Indian rape victim fighting for her life

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NEW DELHI (AP) — The victim of a gang-rape in New Delhi fought for her life at a Singapore hospital Friday as officials in the Indian state of Punjab fired and suspended police officers accused of ignoring the rape of another woman, who then committed suicide.

Indian authorities have been accused of belittling rape victims and refusing to file cases against their attackers, further deterring victims — already under societal pressure to keep the assaults quiet — from reporting the crimes.

However, the gang-rape of the 23-year-old student on a moving bus in the capital two weeks ago has brought new focus on police and community attitudes toward woman in India. Demonstrators in New Delhi have demanded stronger protections for women and stronger punishment for rapists.

Authorities in Punjab took action Thursday when an 18-year-old woman killed herself by drinking poison a month after she told police she was gang-raped.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/28/indian-rape-victim-brain-injury/1795533/

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. k&r

[Sherman A1]

2. This is a terribly sad story

that keeps getting repeated in one form or another over and over again. I cannot for one understand how we can treat each other in these ways. I can only hope that this individual can recover and heal,that her attackers face the justice they truly deserve and that some day it stops.

[JI7]

3. 42-year-old woman gang-raped, dumped in Delhi

it's been tough seeing which stories are the same and which ones are different.

<Even as protests are raging in the capital over the gang-rape of a 23-year-old medical student, another gang-rape comes to light. A 42-year-old woman from Jaipur was gang-raped by three men and dumped in South Delhi on Wednesday night.

Of the three accused, one- Dilip Verma- was arrested in Agra while the police are on the lookout for the other two.

The victim said she had gone to Vrindavan on December 22 and met Verma there. He accompanied her in the car back home. On the way two of his friends joined them. She was then sedated and raped by all three somewhere between Vrindavan and Delhi and then dumped her in Delhi's Kalkaji area.

"She told us that she was gagged, sedated and raped by the trio. They took turns to rape her. A medical examination has confirmed rape," a senior police official said.>

http://in.news.yahoo.com/42-year-old-woman-gang-raped--dumped-in-delhi-051144445.html