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The incident drew international attention, resulting in protests by the Indian community in Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom [107] [108] [109] and the United States. [110] [108] Fresh protests were held on 8 September by the Indian diaspora in solidarity with the victim. Demonstrations were held in 130 cities ...
A man has been charged for the rape and murder of a resident doctor during a night shift in India’s eastern city of Kolkata, a crime that ignited nationwide protests about the country’s ...
KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals staged a 24-hour shutdown in protest ...
Police officers stand outside the emergency ward during a doctors' strike to protest the rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, India, on August 11, 2024.
The protests have also led thousands of doctors and paramedics to walk out of some public hospitals across India and demand a safer working environment. Sexual violence against women is a widespread problem in India. In 2022, police recorded 31,516 reports of rape — a 20% increase from 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.
The body declared that no lawyer in Barasat would stand for the accused. In the evening hundreds of residents brought out a candlelight procession in Baguiati, Kolkata. [13] On 18 June, around 400 government employees of the Writers' Building marched around the Writers' Building in protest against the Kamduni gang rape and murder.
KOLKATA (Reuters) -Hospital services were disrupted in several Indian cities on Tuesday after a doctors' protest spread nationwide following the rape and murder of a trainee medic in the city of ...
The case was widely debated in the media, with some political and social commentators casting aspersions on Jordan's character, and quickly became a political issue. When Jordan originally reported the crime, the chief minister of West Bengal , Mamata Banerjee , called her a liar and accused her of trying to embarrass the government, a position ...