We the Women with Barkha Dutt: Meet Bhanwari Devi https://twitter.com/i/status/1737448743220224311
Bhanwari Devi has spent 30 years seeking justice against the men who raped her. Her struggle paved the way for laws in India that protect women against sexual harassment in the workplace.
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Freedom to send to jail? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K02urjYvwlU Ravish Kumar Official Dec 23, 2023
Who will decide what is criticism of the government and what is criticism of the country? The Home Minister has said that you can criticize the government, but not the country. In the new criminal law, treason has been replaced with treason. Obviously, only the government will decide, its police will decide whether what you have written or said in criticism of the government is a criticism of the country. The concerns that people have regarding the Indian Justice Code, the Indian Civil Defense Code, the Indian Evidence Code, should not reach the people. Are not reaching. The speeches being given regarding this are being delivered and there is more emphasis on applause in the speeches. What is there in this law? What kind of concerns are being raised regarding this, the public does not yet know and will not.
Indian priest jailed under ‘anti-conversion’ laws is released https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256359/indian-priest-jailed-under-anti-conversion-laws-is-released, Anto Akkara, Dec 22, 2023 A Catholic priest who was arrested by Indian authorities for violating “anti-conversion” laws, was released from jail on Dec. 11 after being detained for nearly three months amid increasing persecution of Christians in the majority-Hindu state of Uttar Pradesh.
The Diocese of Allahabad, in a statement, detailed the sequence of events that led to the priest's arrest. According to the diocese, the police were trying to locate a Christian pastor named Susai Raj, who allegedly violated “conversion laws” by conducting prayers inside a house. Raj is the brother of an employee of Father Francis. When the police could not find Raj, they arrested two of his brothers, his son-in-law, along with the Catholic priest, and brought them to the police station. All of them were charged with conversion and “attempt to murder.”’
A C Michael, coordinator of the United Christian Forum (UCF) said While only 147 incidents of violence against Christians were reported in 2014 (when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took office), Michael pointed out that “incidents have steadily spiraled since then” with 177 in 2015, 208 in 2016, 240 in 2017, 292 in 2018, 328 in 2019, 279 in 2020, 505 in 2021, 599 in 2022 and 687 until Nov. 2023.