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WhiteTara

(29,718 posts) Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:32 PM Apr 2018

Eight on trial for rape, murder of girl in India's Kashmir amid public anger

https://www.yahoo.com/news/eight-trial-india-rape-murder-kashmir-girl-064024662.html

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Eight men accused of involvement in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in India's Jammu and Kashmir state appeared in court on Monday for the first hearing in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the ruling party.

The girl, from a nomadic community that roams the forests of Kashmir, was drugged, held captive in a Hindu temple and sexually assaulted for a week before being strangled and battered to death with a stone in January, police said.

Public anger at the crime led to protests in cities across India over the past few days, with outrage fueled by support for the accused initially shown by state government ministers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The protests have also focused on another rape allegedly involving a BJP lawmaker in crime-ridden Uttar Pradesh, a poor northern state with the country's biggest population.

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Eight on trial for rape, murder of girl in India's Kashmir amid public anger (Original Post) WhiteTara Apr 2018 OP

Eight year old girl dhol82 Apr 2018 #1

This is just so sick, cruel and evil. smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #2

The problem is more that men think that women are not human WhiteTara Apr 2018 #3

I agree, unfortunately that idea seems to more prevalent in some cultures than others. smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #9

These bastards need to have their genitals cut off. IluvPitties Apr 2018 #4

Lorena Bobbit called what's his name's a weapon WhiteTara Apr 2018 #5

Right wing hindu trash. They should be executed in public JI7 Apr 2018 #6

Horrifying democrank Apr 2018 #7

This is one sick planet malaise Apr 2018 #8

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

1. Eight year old girl

Reply to WhiteTara (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:39 PM

Apr 2018

Eight men.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

2. This is just so sick, cruel and evil.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:43 PM

Apr 2018

I can't even express my anger and disgust. These men aren't human. I honestly hope they are wiped off the face of the earth. What the fuck is wrong with India? Why does this happen so often over there? Especially to little girls?

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

3. The problem is more that men think that women are not human

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:46 PM

Apr 2018

and therefore anything can be done to them/us with impunity.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

9. I agree, unfortunately that idea seems to more prevalent in some cultures than others.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 06:58 PM

Apr 2018

There are many people in India, both men and women, who are fighting back against this kind of violence, but it takes a long time to change such deeply ingrained cultural attitudes. It's just so tragic. I can't imagine what that poor little girl had to suffer at the end of her life.