The brutal gang rape and murder of a 13-year old Nirmala Panta has
sparked outrage and anger across Nepal.
The rape and murder of a
13-year-old girl and indifference of the government to bring the perpetrators
to book has highlighted political protection to the rapists, right activists
have claimed.
A ninth-grade
student Nirmala Panta was raped and murdered in Kanchanpur, a far-western
districtof Nepal on 27 July 2018. The government has done little to bring the
"real perpetrator" to book even after 50 days of the incident. The
indifference of the government and inefficiency of the police toward the
incident has sparked nation-wide protest and outrage.
Thousands citizens demonstrate across Nepal demanding #JusticeforNirmala, the 13-year-old rape/murder victim. I can't believe we have to demand justice & fair investigation in such a heinous crime. #RuleOfLaw pic.twitter.com/GyJyh24cZi— Ujjwal Acharya (@UjjwalAcharya) September 15, 2018
On 15 September 2018,
thousands of people across the country have protested against sexual violence
and called on the government to take immediate action.
Though the 2012 incident and
subsequent protests led to legal reforms that imposed harsher punishments on
rapists and struck the requirement of a physical struggle between a victim and
her attacker to qualify as rape, sexual violence remains a widespread problem
in India.
#JusticeForNirmala #JusticeForAllRapeVictims #RageAgainestRape— Hima (हिमा) (@himabista) September 15, 2018
The power of the citizens!!! https://t.co/BfM9cxhKxV
Students, civil society leaders, activists and others held placards and shouted slogan against the horrifying rape incidents and silence of the government on the recent rape cases. Some glimpses of the rally taken place in Kathmandu is presented in this blog post.
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