More severe rape sanctions, including life in jail and the death penalty, are about to be implemented in an Indian state that was rocked by the...
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India — Indian medical workers and activists continued to protest the rape and murder of a female intern doctor, demanding immediate justice by taking to the streets in several parts of the country on Sunday (Aug. 18). Doctors across India have protested, held candlelight rallies in solidarity and refused to serve non-emergency patients over the past week following the murder of a postgraduate medical student in the early hours of August 9 in Kolkata. Women protesters said the incident at the RG Kar Medical College campus and hospital had highlighted how women in India continue to suffer, despite stricter laws following the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012. Asstha Bajaj, one of the protesters and a medical student, said, “When we go to work in hospitals, we convince our parents that we are safe, because we are in a hospital. Our parents are also calm, thinking we are safe because we are in a hospital. But today even hospitals are not safe and anything can happen to you anywhere, anytime. And we have gathered here today to demand our safety.” India made major changes to its criminal justice system, including …
More severe rape sanctions, including life in jail and the death penalty, are about to be implemented in an Indian state that was rocked by the...
More severe rape sanctions, including life in jail and the death penalty, are about to be implemented in an Indian state that was rocked by the...
The parents of a deceased PGT doctor plan to join protesting students at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital before a Supreme Court hearing. The...
Protests seeking justice for the rape and murder of a postgraduate doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College were disrupted by hooliganism and...
Parents of the junior doctor raped and killed at RG Kar Hospital joined protesters demanding justice. They participated in a candlelight vigil,...
Parents of the junior doctor raped and killed at RG Kar Hospital joined protesters demanding justice. They participated in a candlelight vigil,...
Following a second letter from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, reiterating her appeal for...
KOLKATA RAPE CASE Amid escalating tensions over the rape and murder case of a 31-year-old doctor in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has issued a stern warning to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the protests and rallies connected to...
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Doctors in Bengal said they would continue their cease work to protest rape and murder of a RG Kar Medical Hospital...