Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP Impact: Twitter suspends 21 accounts threatening Muslim women with sexual violence 3 accounts actioned for violating Twitter rules, 11 posts removed
12-Jul-2021
Twitter has responded to Citizens for Justice and Peace’s (CJP) complaint against certain accounts that engaged in an abusive campaign against Muslim women. These accounts often used foul language, posted obscene and pornographic content, and encouraged sexual violence against Muslim women. In their response dated July 9 to our complaint (Case number #0210218588), Twitter apprised…
How A Jumble Of Politics, Gender Issues And Economics Foments Hate Crime In UP Part 5 of a 6 Part Series by Factchecker.In
04-Feb-2019
Naseerpur village, Mau: When the residents of Bholapur Hindoliya village in north-western Uttar Pradesh (UP) caught a 20-year-old outsider near a cattle-shed, trying to draw out a buffalo, they were enraged. Having suffered enormous losses due to frequent cattle theft, they thought they had finally found the thief. Eyewitnesses said the villagers, mostly Jats, then…
New Zealand passes law providing paid leave to domestic violence survivors
06-Aug-2018
New Zealand has passed a law providing for paid leave to survivors of domestic violence, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported. The country’s parliament narrowly voted to pass the bill, 63 to 57. The law, which is set to go into force in April 2019, mandates that employers allow survivors up to ten days’ leave so…
Class 10 girl hangs herself
29-Feb-2016
Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad TIMES NEWS NETWORK Cops Say Exam Fear May Be The Cause In yet another incident of student succumbing to exam pressure, a class 10th student, Dimple Chauhan, 15, hanged herself to death at her house in Rayjibibi Chawl at Amraiwadi on Sunday morning. This is…
Murthal gang rapes: Delhi women’s panel asks victims to file complaint
29-Feb-2016
• STAFF REPORTER NEW DELHI, February 29, 2016 After the first FIR was registered on Sunday in connection with the rapes at Murthal during the Jat agitation, the Delhi Commission for Women has appealed to the other victims to come out and report their cases. The commission also assured assistance to the women in filing…
WOMEN UNDER ATTACK – NHRC seeks report on dalit girl rape case
29-Feb-2016
Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Rajkot TIMES NEWS NETWORK Survivor’s Family Has Fled The Village Fearing Backlash The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Amreli collector and state director general of police seeking an action-taken report in connection with the alleged rape of an 18-year-old dalit girl…
IT staffer ‘raped’, woman colleague among suspects
29-Feb-2016
29 Feb 2016Hindustan Times (Mumbai)HT Correspondent letters@hindustantimes.com PUNE: A 24- year- old woman working in an IT company at Hinjewadi was allegedly raped by five people on Saturday night. After she lodged a complaint the next day, the police arrested six suspects, including a woman who was part of the group that raped her, said…
`Six men forced women into fields’
29-Feb-2016
Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Joel Joseph MurthalNew Delhi New Murthal Witnesses Speak Out, Claim Victims Were Stopped On NH-1 Two more eyewitnesses claimed on Sunday they had seen women being attacked on National Highway 1 at Murthal during the Jat quota agitation. Ramesh Kumar, a 46-year-old truck driver, claimed he…
Dalit woman gangraped and filmed in Telangana, 3 arrested
29-Feb-2016
Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Karimnagar: TIMES NEWS NETWORK TNN Three persons, including two juveniles, were held for allegedly gangraping a 23-year-old Dalit woman and filming the act to blackmail her. The incident, which took place on February 10 in Veenavanka mandal of Karimnagar district, came to light late on Saturday…
Pune techie gangraped, six including woman arrested
29-Feb-2016
Feb 29 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Gitesh Shelke Pune A 24-year-old software engineer with a top IT compa ny was allegedly given a spi ked drink by a colleague at a restaurant on Saturday eve ning and later raped by him and his four techie friends at an apartment in Dhanori. The…