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on Thursday September 03 2015, @05:27AM
from the not-something-to-joke-about dept.
from the not-something-to-joke-about dept.
One of the sisters who has been sentenced to be repeatedly raped because her brother eloped with a woman from a higher caste has said she cannot return home because she fears village elders will want to take revenge on her.
An illegal jury, composed of male upper caste Baghpat village elders, reportedly ordered the gang rape of Meenakshi Kumari, 23, and her 15-year-old sister after their brother Ravi eloped with a married woman, known only as Krishna, from a higher caste.
Ms Kumari, fearing for their lives, petitioned India's Supreme Court for protection. The case brought international attention after an Amnesty International petition to save the two girls from the punishment garnered more than 200,000 signatures.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Zz9zZ on Thursday September 03 2015, @06:25AM
You are ignoring the vast difference between India and any other country besides China. The massive population carries a lot of cultural momentum. Screwed up stuff happens in every country, but you're comparing apples to oranges. Third world conditions (I presume this village counts) make this stuff easier for people to get away with, but the internet is leveling that field.
Your proposals are desirable, but foreign policy is a bit more complicated. If we can impose sanctions for screwed up actions then what about the race murders that happen in the US where the killers go free? We are a country that's put people on the moon, yet we've tortured and incarcerated innocents in this modern age of civility and moral rightness...
~Tilting at windmills~