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"No Victim Shaming": Nirmala Sitharaman On Row Over Remark On CA's Death
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has responded to the massive row surrounding her remarks on the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant working with Ernst & Young, allegedly due to work pressure
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"Shame Must Change Sides": France's Mass Rape Survivor Becomes Feminist Icon
Walking into court each day with her head held high, the ex-wife of a Frenchman on trial for orchestrating her mass rape in her own bed for almost a decade has become a feminist icon.
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Can't Allow Victim Shaming As Legal Strategy In Sexual Assault Cases: Court
Shaming a victim and her family must not be allowed as tools of legal strategy in cases of sexual offences against minors as it deters them from reporting such offences to the authorities, the Delhi High Court has said.
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"Stop Victim Shaming": Women's Body Chief On Delhi Car Horror Case
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday slammed "cheap statements" being shown on TV in connection with the Kanjhawala case, and asked people to stop victim-shaming.
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"Head Hangs In Shame", Says Court On Non-Payment Of Compensation For Sewer Death Victims
"My head hangs in shame," the Delhi High Court Chief Justice said on Tuesday, lamenting the "complete unsympathetic attitude" of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) towards the families of two people who died inside a sewer this year.
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Tamil Nadu Schoolboy Allegedly Murders Classmate Over Body Shaming
The Tamil Nadu Police said the victim allegedly called his friend "girlish". Despite the accused student's objection and pleas to stop, his friend continued to tease him over his looks and quiet demeanour.
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Victim Named And Shamed In Tarun Tejpal Case: Goa Government To Court
The Goa government told Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case, in which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".
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"Shameful Cops Couldn't Trace Victim": Siddaramaiah Over Karnataka Sex Tape Scandal
Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Sunday took a dig at state government and police department over the alleged CD case row in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ramesh Jarkiholi is accused of sexual harassment.
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"Shameful Truth": Rahul Gandhi Slams Yogi Adityanath Over Hathras Case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had visited Hathras in Uttar Pradesh last week amid outrage over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old woman, this morning attacked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a tweet. The brutal torture of the 20-year-old Dalit woman has triggered nationwide outrage; she died at a hospital in Delhi last month.
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Hathras Gang-Rape A "Matter Of Shame For Nation"; Those Guilty Must Be Hanged: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today termed the death of Hathras gang-rape victim a matter of shame for the country as well as for the governments and demanded the hanging of the guilty.
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Unnao Woman's Death "Shameful", Hope Killers Are Hanged: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday called the death of the rape victim from Unnao "shameful" for every Indian and said he hoped that the Uttar Pradesh government will hang the culprits "to set an example" for the society.
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Victims Do Not Want To Go Beyond Naming, Shaming Offenders: Women's Panel
The National Commission for Women (NCW) today said that many victims of sexual abuse do not want to "go beyond naming and shaming" the alleged offenders and lodge a formal complaint.
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Smriti Irani, Reacting To Rape Protests, Alleges "Politicisation"
In her first comments on two rape cases -- Kathua and Unnao -- that have jolted India, Union Minister Smriti Irani condemned "attempts to politicise" the incidents and said: "As a woman, I request victim-shaming to be stopped."
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Never Blamed Or Shamed Gang-Rape Survivor, Says Kirron Kher After Outrage
Actor-politician Kirron Kher, the BJP's Chandigarh lawmaker, put out a clarification today after being criticized for her comment on a young woman gang-raped earlier this month by an auto-rickshaw driver and his two friends.
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Parvathy On 'Bollywood's Harvey Weinsteins': "There's A Fear Of Victim Shaming"
Qarib Qarib Singlle co-stars Parvathy and Irrfan Khan talk about 'victim shaming' in the entertainment industry
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"No Victim Shaming": Nirmala Sitharaman On Row Over Remark On CA's Death
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has responded to the massive row surrounding her remarks on the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant working with Ernst & Young, allegedly due to work pressure
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"Shame Must Change Sides": France's Mass Rape Survivor Becomes Feminist Icon
Walking into court each day with her head held high, the ex-wife of a Frenchman on trial for orchestrating her mass rape in her own bed for almost a decade has become a feminist icon.
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Can't Allow Victim Shaming As Legal Strategy In Sexual Assault Cases: Court
Shaming a victim and her family must not be allowed as tools of legal strategy in cases of sexual offences against minors as it deters them from reporting such offences to the authorities, the Delhi High Court has said.
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"Stop Victim Shaming": Women's Body Chief On Delhi Car Horror Case
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Tuesday slammed "cheap statements" being shown on TV in connection with the Kanjhawala case, and asked people to stop victim-shaming.
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"Head Hangs In Shame", Says Court On Non-Payment Of Compensation For Sewer Death Victims
"My head hangs in shame," the Delhi High Court Chief Justice said on Tuesday, lamenting the "complete unsympathetic attitude" of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) towards the families of two people who died inside a sewer this year.
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Tamil Nadu Schoolboy Allegedly Murders Classmate Over Body Shaming
The Tamil Nadu Police said the victim allegedly called his friend "girlish". Despite the accused student's objection and pleas to stop, his friend continued to tease him over his looks and quiet demeanour.
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Victim Named And Shamed In Tarun Tejpal Case: Goa Government To Court
The Goa government told Bombay High Court's bench that the victim in a 2013 rape case, in which journalist Tarun Tejpal was acquitted, was named and shamed and the trial court's judgement was "retrograde" and "fit for fifth century".
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"Shameful Cops Couldn't Trace Victim": Siddaramaiah Over Karnataka Sex Tape Scandal
Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Sunday took a dig at state government and police department over the alleged CD case row in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ramesh Jarkiholi is accused of sexual harassment.
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"Shameful Truth": Rahul Gandhi Slams Yogi Adityanath Over Hathras Case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had visited Hathras in Uttar Pradesh last week amid outrage over the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old woman, this morning attacked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a tweet. The brutal torture of the 20-year-old Dalit woman has triggered nationwide outrage; she died at a hospital in Delhi last month.
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Hathras Gang-Rape A "Matter Of Shame For Nation"; Those Guilty Must Be Hanged: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today termed the death of Hathras gang-rape victim a matter of shame for the country as well as for the governments and demanded the hanging of the guilty.
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Unnao Woman's Death "Shameful", Hope Killers Are Hanged: Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday called the death of the rape victim from Unnao "shameful" for every Indian and said he hoped that the Uttar Pradesh government will hang the culprits "to set an example" for the society.
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Victims Do Not Want To Go Beyond Naming, Shaming Offenders: Women's Panel
The National Commission for Women (NCW) today said that many victims of sexual abuse do not want to "go beyond naming and shaming" the alleged offenders and lodge a formal complaint.
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Smriti Irani, Reacting To Rape Protests, Alleges "Politicisation"
In her first comments on two rape cases -- Kathua and Unnao -- that have jolted India, Union Minister Smriti Irani condemned "attempts to politicise" the incidents and said: "As a woman, I request victim-shaming to be stopped."
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Never Blamed Or Shamed Gang-Rape Survivor, Says Kirron Kher After Outrage
Actor-politician Kirron Kher, the BJP's Chandigarh lawmaker, put out a clarification today after being criticized for her comment on a young woman gang-raped earlier this month by an auto-rickshaw driver and his two friends.
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Parvathy On 'Bollywood's Harvey Weinsteins': "There's A Fear Of Victim Shaming"
Qarib Qarib Singlle co-stars Parvathy and Irrfan Khan talk about 'victim shaming' in the entertainment industry
