Indian supreme court To investigate a petition once morest the release of 11 prisoners who gang-raped the pregnant woman.
23 Aug. Archyde.com reported that the Supreme Court of India A hearing once morest the release of 11 Hindu men will be scheduled last week. who is a prisoner in prison for life The gang gang rape of Bilkis Bano, a pregnant Muslim woman during the 2002 Hindu-Muslim riots in the western state of Gujarat.
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Prosecutor Capil Sibal said the complaint came from a group of women. It included Supasini Ali, a politician and member of the Communist Party of India, independent journalist Rewadi Laul, and Mhua Moitra, a member of parliament from the opposition Trinamul Congress party, and said the court had agreed to hear a petition calling for the group’s public interest. That calls for 11 Hindu men to be sentenced to life in prison. The date of the hearing of the petition has not yet been determined.
For the atmosphere in Mumbai on Tuesday Dozens of women protested once morest the release of 11 Hindu men and held placards calling for justice for the victims. which revealed last week that She was not informed that The men who swarmed her were released. And that the release of 11 Hindu men led her to lose faith in the justice system.
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The release of 11 Hindu men goes once morest the government’s policy of supporting women in a country where violence once morest women has been well documented. Authorities in Gujarat state’s Panjamahal released 11 Hindu men on Monday, Aug. 15, considering the length of their sentences following being convicted in 2008 and their conduct while in prison.
A senior Gujarat official overseeing the release of 11 Hindu men said the group had been in prison for 14 years before being allowed to be released. After the Supreme Court ordered Gujarat authorities to consider a petition under the 1992 pardon policy.
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