Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Jul 11, 2014, 11:05 AM Jul 2014

Village Council in India Orders Rape [View all]

Source: The Daily Beast

According to her family and police, a 14-year-old girl was taken into the forest and raped on orders of her village council. The order came as punishment for her brother's sexual assault. "We kept begging them. We begged with folded hands but they would not listen. They dragged her away to the forest," the victim's mother said. The police say they have arrested two men, the village headman and the husband of the woman who says she was molested by the victim's brother. The brother has also been arrested. The rape took place after midnight on Sunday in the state of Jharkand.

Read it at ABC News

###

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/07/11/village-council-in-india-orders-rape.html

36 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Village Council in India Orders Rape [View all] DonViejo Jul 2014 OP

... freshwest Jul 2014 #1

Of all the really wrong things I've read in my lifetime that has to be one of the most wrongest! LynneSin Jul 2014 #2

WTF?! sakabatou Jul 2014 #3

Well, don't two wrongs make a right? n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #4

I have no words. CrispyQ Jul 2014 #5

Nor do I. LoisB Jul 2014 #27

Same here iandhr Jul 2014 #30

I do, but they're inappropriate at DU. freshwest Jul 2014 #31

Nothing I could post in this case that wouldn't be deleted theHandpuppet Jul 2014 #32

+1 freshwest Jul 2014 #34

Kick. Kick. Kick. Kick. Damn angry, infuriated, helpless kick. riderinthestorm Jul 2014 #6

Inhumane Android3.14 Jul 2014 #7

Disgusting blackspade Jul 2014 #8

It makes sense in a culture where women are property Warpy Jul 2014 #9

^^^ THIS. It is ALL about women being not people, but PROPERTY. MH1 Jul 2014 #14

... geardaddy Jul 2014 #10

A country where cattle are sacred, but women are chattel. FailureToCommunicate Jul 2014 #11

America is moving that way also, got any puns for it? Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #13

I do, but even I won't ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2014 #16

It was not meant as a pun. There is nothing funny about this most recent report of a terribly FailureToCommunicate Jul 2014 #29

American Town Council Bans Teaching Of Evolution, every country has its official idiots and devils. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #12

Reccing because... ReRe Jul 2014 #15

India is civilized by 7th Century standards. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #17

You got that right... :-( n/t ReRe Jul 2014 #20

Does Steubenville make USA not civilized? cosmicone Jul 2014 #23

I give. ReRe Jul 2014 #25

this is so disgusting samsingh Jul 2014 #18

I would never set foot in that country. Brigid Jul 2014 #19

Im just guessing that the 14yo girl would LOVE to be living in the USA about now KinMd Jul 2014 #36

WAR ON WOMEN: Tennessee, America, Arrests First Mother Under Its New Pregnancy Criminalization Law Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #21

+1 n/t cosmicone Jul 2014 #24

I swear.... AlbertCat Jul 2014 #22

I'm almost speechless! ColesCountyDem Jul 2014 #26

There are no words get the red out Jul 2014 #28

Bulldoze the village, salt the earth, scatter the inhabitants. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #33

they really need to do something to force these backwards areas to change JI7 Jul 2014 #35