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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday September 03 2015, @05:27AM   Printer-friendly
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: 2) by zugedneb on Thursday September 03 2015, @09:52PM

    by zugedneb (4556) on Thursday September 03 2015, @09:52PM (#231987)

    don't understand you.
    from a lot of points, life is a nightmare.
    sometimes I speak them...
    this is all an aspect of life.
    there are a lot of people like this.
    evolution made them at some point, maybe to aid the tribe?
    we are also a port of life.
    what we say is also a part of the whole truth.

    would you prefer not to hear it?

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