Indian woman gang-raped in 2013 is attacked again 'by same men'

[OnlinePoker]

Source: The Guardian

An Indian student is recovering in hospital after being gang-raped by a group of men, including some charged with sexually assaulting her three years earlier, police have said.

Police in Haryana state were hunting for five men accused of abducting the 21-year-old student of the lowest Dalit social caste from outside her college before drugging and raping her in a car. She was found unconscious in bushes on the side of a highway last Wednesday night in Haryana, which borders Delhi.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/indian-woman-gang-raped-in-2013-is-attacked-again-by-same-men

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NO JUSTICE!!!

[iandhr]

1. How horrific

[WhiteTara]

2. How dare she better herself with an education?

Doesn't she know what she is?

[TubbersUK]

3. Beyond belief

They were on bail - ye gods.

[Equinox Moon]

4. What words to express the horror

May she know the world bares witness through the global media. We offer our hearts and prayers.

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Vigilantes will probably need to handle this one. nt

[harrose]

6. ... and the Rethugs insist that they're not waging a war on women.

[Sand Rat Expat]

7. Not that the Republicans aren't awful, but...

How exactly does a gang rape perpetrated in India relate to Republicans in America? I'm afraid I'm not following how the one corresponds to the other. Condemning people in a political party in a different country to that in which the incident took place seems peculiar to me.

[TipTok]

8. Knee jerk reaction...

*something bad happens*

'Damn Republicans!'

It's like Pavlov's dog sometimes...

[harrose]

12. Yeah, that's right...

<sarcasm>... I'm no better than Pavlov's dog. Thank you so much for that brilliant analysis. </sarcasm>

[harrose]

11. Because they actively promote...

... the idea that this sort of thing is not only acceptable but should be done to women and export those ideas throughout the world. They constantly preach the patriarchy and pass the idea that it's acceptable to treat women as property (where rape and murder is acceptable and proper if the women get out of line) and attempt to convince the world that this is how it should be. Unlike us, they aren't sending out the message of equality and diversity.

[snooper2]

14. I can guarantee you that 99.982% of people in India give zero fucks what repukes say

Also, colons are your friend

[harrose]

15. Ah, about roughly the percentage of statistics that are made up on the spot.

It doesn't matter if they care about Rethugs or not -- cultures bleed through. The attitude that the Rethugs export infects everyone and everything worldwide, whether they are actively listening or not.

[The2ndWheel]

23. India has been around for a while

They probably don't need Rethugs in America giving them some idea they've never had before. Didn't the word thug originate in India in some fashion?

[Sand Rat Expat]

17. Umm...

While no one's going to formulate a cogent argument that Republicans are pro-equality or pro-woman, I think you're laying it on a little thick here. If you're going to assert that Republicans are "actively promoting" the idea that gang rape is not just acceptable but recommended, kick out some sources to back up that rather extraordinary assertion. I can't recall ever hearing of a Republican saying, "If your woman gets out of line, a good old-fashioned gang-rape or murder will sort her out!"

It's one thing to oppose the nonsense that Republicans advocate. It's quite another to fabricate positions that I don't think any Republican actually holds. I've known some godawful, miserable assholes who were Republicans, but never have I met one who thinks it's perfectly okay to rape or murder women. I hate being put in a position of having to defend Republicans, but your assertion is just way, way, waaaaaaaaaaaay out there.

[harrose]

20. So, who's telling you that you have to defend them?

[Bucky]

21. It's a discussion board. No one "has to" defend them, but if you post illogical statements...

you have to expect that people will point that out. That's more or less the whole point of having discussions--arriving at logical conclusions.

There's plenty of terrible things that Republicans say and do; we don't have to make up stuff to load down the truck.

[Sand Rat Expat]

24. Well...

When you come up with a wild-eyed assertion that has no basis in fact... I'll defend the target of that assertion no matter who it is. They're bad enough without having to lie about them. Criticize them for the things they actually do and say, not for some fabricated stance I don't think any of them actually hold.

[harrose]

27. They don't have to explicitly say it....

Hitler never gave a speech or a written order that said "kill all the Jews," and yet, everyone knew what he was all about and his plans were carried out. Likewise, Rethugs don't have to say "If your woman gets out of line..." It's understood by all what the message is.

[Sand Rat Expat]

28. Ah yes.

The "I have no evidence to back up my assertion so I'm going to just repeat myself" tactic, with a little dash of the "I'm a mind reader and I know what they really mean" approach. It's common to see both of those trotted out when one has no evidence to back up one's assertion, but it's at least slightly novel to see them combined.

As I said, criticize the stupid shit Republicans actually do, rather than fabricating imaginary positions that no one actually holds. It just makes you look silly.

[harrose]

29. If you can't see that this is what the Rethugs *really* stand for....

... then I feel sorry for you.

Wishing you the best, despite our disagreement.

[Sand Rat Expat]

30. No, I really don't think that's what they *really* stand for.

As I said before, no one can make a cogent argument that the Republicans are pro-equality or pro-woman, but that is a long way away from "Rape and murder of women are okey-dokey."

I disagree with my Republican friends, family, and colleagues when it comes to politics and other things besides, but I very much doubt that they secretly harbor the desire to commit atrocities against women, and I very much doubt that they think atrocities against women are okay.

Please don't feel sorry for me because I don't buy into your hyperbole.

[harrose]

31. I hope that the extraordinary (and, IMHO, unwarranted) trust

that you place in these "friends, family and colleagues" of yours is never betrayed. If I was a betting person, I'd bet against it, but, for your sake, I hope I'm wrong about these people you know.

[Sand Rat Expat]

32. Looks like we're at an impasse.

If you want to go through life being suspicious of everyone who doesn't agree with your politics, then I really don't know what to say to you. Your concern is nice, though I'm really not worried that my parents will suddenly go on a rape and murder spree against women. Also not too concerned about my friends and colleagues, either. I allow for the possibility that people who disagree with my politics can also be decent human beings.

[ReRe]

9. Can't some filthy rich person in this...

... world get her out of that God forsaken country once and for all?

[TipTok]

10. That would be the best part of being Bill Gates rich...

See something like this in the news and you can offer up a ticket and a way out with a snap of the fingers.

[Blue_Tires]

13. The sad part is those monsters would just move on to the next poor girl...

[Beacool]

16. I can't even imagine the horror lived by this young woman.

I hope that this time they are never freed to rape again.

[Bucky]

22. article says only two of the five were involved in the first attack

It sounds like gang activity, the way the victim's family had to move due to the harassment they recieved after prosecuting the 2013 assault. Apparently this most recent abduction/attack is the culmination of an effort to force the girl not to testify--which means it's taken 3 years to bring these culprits before a judge.

[Beacool]

25. Lousy justice system they have and it's mostly anti-women.

[Ken Burch]

18. no.......words........

n/t.

[smirkymonkey]

19. What a nightmare that woman has gone through!

I only hope she gets some justice. These disgusting excuses for human beings deserve to be locked up for life.

[scscholar]

26. Cops don't care about the people

They have no incentive to care about us, so they don't.