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ARMENIAN WOMEN TO ORGANIZE CANDLE LIGHTING IN FRONT OF INDIAN EMBASSY IN ARMENIA
20:23, 11 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: To support all Indian women "Women's
Resource Center" public organization is organizing candle lighting
in front of Indian Embassy in Armenia.
As Armenpress has been informed from organization, candle lighting
which takes place on January 14 is dedicated to the rape case which
took place in India lately.
At the end of the lightening Ambassador will be handed a letter,
as well as addressed some questions considering further action of
Indian government.
Indian police have charged six men with murder, hours after a woman
who was gang-raped and thrown from a moving bus in Delhi nearly two
weeks ago died in a Singapore hospital.
Police spokesman said the men could face the death penalty if
convicted. Officials said that authorities would press for the harshest
possible punishment.
The announcement came as thousands of Indians gathered to mourn and
protest the death of the 23-year-old medical student. The woman,
who has not been named, sustained serious internal injuries after
being violated with an iron bar during the attack, which took place
on 16 December and triggered mass demonstrations calling for better
protection for women against sexual violence.
She died late on Friday in the Singapore hospital where she was
being treated. Her family had been keeping a bedside vigil after
she suffered severe organ failure. She was flown to Singapore
from India two days ago as her condition worsened. Authorities in
India reacted with statements of grief, calls for calm and a huge
security operation. The case has provoked an unprecedented debate on
sexual violence towards women in India. Sexual harassment - known as
"Eve-teasing" - is endemic and often accepted. A series of rapes in
rural areas in the state of Haryana, adjacent to Delhi, earlier this
year provoked suggestions from politicians and community leaders that
much sexual violence was consensual and that the age of marriage should
be lowered. Women who report rapes are repeatedly ignored or harassed
by the police themselves. The belief that women are responsible for
sexual assault is widespread.
From: A. Papazian
20:23, 11 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 11, ARMENPRESS: To support all Indian women "Women's
Resource Center" public organization is organizing candle lighting
in front of Indian Embassy in Armenia.
As Armenpress has been informed from organization, candle lighting
which takes place on January 14 is dedicated to the rape case which
took place in India lately.
At the end of the lightening Ambassador will be handed a letter,
as well as addressed some questions considering further action of
Indian government.
Indian police have charged six men with murder, hours after a woman
who was gang-raped and thrown from a moving bus in Delhi nearly two
weeks ago died in a Singapore hospital.
Police spokesman said the men could face the death penalty if
convicted. Officials said that authorities would press for the harshest
possible punishment.
The announcement came as thousands of Indians gathered to mourn and
protest the death of the 23-year-old medical student. The woman,
who has not been named, sustained serious internal injuries after
being violated with an iron bar during the attack, which took place
on 16 December and triggered mass demonstrations calling for better
protection for women against sexual violence.
She died late on Friday in the Singapore hospital where she was
being treated. Her family had been keeping a bedside vigil after
she suffered severe organ failure. She was flown to Singapore
from India two days ago as her condition worsened. Authorities in
India reacted with statements of grief, calls for calm and a huge
security operation. The case has provoked an unprecedented debate on
sexual violence towards women in India. Sexual harassment - known as
"Eve-teasing" - is endemic and often accepted. A series of rapes in
rural areas in the state of Haryana, adjacent to Delhi, earlier this
year provoked suggestions from politicians and community leaders that
much sexual violence was consensual and that the age of marriage should
be lowered. Women who report rapes are repeatedly ignored or harassed
by the police themselves. The belief that women are responsible for
sexual assault is widespread.
From: A. Papazian