape of girls in Brazil - PMC

Compare official data on notifications of sexual violence against girls aged 10 to 13 years with data on pregnancy for the same age group between 2012 and 2018. This is an epidemiological, descriptive, cross-sectional study with data from the ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"The lack of adequate notification of statutory rapes in Brazilian official statistics leads to the underestimation of its magnitude."

- When that happened a singer here defended the rapists. But here isnt as rampant as India. Dont think even Haiti is like India!

 

[Possum Jenkins]

- In another thread of mine, someone posted a twiter of some person saying Indian men are sex starved, that's why they rape woman, lizards, corpses, bricks and so on!

My Indian buddy told me something similar.

We were talking about sports and the lack of infrastructure for it but his point was still that there are no outlets for young men to let out their aggression, frustration, energy, etc.

Young people dating still isn't a thing so a bunch dudes are way into their 20s and still virgins with no hope of getting sex unless they marry.

 

[TheMaster]

Why does every rape in India seemingly get a news story? How come the news doesn't post every single rape story in America, Europe, South America, Africa, etc.? Especially when according to data India has a low incidence of rate in comparison to much of the rest of the world.

Comparing rape data per country is difficult, due to variation in reporting and prosecution etc. Yet it is widely unreported in all regions.

The US has high rape rates though.

Its a massive issue in the US but doesnt seem to get as much media attention here.

"While the frequency of rape in the United States  varies from state to state, it averages out to one every 1-2 minutes."

Rape Statistics by Country 2024

worldpopulationreview.com

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Comparing rape data per country is difficult, due to variation in reporting and prosecution etc. Yet it is widely unreported in all regions.

The US has high rape rates though.

Its a massive issue in the US but doesnt seem to get as much media attention here.

"While the frequency of rape in the United States  varies from state to state, it averages out to one every 1-2 minutes."

Rape Statistics by Country 2024

worldpopulationreview.com

- I was reading one of sexual violence in prison, i dont think i've ever started a thread about it. But theres a place called rape prison.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse​

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK, MICHAEL BALSAMO AND CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Updated 9:39 PM BRT, April 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.

Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP that the agency had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure and — most critical — employee misconduct.”

“Despite these steps and resources, we have determined that FCI Dublin is not meeting expected standards and that the best course of action is to close the facility,” Peters said. “This decision is being made after ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of those unprecedented steps and additional resources.”

The announcement of Dublin’s closure represents an extraordinary acknowledgement by the Bureau of Prisons that its much-promised efforts to improve the culture and environment there have not worked. Many attempts to stem the problems at Dublin have come after the AP investigation revealed a pattern of abuse and mismanagement that crossed years, even decades.

Just 10 days before the closure announcement, a federal judge took the unprecedented step of appointing a special master to oversee the prison.

https://apnews.com/article/federal-...u-of-prisons-17731ecb5d0a14adf6011e853bf7e05d

 

[volodya]

My Indian buddy told me something similar.

We were talking about sports and the lack of infrastructure for it but his point was still that there are no outlets for young men to let out their aggression, frustration, energy, etc.

Young people dating still isn't a thing so a bunch dudes are way into their 20s and still virgins with no hope of getting sex unless they marry.

They should let out their aggression on some lines of fentanyl.