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Bengal Government's Special Assembly Session Monday To Pass Anti-Rape Bill
A two-day special session of the West Bengal assembly was convened by the government on September 2 to table and pass a Bill which would provide for capital punishment to convicted rapists, Parliamentary Affairs minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay said.
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"Had It Been In My Hands...": Ashok Gehlot's "Public" Punishment For Rapists
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said if it were in his hands, he would have come up with severe punishments for rapists and gangsters to set a strict precedent.
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"Punish Their Parents Too For 1 Or 2 Years": BJP MLA On Rapists, Murderers
Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Akash Vijayvargiya has demanded punishment for the parents of rapists and murderers claiming they were responsible for ensuring their children have "good character and culture".
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"Hang Rapists Publicly": Minister's Suggestion To Reduce Crime
Madhya Pradesh minister Usha Thakur on Thursday demanded that rapists be publicly hanged so that this kind of punishment serves as a strong deterrent for others and nobody dares to indulge in such crimes again.
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Rapist Gets 20 Years In Jail Within 9 Days Of Crime In Rajasthan
A Jaipur court on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years in jail for raping a 9-year-old girl, imposing the punishment within nine days of the commission of the crime.
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Rape Is "Monstrous", But Death Penalty Not The Answer: UN Rights Chief
Sentencing rapists to death, as Bangladesh did Thursday, is not an appropriate punishment even for such a heinous crime, the UN rights chief said.
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'Hanging Is A Small Punishment For Nirbhaya's Rapists': Women's Panel Head
Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday said hanging is a small punishment for Nirbhaya's rapists, even as the Supreme Court dismissed curative petitions filed by two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case.
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Delhi Women Panel Head Falls Unconscious During Strike, Hospitalised
Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal, who was on a hunger strike to demand capital punishment for rapists within six months of their conviction, was taken to a hospital after she lost consciousness on Sunday morning.
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Delhi Women's Panel Members March To Demand Death Penalty For Rapists
Several members of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took out a protest march on Thursday morning demanding capital punishment for rapists.
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Students Protest Outside Smriti Irani's Delhi Residence, Seek Death For Rapists
Students protested outside Union Minister Smriti Irani's residence in Lutyens'Delhi on Tuesday, expressing solidarity with DCW chief Swati Maliwal's hunger strike and demanding capital punishment for rapists.
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"Teach Children To Respect Women": Smriti Irani On Curbing Rape
Union minister Smriti Irani today said no punishment can be stricter than death penalty for rapists as she appealed to parents to teach their children to respect women.
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'Don't Take Them To Court': Trinamool MP Mimi Chakraborty Backs Jaya Bachchan On Rapists
Trinanool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty on Monday backed her colleague Jaya Bachchan's recommendation of "public lynching" for rapists, and said that only immediate punishment can deter sexual predators from targeting women.
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'Death Penalty Can't Stop Cannibals': Babul Supriyo On Telangana Case
Even as an enraged nation demanded the death sentence for those behind the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad, Union Minister Babul Supriyo today claimed that such "cannibals" will continue to exist in society even in the face of the most stringent deterrent.
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Punishment Too "Gruelling" For Age: Rapist Asaram States In Mercy Plea
Rape convict Asaram, who is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl, has sent a mercy plea to the governor of Rajasthan seeking dilution of his prison term.
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Law Allowing Death Penalty For Rape Of Children Cleared By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
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Bengal Government's Special Assembly Session Monday To Pass Anti-Rape Bill
A two-day special session of the West Bengal assembly was convened by the government on September 2 to table and pass a Bill which would provide for capital punishment to convicted rapists, Parliamentary Affairs minister Sovandeb Chattopadhyay said.
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"Had It Been In My Hands...": Ashok Gehlot's "Public" Punishment For Rapists
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said if it were in his hands, he would have come up with severe punishments for rapists and gangsters to set a strict precedent.
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"Punish Their Parents Too For 1 Or 2 Years": BJP MLA On Rapists, Murderers
Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Akash Vijayvargiya has demanded punishment for the parents of rapists and murderers claiming they were responsible for ensuring their children have "good character and culture".
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"Hang Rapists Publicly": Minister's Suggestion To Reduce Crime
Madhya Pradesh minister Usha Thakur on Thursday demanded that rapists be publicly hanged so that this kind of punishment serves as a strong deterrent for others and nobody dares to indulge in such crimes again.
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Rapist Gets 20 Years In Jail Within 9 Days Of Crime In Rajasthan
A Jaipur court on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years in jail for raping a 9-year-old girl, imposing the punishment within nine days of the commission of the crime.
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Rape Is "Monstrous", But Death Penalty Not The Answer: UN Rights Chief
Sentencing rapists to death, as Bangladesh did Thursday, is not an appropriate punishment even for such a heinous crime, the UN rights chief said.
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'Hanging Is A Small Punishment For Nirbhaya's Rapists': Women's Panel Head
Delhi Commission For Women chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday said hanging is a small punishment for Nirbhaya's rapists, even as the Supreme Court dismissed curative petitions filed by two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 gang rape and murder case.
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Delhi Women Panel Head Falls Unconscious During Strike, Hospitalised
Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal, who was on a hunger strike to demand capital punishment for rapists within six months of their conviction, was taken to a hospital after she lost consciousness on Sunday morning.
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Delhi Women's Panel Members March To Demand Death Penalty For Rapists
Several members of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took out a protest march on Thursday morning demanding capital punishment for rapists.
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Students Protest Outside Smriti Irani's Delhi Residence, Seek Death For Rapists
Students protested outside Union Minister Smriti Irani's residence in Lutyens'Delhi on Tuesday, expressing solidarity with DCW chief Swati Maliwal's hunger strike and demanding capital punishment for rapists.
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"Teach Children To Respect Women": Smriti Irani On Curbing Rape
Union minister Smriti Irani today said no punishment can be stricter than death penalty for rapists as she appealed to parents to teach their children to respect women.
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'Don't Take Them To Court': Trinamool MP Mimi Chakraborty Backs Jaya Bachchan On Rapists
Trinanool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty on Monday backed her colleague Jaya Bachchan's recommendation of "public lynching" for rapists, and said that only immediate punishment can deter sexual predators from targeting women.
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'Death Penalty Can't Stop Cannibals': Babul Supriyo On Telangana Case
Even as an enraged nation demanded the death sentence for those behind the rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad, Union Minister Babul Supriyo today claimed that such "cannibals" will continue to exist in society even in the face of the most stringent deterrent.
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Punishment Too "Gruelling" For Age: Rapist Asaram States In Mercy Plea
Rape convict Asaram, who is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl, has sent a mercy plea to the governor of Rajasthan seeking dilution of his prison term.
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Law Allowing Death Penalty For Rape Of Children Cleared By President
President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018, that provides for stringent punishment, including death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
