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Petition Seeks Justice for Kunan Poshpora Rape Survivors

Still no justice for a terrible night of gang rape 22 years ago in an otherwise quiet Indian village.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The culprits in an hours long gang rape in Kashmir 22 years ago have never been punished.

Survivors say soldiers from the 4th Rajputana Rifles arrived at Kunan Poshpora village to conduct a search operation, and raped up to 100 girls and women.

Honor Killings

A caste system, poverty, over-militarization; ingredients for disaster.

(CLEVELAND) - The fallacy that a woman must be killed to maintain family honor is as old and stale as the crusty philosophies that lead to such cruel and bent thinking.

Massive problems facing women and girls in Pakistan and India.

India`s Anger Exposes Gormless Leaders and Media

Normally, Christmas to New Year is a raucous week, but not this time.

(NEW DELHI, India) - A 23-year old girl, raped and beaten to a pulp by half a dozen goons, battled for life in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital for almost thirteen days.

She died early in the morning of December 29.

Being Female in India: A Hate Story

As a nation, if we deny the basic underlying fact that we have a huge, a gargantuan, an unavoidable problem with misogyny, then we are a nation of sociopaths, very like our individual imaginary addict.

(CHENNAI, India) - India hates women.

It is with this bald fact that I wish to begin—and end—my response to the horrific crime that occurred this week in Delhi, the rape, by multiple perpetrators, of a young woman on public transport in our capital city.

Female Medical Student Gang Raped in India Dies from Injuries

India's Parliament better strap their seat belts on, angry crowds are sick of government silence over sexual violence.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Friends and family were forced to say goodbye to the 23-year-old girl who was gang-raped in Delhi and brutally assaulted by six male suspects nearly a fortnight ago. She passed away at a Singapore hospital early Saturday. This is bad news in a country known for ignoring the rape and sex assault of its own citizens.

The girl, a physiotherapy student, was beaten with an iron rod, raped by six men for over an hour by some accounts, and then both she and her friend were thrown from the moving bus.

Petition Demands Immediate Action from Prime Minister Over Delhi Gang Rape

WE THE CITIZENS OF INDIA WILL NOT ALLOW THIS FROM OUR LEADER ANYMORE!

(DELHI, India) - On Dec 16, 2012, a 23 year old woman was gangraped and brutalized with an iron rod in the capital city of the country that you are leader of! She's still battling for her life!

Asian Press Follows Salem-News Article Criticizing `Dbangg 2` by William Gomes

Mr. Gomes believes that the film risks encouraging public support of torture and ill treatment of prisoners.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Dabangg 2 goes a long way toward reversing the progress made to aid victims of sometimes unspeakable abuse.

Hindustan Times, one of Asia's biggest newspapers, is following William Gomes' Salem-News.com report published yesterday...

Dabangg 2 Promotes Torture and Ill Treatment

India is a signer of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT).

(YORK, UK) - In India most police officers and other law enforcement officers consider torture as an essential investigative tool, rather than an unscientific and crude method of investigation.

Now one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema, Salman Khan, plays the role of a police officer who encourages the practise of police torture.

Petition for Eradication of `Manual Scavenging`: Maila Mukti Yatra

'Manual Scavenging' is a gross human right violation under various legislation and International human rights laws.

(LONDON) - In recent European parliament session, resolution was pass on caste discrimination in India, also highlighted the inhuman practice of manual scavenging.

On 3rd September 2012, “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012" has been introduced in the Lok Sabha. As it awaits discussion, we put forth our recommendation and demand in the bill.

Salem-News.com Human Rights Ambassador`s Efforts Take Effect in India

Indian National Human Rights commission responds to Salem-News.com’s Human Rights Ambassador regarding Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar Dams.

(SALEM) - Complaints cited by our Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes, over water levels being raised to the point that they literally drowned a local community, have been recognized by the National Human Rights Commission in India.

It is another wonderful accomplishment for this our working journalist and human rights activist originally from Bangladesh, and another big step forward in the relationship between media and the needs of human beings.