-The Indian Express She cannot tell her story. Instead, her grieving family, a tense village in Hathras riven by deep fault lines, and a sordid drama by police and the administration, have taken over the narrative. The Sunday Express reports from her home. Hathras: IT WAS a busy month on the sewing machine for the 19-year-old. On August 26, a baby was born, her brother’s third daughter. Apart from the usual embroidery...
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Hathras case: Upper caste group holds panchayat in favour of accused, demands CBI inquiry -Kumar Abhishek
-IndiaToday.in Members of Savarn Samaj organised the panchayat in Bhagna village, about 5 km from Boolgadi of which the 19-year-old Dalit girl was a resident. Hathras: Workers affiliated with the Savarn Samaj staged a dharna in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras on Friday demanding justice for the men accused of brutalising a 19-year-old Dalit girl. A panchayat was also held in favour of the four accused who are in police custody. Calls were raised during...
More »Brutality of Hathras crime, brazen police abdication, have shaken and shamed us all -Nandita Rao and Iti Pandey
-The Indian Express We hope that our judiciary will exercise its immense constitutional power to lead and supervise a free, fair and speedy investigation into the heinous allegation of brutal rape and the completely illegal forced cremation and illegal detention by the UP police. People who died of the plague or some other contagious disease were carried out of the village and their bodies were burnt without the dignity of a proper...
More »Hathras gang rape isn't a law and order issue, problem is regressive mindset of upper caste men -Vaishali
-Firstpost.com Whatever has happened in Hathras is not a simple law and order problem as civil society and politicians want us to believe. The shit is deeper. The problem is the ‘Manuvadi’ mindset of upper caste men My heart bled as I read the news of a 19-year-old Dalit Valmiki girl gang raped and brutally killed in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh. The civil society and political parties in opposition are up in...
More »Analysis of the latest Crime in India report by CSOs show the crime against SCs and STs continues
-Press release by National Coalition for Strengthening SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (NCSPA) dated 1st October 2020 Despite explicit constitutional provision and guidelines, the Dalit community across India remain the worst sufferers of the scourge of the caste system, which perpetuates not an only social hierarchy but also institutional discrimination and social exclusion. In the last few months under Covid-19 pandemic, India witnessed an alarming increase in the cases...
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