onsdag 28 augusti 2024

Violence against women in India

India's president condemns the killing of doctors

India's President Droupadi Murmu has spoken for the first time about the rape and murder of a 31-year-old female doctor in the city of Kolkata on August 9, reports the Times of India. In an interview with the news agency PTI, the president, who has no formal power, says that "it will be enough".

She also showed her support for the protests and emphasized that she wants justice to be done after the murder.

- No civilized society can allow daughters and sisters to be subjected to such atrocities, says Murmu in the interview.
 
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The protests in India lead to political conflicts

In the Indian state of West Bengal, the capital of Kolkata, political opponents have clashed as a result of the protests against violence against women in the country, writes AFP. On Wednesday, thousands of people protested after a 31-year-old medical student was raped and murdered in a state hospital three weeks ago.

Representatives of the state's ruling party AITMC and the BJP, the ruling party in opposition in West Bengal, have simultaneously fallen out with each other.

BJP supporters are demanding the resignation of Mamata Banerjee, party leader of AITMC and Chief Minister. The ruling party has been criticized for its handling of the murder investigation.

Arjun Singh, a former BJP politician told the news agency that AITMC supporters attacked two of the party's members.
 

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