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Dalit attempts suicide after rape accused let off by UP panchayat #Vaw

Wednesday, 25 December 2013 | PNS | Lucknow Depressed over panchayat’s diktat awarding just five slaps to an accused who tried to rape her, a 19-year-old Dalit  girl allegedly tried to commit suicide in Pahasu area of Bulundshahr on Monday…. Continue Reading →

#India – Media trial that forced Khurshid Anwar to commit suicide

Activists, intellectuals criticize vilification, media trial that forced Khurshid Anwar to commit suicide  25 December 2013 – 2:05pm Meanwhile, kin of Khurshid Anwar has filed a counter FIR for abetment to suicide, defamation and intimidation against 13 people, including the… Continue Reading →

#India – 19-year-old girl commits suicide after #Ragging, 10 arrested #Vaw #WTFnews

PTI | Sep 3, 2013, 06.30 PM IST    ABOVE SUICIDE NOTE NASHIK: Ten youngsters, including four girls, working as trainees in a company were today arrested for allegedly driving their 19-year-old female colleague to suicide. The victim, Pranali Pradeep Rane, a… Continue Reading →

Dalit Woman Panchayat Chief tortured by Casteist Hindus #Vaw

Caste Hindus interfering in official work, alleges Dalit panchayat chief By Express News Service – MADURAI Published: 27th August 2013 10:18 AM A Dalit woman panchayat president on Monday filed a complaint with the police demanding action against five caste Hindu  members… Continue Reading →

Delhi: 16-year-old Bangladeshi girl commits suicide in a police station #Vaw #WTFnews

IANS | Updated Jun 16, 2013   New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging in a police station in Delhi on Saturday evening, police said. “The girl, a native of Bangladesh, who works as a domestic help in south Delhi, had… Continue Reading →

Vanniyar woman ‘sacrifices’ marriage with dalit youth following pressure from community #Vaw

Karthick S, TNN | Jun 7, 2013, When 22-year-old Divya, who belongs to the vanniyar community, decided to elope and marry a dailt youth, all hell broke loose. CHENNAI: Divya Nagarajan could barely stand in the Madras high court premises on Thursday. The pressures… Continue Reading →

A year after death, Gujarat court certifies it as farm suicide

Written by Rohit Bhan |  NDTV Updated: May 29, 2013 1 Ahmedabad: Last year when marginal farmer Anirudh Jadeja of Khijdad village in Gujarat’s Saurashtra had committed suicide, a hasty local police termed it as an accidental death due to a domestic strife…. Continue Reading →

Recording of evidence in case against Irom Sharmila pushed to 30 Aug #AFSPA #Vaw

May 22, 2013New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday fixed 30 August for recording of prosecution evidence in a case against rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu for allegedly attempting suicide during her fast-unto-death in New Delhi in 2006. The Manipuri activist… Continue Reading →

Man gets 10-year RI for locking wife’s private parts #VAW #WTFnews

TNN | May 18, 2013, 05.07 AM IST Chouhan’s cruelty had come to light after his wife tried to commit suicide by consuming poison. INDORE: The district court on Friday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for putting… Continue Reading →

Press Release- Farmer suicides in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh – HRF Press Release on farmers suicides in Mahabubnagar district April 13, 2013 The Human Rights Forum (HRF) demands that the government take immediate steps to ensure that the families of farmers who have committed suicide are duly… Continue Reading →

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