Imphal: It has been 55 years since the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was first introduced. The longest demonstration against it has been on in Manipur with Irom Sharmila on a fast for over 12 years now.
This April, Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations envoy on Violence Against Women listened to a group of 40 women, including the mother of Manorama Devi.
In 2004, Manorama, a 32-year-old was picked up from her home, brutally raped and murdered allegedly by Assam Rifles personel. In July that year, Manipur erupted in protest and some women stood naked in front of the Indian paramilitary headquarters in Imphal. Outside Kangla Fort, 12 women disrobed themselves protesting the rape and murder of Manorama Devi.
After nine years, many have forgotten that protest and it seems that even now no one is listening to the protestors main demand, the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act....
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08:41 AM, May 23, 2013
Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret. Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy job as a social worker-come-crime investigator. And so the unspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place - white beaches, blue seas and no crime. But when a disturbing video appears...
04:57 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Patna: A Bihar government official was arrested on Saturday for repeatedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, police said. Akhilesh Kumar, a senior deputy collector, was arrested in Patna following a complaint lodged by his wife that he repeatedly raped his daughter. More details are awaited. ...
06:07 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New Delhi: A 20-year-old woman was gangraped in a moving car by her husband and his two relatives in New Delhi, the police said on Thursday. All attackers have been arrested. The incident came to light on late Wednesday evening when the woman was found in an unconscious condition in west Delhi's Najafgarh area by a passerby, who informed police. The victim told police that she was gangraped by her...
10:29 PM, Apr 11, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in Kolkata on Friday that the rising number of rape cases was connected to increasing population. "You say rape incidents are on the rise. But the population is also swelling. Is the population in the state the same as it was during the tenure of (the state's second chief minister) BC Roy?" she said. ...
06:16 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Saturday expressed disappointment at the performance of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government, saying she was hopeful that it would be different from previous regimes led by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav. ...
02:28 AM, Mar 17, 2013
The Delhi Assembly Budget Session will kick off on Wednesday and the BJP is gearing up to corner the ruling party on women's safety, hike in power tariff, water tariff and on delays in the regularisation of unauthorized colonies. ...
08:00 AM, Mar 13, 2013
Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Saturday said that the Delhi gangrape incident in December 2012 was not 'unique', but one among many. "What happened on December 16 in Delhi was sad and bad and something extraordinary, but at the same time not unique. This was made into a kind of an iconic situation," Justice Kabir said at an event organised by the Calcutta High Court to mark International...
08:17 AM, Mar 10, 2013
Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Saturday said that the Delhi gangrape incident in December 2012 was not 'unique', but one among many. "What happened on December 16 in Delhi was sad and bad and something extraordinary, but at the same time not unique. This was made into a kind of an iconic situation," Justice Kabir said at an event organised by the Calcutta High Court to mark International...
08:17 AM, Mar 10, 2013
The "western outlook" about women was a reason for rape and the concept that women were inferior to men was repugnant' to Indian philosophy, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday said. "The difference between western concept and Indian concept is that one considers them (women) the weaker sex and we consider them the mother sex," he said. ...
10:17 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Amid rising cases of crime against women, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday said "our heads hang in shame" due to recurring incidents of rapes and other violence against women. Flagging concerns about female foeticide and crime against women, Gandhi exhorted women not to bow down to difficulties in future and face them with courage as the country needs them at all responsible positions. ...
03:42 PM, Mar 08, 2013
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his four-year-old daughter in Bhopal. The news comes as the government is grappling to bring a tougher anti-rape law into existence. ...
08:30 AM, Mar 08, 2013
After weeks of promising strong legislation to curb crime against women, it seems the Cabinet is dithering on the new anti-rape law. The bill was not discussed by the Cabinet on Thursday after some amendments proposed by the home ministry ran into opposition. ...
10:26 AM, Mar 07, 2013
A 42-year old man was arrested for allegedly raping his daughter for six years, police said on Thursday. According to the police an autorickshaw driver had been allegedly raping his daughter since she was 12 years old. ...
07:36 AM, Feb 15, 2013
More than 50 per cent rapes are committed at home by a non-stranger. Two sisters in Gujarat were allegedly raped for years by their father. "My father used to rape me, he warned me not to tell anyone about it. I was too scared to tell anyone," one of them said. ...
07:45 AM, Jan 25, 2013
In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal, holding up a banner that said, 'Indian Army rape us'. They were protesting the rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama, allegedly by security forces. Manorama was picked up from her house on July 11, 2004 by Assam Rifles soldiers. ...
09:20 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Social activist and actress Nandita Das believes that death sentence cannot act as a deterrence against a crime like rape. ...
11:24 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Bihar records lower number of rapes than most other major states and urban India accounts for just over 10 per cent of the total number of rapes perpetrated in the country. ...
03:24 PM, Jan 08, 2013
The Janata Dal United has taken on the Bharatiya Janata Party over comments made by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over rapes and the role of women in society. JDU leader Shivanand Tiwary on Monday compared Bhagwat with Akbaruddin Owaisi of the MIM, who is in the dock over a hate speech, saying that they both are products of similar ideologies. "The RSS ideology is propagated among Hindus and MIM's amongst...
04:26 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Under fire over his 'India and Bharat' comment, the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat got another jolt over an alleged comment on the role of women in society. "A husband and a wife are involved in a social contract. The wife has to take care of the household work and the husband has to meet her needs and protect her. If the wife violates the contract, the husband can disown her,"...
05:51 PM, Jan 06, 2013
