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Minor Dalit girl raped by two brothers in Punjab

Minor Dalit girl raped by two brothers in Punjab

First Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013, Moga: A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by two brothers, also related to the victim, police said on Sunday. Joginder Singh and Swaran Singh, both residents of Rauwal village, allegedly raped the girl on the evening of May 10 when she was alone in her house, they said. […]

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Culture of impunity harms Dalit women

Culture of impunity harms Dalit women

On the last day of her visit to India, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Ms Rashida Manjoo, said that Dalit women experience some of the worst forms of discrimination and oppression. India lost an opportunity when introducing new rape legislation recently. The legislative measures adopted in the wake of last December’s brutal […]

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4 UP Dalits, missing for a week, found murdered

4 UP Dalits, missing for a week, found murdered

Express news service : Lucknow, Thu May 09 2013, 03:12 hr Four Dalit farmers, who were missing since April 30, were found murdered in Asmauli police station area of Sambhal district on Wednesday. The bodies were found buried in two trenches in a field. The bodies bore injury marks caused by sticks. The postmortem report […]

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