Sunday, December 30, 2012

Protests for 'Amanat': Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit forced to return




Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit showed up this afternoon at the large protest in Delhi called in memory of the 23-year-old student who died in a Singapore hospital from the horrific injuries she incurred when she was gang-raped on a bus two weeks ago. However, as she lit a candle, the chief minister was surrounded by demonstrators and then taken away by her security.

Large crowds gather in silent, peaceful protests at Jantar Mantar




At sunset of 29 December 2012, more than a thousand candles offered a sombre glow at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, the designated location for protests against the death of a young medical student, who was gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi two weeks ago.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Body of 'India's Daughter' brought back to Delhi from Singapore




The body of the 23-year-old medical student, whose savage gang-rape on a moving bus provoked outrage and protests through India, has been brought back to India. A special Air India aircraft carrying the body landed at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport at around 4:15 am of 29 December 2012. The body was taken out of the airport in an ambulance of a private hospital through the Palam technical area.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Delhi gang-rape protesters being removed forcibly at India gate




A day after the extraordinary protests in the national capital that saw protesters clashing with the police right outside Rashtrapati Bhavan, section 144 was imposed in the New Delhi district early on the morning of 23 December 2013. This prohibits a gathering of more than four people at one place.

Student gangraped in moving bus in Delhi




Delhi reinforced its reputation as one of the country's most unsafe cities when a young woman was allegedly raped by five men in a moving bus on 16 December 2012. The woman, 23, and her friend were then thrown off the bus, semi-naked, at a flyover. The victim is at the Safdarjung Hospital in critical condition.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Huge crowd at India Gate as gang-rape victim fights for life




After brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old student in a moving bus Delhi on 16 December 2012, protests demanding safety for women are becoming louder each day. Huge crowds have gathered at India Gate and Raisina Hill in New Delhi on 22 December 2012 demanding tougher punishment for rapists and more attention to women's safety by the government and the police.

Delhi gang rape: Police fire water cannon, fire tear gas at protesters - NewsX




Delhi Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who were marching towards the Rashtrapati Bhavan demanding justice for the 23-year-old gang rape victim. The protesters, however, braved the water cannons in the winter chill and refused to leave the high-security area. They continued to chant slogans demanding justice for the 23-year-old victim.
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