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Indian Woman Sentenced to Rape Says She Can't Return Home

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 03 2015, @05:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-something-to-joke-about dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @07:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2015, @07:04PM (#231899)

    > I find it interesting because I thought the caste system had been banned in India.

    It has been banned exactly as much as racism has been banned in the US.

    In fact, just like there are whiny "oppressed white males" in the US, there are whiny "oppressed upper castes" in India. [time.com]

    PS, just because its interesting doesn't mean anyone here has anything insightful to say about it.

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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday September 03 2015, @09:16PM

    by edIII (791) on Thursday September 03 2015, @09:16PM (#231973)

    Yeah..... white males have absolutely nothing to complain about. We can't right?

    The moment we do, it's automatically disingenuous to any conversation possible, simply because we are white males. It's technically impossible to oppress any white male in existence.

    Cuz we own everything or something right?

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