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Anti-rape riots in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Two of the five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi last month will plead not guilty to all charges, their lawyer said Tuesday.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A popular Indian spiritual guru sparked a backlash on Tuesday after saying a 23-year-old student could have averted a murderous gang-rape by begging for mercy from her attackers.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - An Indian court hearing the case of five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old student was cleared on Monday as chaotic scenes forced the hearing to be held behind closed doors.
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Five men accused of the gang rape and murder of an Indian student appeared in court on Monday to hear charges against them, after two of them offered evidence possibly in return for a lighter sentence in the case that has led to a global outcry.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Five men charged with the brutal gang-rape and murder of a student in New Delhi will appear in court for the first time on Monday after police said they had forensic evidence to link to them to the killing.
LONDON (REUTERS) - The father of an Indian woman whose brutal rape and torture provoked international outrage said in an interview published on Sunday that he wanted her name to be made public so she could be an inspiration to other victims of sexual assault.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - A public prosecutor said today there was strong forensic evidence against five men accused of gang-raping a student in New Delhi on a moving bus as their trial began in a city court.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian police said Saturday they had filed a case against a cable news channel for airing an interview with the boyfriend of a woman whose gang-rape and murder has spurred protests across the country.
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Passers-by left a gang-raped Indian student lying unclothed and bleeding in the street for almost an hour, a male friend who was attacked with her said on Friday in his first public comments on the case that provoked a global outcry.
NEW DELHI (AP) - India's top law enforcement official said Friday that the country needs to crack down on crimes against women with ''an iron hand" to prevent attacks such as the fatal gang rape of a student on a New Delhi bus last month.