Étiqueté : justice
India: Nationwide protests to query justice for rape victims
Thousands of Indians have joined nationwide protests against the recent cases of rapes, including that of an eight-year-old girl, who was gang raped and brutally murdered inside a temple in Jammu area of Indian-administered Kashmir. « Punish the guilty » was a rallying cry on Sunday in New Delhi, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Bangalore and other cities, according to…
Pakistan’s Pashtuns march for justice
When Naqeeb Mehsud, a 27-year-old aspiring Pashtun model residing in Karachi, was killed by the police, there was an outcry on social media by his family and friends, leading to a police investigation and the eventual sacking of Karachi’s Malir district chief of police, Rao Anwar. While Anwar was found to be responsible for 400…
Slain Colten Boushie’s family vows to ‘pursue justice’
The family of an indigenous man in Canada has vowed to keep fighting for justice after a white farmer was acquitted in the shooting death of their 22-year-old relative. A jury in Saskatchewan, a province in central Canada, on Friday found Gerald Stanley not guilty of second-degree murder in relation to the killing of Colten Boushie. Stanley…
Supreme Court judges lash out at chief justice
New Delhi, India – Four senior judges of India’s Supreme Court have lashed out at the workings of the country’s top court, directing blame at Chief Justice Dipak Misra. In a press conference on Friday in New Delhi, the first of its kind, they alleged poor administration at the powerful institution and warned that democracy…
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