Al Jazeera posted:

A 22-year-old woman is critical after being allegedly gang-raped by 13 men on the orders of village elders in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, reports say.

The elders meted out the rape as punishment for the woman’s involvement with a man from another community. The 13 men involved in ordering the punishment and in the rape have been arrested, reports said.

“It’s horrific. They (rapists) are all our neighbours and I call some of them as kaka (uncle) and some others as dada (elder brother) or bhai (brother),” said a report in The Hindustan Times newspaper, quoting the woman.

Global Post posted:

“To my understanding, consumption of fast food contributes to [rape],” said Jitender Chhatar, expressing a special prejudice against Chinese food. "Chowmein leads to hormonal imbalance evoking an urge to indulge in such acts.”

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Even officials as high-ranking as the minister responsible for law and order in the state of Chattisgarh believes this: “Nobody rapes deliberately, such incidents are just an accident,” Ramsewak Paikra said.

The former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh echoed such views when, in arguing against the death penalty for rapists, he said simply: “Men make mistakes. When their friendship ends, the girl complains she has been raped.”

One politician believed that 90 percent of rapes are consensual. Another former chief minister, Om Prakash Chautala, held women’s sexuality responsible for rapes. “Girls should be married at the age of 16, so that they have their husbands for their sexual needs, and they don’t need to go elsewhere,” he said.

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anyway share whatever you want about india. thank you

Whorelord posted:

Ka0 posted:

I hear they rape in other countries besides india c/d

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kikkelivelho posted:

Wasn't India supposed to be the next China? An industrial power house that produces our garden gnomes.

What the gently caress went wrong?

Darth123123 posted:

Man if she's in critical condition, wtf were they doing to her? I mean 13 tiny India dicks couldn't do that damage.

ElGroucho posted:

Why didn't mongols take over all of India? Were they also just like, "Gross" and turned around?

hemophilia posted:

Sorry about the rapes i was all hopped up on chow mein and condom commercials

Al Borland posted:

Man I love Chow Mein too. I have yet to go incredible hulk rapey though.

DrManiac posted:

I tried Chai tea for the first time today and it was really good. I don't know if it was good enough to excuse the rape tho

Nooner posted:

cool another india thread!

Nooner posted:

cool another india thread!

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Drafted by the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR), “Human Rights in India: Status Report 2012” covers the gamut of human rights failures that take place within the state. Several sections deal with sexual assault and violence towards women in both conflict zones and during peacetime, highlighting the neglect that many of these cases face from the legal system and authorities. Among other statistics the WGHR uncovered, one of the most staggering is that “every 60 minutes two women are raped, and every six hours a young married woman is found beaten to death, burnt or driven to suicide.”

Security forces within India are frequent perpetrators of violence against women, according to the report, though the stigma associated with victimhood results in cases of rape being under reported. At one point, the report accused the armed forces of thwarting investigations where “circumstantial evidence strongly indicates the involvement of armed forces.” Prosecution of those in the armed forces discharged for committing rape is particularly difficult as well, thanks to provisions in India’s legal system that require a waiver from the state or central government to allow charges to go forward.