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Various women rights organisation staged protest demanding justice to the Unnao rape survivor, who succumbed to her burns in Delhi on Saturday. The rape survivor was allegedly set on fire by five men, including two of the accused who were out on bail, on Thursday, while she was on her way to the court from Unnao to Raebareli. Speedy trial through fast track court should be conducted to instil confidence among people, said Ms. Lakshmi of Progressive Organisation for Women. “The justice delivery system should be overhauled and strengthened so that justice is delivered in quick time. Out of court settlement in the name of justice, just like the alleged killing of the four accused in the Disha case by the police, without a proper trial, is not the solution to such problems,” she said.In another meeting, K. Padma of Mahila Chetana said that it was surprising to see that the CBI Court had granted bail to the accused, when the case was closing in.“Initially, it was told that … [Read more...] about Women rights organisations stage protest, seek justice for Unnao rape victim

In mehreren Städten Ägyptens kam es Freitagabend zu Demonstrationen gegen Präsident Abdelfattah al-Sisi. Hunderte Menschen versammelten in Kairo auf dem symbolträchtigen Tahrir-Platz in Kairo. Oppositionsmedien berichteten auch von Demonstrationen in Alexandria, Suez und Mansura. Zu den Protesten animiert hatte der außer Landes geflohene Geschäftsmann und Schauspieler Mohamed Ali, der seit Wochen Videos veröffentlicht, in denen er die Korruption der Armee und die Verschwendungssucht des Präsidenten anprangert. Am Freitagmorgen hatte er die Ägypter in einem im Internet verbreiteten Video aufgerufen, auf die Straßen zu gehen. Der 2014 durch einen Putsch an die Macht gekommene al-Sisi regiert zunehmend autokratisch. Proteste und Kritik werden weitgehend unterbunden. Tausende Islamisten, Regierungsgegner, Blogger und Aktivisten wurden inhaftiert und teils auch vor Gerichten abgeurteilt. Auch am Freitag gab es offenbar Festnahmen. Laut … [Read more...] about Proteste gegen al-Sisi in mehreren Städten Ägyptens

New Delhi/ Lucknow: Hours after the Unnao rape victim, who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 per cent burns after being set afire by the accused died following a cardiac arrest at 11.40 pm on Friday, protests are being held in several locations of Uttar Pradesh and even in the national capital. Despite UP government announcing a compensation of Rs 25 lakh and a house for the family of the rape victim, people in large numbers are holding protests against the rising rape and violence cases against women across the country. Protests were held on Saturday evening as UP ministers Swami Prasad Maurya and Kamal Rani Varun along with local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj reached the village of the Unnao gangrape victim to meet her family. Candle light march was held around Delhi's Jantar Mantar demanding justice for the victims and safety of women in the country. A candle march was also organised from Raj Ghat to India Gate in … [Read more...] about Protests In Delhi, UP Intensify As Unnao Rape Victim Passes Away; Candle March Heads India Gate

New Delhi/ Lucknow: Hours after the Unnao rape victim, who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 per cent burns after being set afire by the accused died following a cardiac arrest at 11.40 pm on Friday, protests are being held in several locations of Uttar Pradesh and even in the national capital. Despite UP government announcing a compensation of Rs 25 lakh and a house for the family of the rape victim, people in large numbers are holding protests against the rising rape and violence cases against women across the country. Protests were held on Saturday evening as UP ministers Swami Prasad Maurya and Kamal Rani Varun along with local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj reached the village of the Unnao gangrape victim to meet her family. Candle light march was held around Delhi's Jantar Mantar demanding justice for the victims and safety of women in the country. A candle march was also organised from Raj Ghat to India Gate in … [Read more...] about Protests In Delhi, UP Intensify As Unnao Rape Victim Passes Away; Candle March Held At India Gate

(CNN)At least 12 demonstrators were killed and 22 others wounded Friday when gunmen in several vehicles opened fire on a protest site in central Baghdad, medical sources and activists told CNN, marking one of the most violent days in the Iraqi capital for weeks. As thousands of anti-government demonstrators rallied in Baghdad's Tahrir Square -- the epicenter of the protest movement -- the gunmen seized a nearby parking garage that is used by activists. The gunmen have not yet been identified. An ambulance arrives in Tahrir Square after gunmen opened fire on anti-government protesters. Hundreds of members of pro-government militias have descended on Tahrir Square in a show of force over recent days, raising fears over further unrest, several activists told CNN. Iraq's prime minister agrees to resign, president says, after weeks of protests During his weekly Friday sermon, Iraq's top Shiite cleric warned against meddling, saying that the country's new premier must be … [Read more...] about 12 protesters killed in Baghdad as cleric warns against ‘foreign interference’

PARIS (Reuters) - Truckers blocked roads in about 10 regions around France on Saturday to protest against a planned reduction in tax breaks on diesel for road transport, while train and metro services remained heavily disrupted by a strike against pension reform. Protesters wearing yellow vests demonstrate during their 56th round of protests with a backdrop of social discontentment triggered by president Macron's pensions reform plan in Paris, France, December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier In Paris there were scuffles with police in the Denfert Rochereau area of the residential Left Bank as several hundred “yellow vest” protesters continued their weekly demonstrations, but numbers were relatively small compared with previous weeks as the transport strike made it hard to reach the capital. The combined pressure of the yellow vest movement over the cost of living and union protests against pension reform are a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron’s … [Read more...] about More French protests see roads blocked, trains disrupted and scuffles in Paris