By Deepika Jaitley,on February 11th,2013 The power of protests has borne some result in India whose cabinet last week approved stricter punishments for rapists,including the death penalty should a rape victim die,following the death of a gang-rape victim in New Delhi. If approved by President Pranab Mukherjee (and then parliament within six months), the law will see the doubling . . . →Read More:How must a rapist be punished? By Nathoo Ram,on January 16th,2013 Though western media have a soft corner for India,as they consider it a largest democracy of the world and a secular state,reports abound that India’s security forces use torture and rape as a weapon to punish,intimidate,humiliate and degrade the victims in Kashmir and elsewhere in India. The pattern of Army’s misconduct . . . →Read More:The Amazing Indian Army By Nathoo Ram,on January 3rd,2013 The Delhi Police are likely to file the chargesheet in the gang-rape-cum-murder case of a 23-year- old girl in court here on Thursday and will seek death penalty for the accused during the trial. . . . →Read More:Delhi Police to file charges against accused today By Nathoo Ram,on December 20th,2012 Around 11 at night,approximately 24 hours after a 23-year-old student was beaten with an iron rod and raped by a group of six men in a moving bus and thrown off with no clothes,a man calls a radio station to explain why more men are turning against the women in the city. . . . →Read More:Bring an end to rape in Delhi By Deepika Jaitley,on August 15th,2012 by Purba Ray It was my first bus ride to college. Just as I entered the DTC bus,I noticed over fifty pairs of eyes (all male) staring intently at my legs. Perplexed,I looked down wondering whether I had scribbled some unsolved equations on my legs. I learned my lesson on dressing appropriately the . . . →Read More:Women:The custodians of culture? By Alizeh Khattak,on June 28th,2011 Goel Ratzon’s Facebook profile shows the bespectacled Israeli with shoulder-length white hair and neatly trimmed beard and says he is currently dating and has 36 friends. His real status is somewhat more complicated. When Israeli police raided the self-styled healer’s four homes in Tel Aviv in Jan 2010 they found two legal ex-wives,plus another 30 . . . →Read More:Israel’s 59 Year Old Arrested for Having 30 Wives By Maryam Rahman,on March 24th,2011 Working in the online news world helps you develop a certain knack for determining viral stories. Words like sex,death,rape,religion and blast call out to you from the screen. So,when a headline like “Padded Bras are Devil’s Cushions says Council of Islamic Ideology” pops up in the wires I can understand why . . . →Read More:The big bra brouhaha By Maryam Rahman,on March 9th,2011 Put yourself in the shoes of an adolescent girl who has been brutally raped. You may be devastated,confused and angry and expect that your family and community will stand by you,protect you and advocate for your rights. You have a right to expect that your country’s legal system will provide swift justice for . . . →Read More:In a rape victim’s shoes By Nathoo Ram,on December 31st,2010 NADRA’s decision to add a third option under the gender category of CNICs and even hire some transgender data operators is a noteworthy move. However,there is still a long way to go before Pakistan can make any claims to have achieved a basic level of tolerance. Making our country more tolerant will require multidimensional . . . →Read More:Intolerance towards our minorities By admin,on December 24th,2010 The victim being accompanied outside Darakshan police station Karachi KARACHI:The girl who had been allegedly molested by a gang in Karachi’s posh area four days back has mysteriously disappeared along with the plaintiff in the case. . . . →Read More:Karachi Gang rape:Victim ‘K’mysteriously disappears | |
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