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#DelhiHC – Consensual sex with minor not a crime

TNN | Aug 26, 2013, 12.56 AM IST The court made these observations while acquitting a 22-year-old youth of charges of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl whom he later married. NEW DELHI: A city court has observed that consensual sex with… Continue Reading →

India- Advertisers reject anti-rape campaign #Vaw #WTFnews

Mon, 12 Aug 2013 Author: Sujoy Dhar People in Kolkata light candles during a prayer ceremony for a gang rape victim who was assaulted in New Delhi, December 29, 2012. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Advertisers… Continue Reading →

Extra Judicial Killing by central force while victim was standing in a queue to caste vote

2nd August 2013   To The Chairman West Bengal Human Rights Commission Bhabani Bhaban Alipur Kolkata   Respected Sir I want to bring into your notice on an incident of uncalled-for and unwarranted firing by Central Reserve Force personal during the… Continue Reading →

#India – Custodial death , family being threatened in Murshidabad

  To The Chairman National Human Rights Commission Faridkot House Copernicus Marg New Delhi– 110001   Respected Sir,   We lodge this present complaint in the matter of the victim Jhantu Saha (deceased), son of- Mr. Biren Saha, aged about-… Continue Reading →

Talk show panelists are involved in pornography: Mamata Banerjee #Vaw #WTFnews

By PTI | 20 Jun, 2013,   5 inShare Share More READ MORE ON » Women | West Bengal | talk shows | Talk show | Rape | Pornography | Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged that panelists of some local tv news channels critical of her were involved in pornography…. Continue Reading →

Mamata Banerjee’s goons silence an entire village #WTFnews

Kamalendu Bhadra, TNN | Jun 19, 2013, 0 Mamata visits rape victim’s family; loses cool KAMDUNI (BARASAT): “Shut up”, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had shouted atKamduni women on Monday. Her party toughs ensured they did. When TOI visited the village on Tuesday, the… Continue Reading →

NWMI condemns insensitive media coverage of gang rape victim in West Bengal #Vaw

June 17, 2013 The Network of Women in Media, India, an independent forum of media professionals across the country, condemns the recent insensitive media representation of the 20-year-old college student at Barasat, West Bengal, who was recently gang-raped and violently… Continue Reading →

Press Release – Delhi protests against the arrests of peaceful protesters in Kolkata

Protest outside West Bengal govt’s bhawan, Rajiv Bhawan, New Delhi Photo courtesy: Bijayalaxmi Nanda June 14th To, The Resident Commissioner West Bengal Bhavan NEW DELHI We, members of the Citizen’s Collective against Sexual Assault, women’s groups, progressive groups and concerned citizens… Continue Reading →

Kolkata – ‘Lock-up for protest songs!’ #Vaw

14 Jun 13 The Telegraph A group of women wanting to meet chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday to tell her how unsafe they feel in Bengal was herded into prison vans and put in the Lalbazar lock-up for several… Continue Reading →

Kolkata gangrape: Peaceful protesters rounded up, Mamata remains silent #Vaw

by FP Staff Jun 13, 2013 While West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjeeherself maintains a dismissive silence on the issues of women’s safety plaguing the state and its capital Kolkata, she probably likes people of her state to follow her example and not… Continue Reading →

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