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Eugene

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Tue Aug 3, 2021, 02:38 PM Aug 2021

Third day of protests in Delhi over alleged rape of nine-year-old girl

Related: Nine-year-old girl raped, murdered by a priest and 3 others in Delhi (Hindustan Times)

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Source: Agence France-Presse

Third day of protests in Delhi over alleged rape of nine-year-old girl

AFP in Delhi
Tue 3 Aug 2021 13.04 EDT

The alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl from India’s lowest caste has sparked a third day of protests in the capital, in the latest case to spotlight the country’s high levels of sexual violence.

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Delhi on Tuesday holding banners reading “Give justice to the little girl” and demanding the death penalty for the four men accused of the crime.

The 200 million-strong Dalit community has long faced discrimination and abuse in India, with attacks increasing since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, tweeted that the alleged attack was “barbaric” and “shameful”. “There is a need to improve the law and order situation in Delhi,” he wrote, saying he would meet the girl’s family on Wednesday.

The opposition congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, tweeted that “a Dalit’s daughter is also the daughter of the country”.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/03/third-day-of-protests-in-delhi-over-alleged-of-nine-year-old-girl
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