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Monday, December 16, 2013

India prayers for Delhi gang rape victim

Women's groups and citizens are holding vigils across Delhi in the memory of a female Indian student who died a year ago after she was gangraped on a bus.

Her family, which is planning a small memorial service, told the BBC that they wanted to keep her memory alive as long as possible.

A small vigil would also be held at the bus stand where she boarded the vehicle on which she was attacked.

The assault triggered intense protests across the country.

It also led to the setting up of stringent anti-rape laws and special fast-track courts.

The 23-year-old medical student was attacked on a moving bus by six men while she was returning home after watching a film with a male friend who was also beaten up.

Four of the six attackers were given the death penalty in September. One of the attackers was found dead in his prison cell earlier this year.

The sixth rapist, a juvenile at the time of the crime, is serving a three-year sentence in a reformation home.

On Monday, exactly a year after the attack, Mumbai-based theatre and protest music group Swaang and Delhi-based cultural group Majma have organised "a show of strength by the citizens of Delhi - women and men - to claim back the streets of Delhi".

Well-known musicians would perform on a moving trailer, retracing the fatal journey of the victim, through the streets of Delhi, the organisers said.

The journey will begin at the mall where the woman had watched the film and conclude at the road crossing in Mahipalpur area where the victim and her friend were thrown out of the bus.

Dozens of people have also gathered at Delhi monument Jantar Mantar to remember the victim.

Although India has introduced tougher anti-rape laws and the society is more openly discussing cases of violence against women, correspondents say women across India still live with the daily fear of sexual assault and the victims still often have to deal with police apathy.

Ganguly faces heat after intern's affidavit made public

Former Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly faces intense pressure to step down as West Bengal Human Rights Commission chief, as Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingwent public with an intern's affidavit describing the act of sexual harassment.

The affidavit was submitted by a young woman, a law intern, before the three-judge committee of the Supreme Court that was formed to examine allegations of sexual misconduct by the retired judge.

"I would like to ask Justice Ganguly if this is indeed how he would like his child to be treated?" asked Jaising in an open letter to Ganguly published in a national daily. Jaising also published excerpts from the intern's affidavit.

Jaising, who has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singhseeking Ganguly's removal as West Bengal human rights panel chief, justified her decision to publicise the affidavit, saying the issue concerned the integrity and functioning of the rights panel.

"The issue doesn't concern just her (the young woman who submitted the affidavit). Rather, it concerns the integrity of the institution and the functioning of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission. That is why I have chosen to release it in the public domain," Jaising said.

Jaising, in her letter, offered a detailed account of the sequence of events leading to the allegations of sexual misconduct.

Following Jaising's move, the chorus for Ganguly's removal has gained further ground. Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal too demanded Ganguly's resignation.

The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has been at the forefront of protests, seeking Ganguly's resignation, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has twice written to President Pranab Mukherjee urging action in the case.

Meanwhile. protestors Monday gathered outside the office of the Human Rights Commission in Kolkata to press for Ganguly's resignation.

"We will continue to protest until he resigns from the post. How can a person who has been accused as well as indicted of such a heinous act hold on to a such an important post?" one of the protestors said.

Ganguly has so far remained defiant, and refused to comment on the matter. He said Monday, however, that the publication of the affidavit was not proper.

"I don't want to comment on the issue, but I think it (affidavit) should not have been made public," Ganguly told IANS.