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in case you are still ignorant about what’s happening in India right now, here’s a link to numerous articles from news agencies highlighting it for you.

the first incident that sparked it off was in Hathras, a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh. a Dalit woman was gang raped almost two weeks ago but the case didn’t gain any major media coverage because it was, apparently, “normal”. she died a few days ago, and the Uttar Pradesh police cremated her body in the middle of the night at 2:40 AM without the consent of her family. they were locked inside their house and not allowed to see their daughter for one last time.

m.thewire.in

UP Police Locked Us Up, Didn t Allow Us to See Body, Cremated Her at 3 am: Hathras Victim s Family

The Wire travels to the house of the Dalit victim in a village dominated by upper caste Thakur households.

BBC News

Hathras gang rape: India victim cremated 'without family's consent'

The woman's death after she was gang raped allegedly by upper-caste men has caused huge anger in India.

a minor was kidnapped and gang raped by three men in Madhya Pradesh a day after the young woman from Hathras died and was cremated without her family’s consent.

NDTV.com

Minor Gang-Raped By 3 In Madhya Pradesh A Day After Hathras Victim Dies

A minor girl was kidnapped from her house and gang-raped by three men in a field in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, police said today, e

Bulandshahr, another city in Uttar Pradesh; a man raped a 14 year old girl. another example of blatant incompetence by the government.

NDTV.com

Man Rapes 14-Year-Old In Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr: Police

A minor girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, police said on Wednesday.

these are the statistics of India presently. 87 rape cases are reported per day in Uttar Pradesh alone. PER DAY. that’s only the people who actually gathered up the courage to approach law enforcement, or what is left of it, anyway.

NDTV.com

87 Rape Cases A Day, Crimes Against Women Up By 7%, Shows National Data

India recorded an average 87 rape cases every day in 2019 and 4,05,861 cases of crimes against women during the year -- a rise of over seven

Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. a young woman is drugged and gang raped, and loses her life. she is mutilated and left for dead. one day after what happened in Hathras. one day.

NDTV.com

Amid Hathras Outrage, UP 22-Year-Old Drugged, Allegedly Gang Raped, Dies

Amid outrage in the country over the gang rape and death of a young woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, another similar case has been reported

Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. an 8 year old girl is raped. this incident happens one day after Hathras. just one day.

NDTV.com

20-Year-Old Allegedly Rapes 8-Year-Old Neighbour In UP's Azamgarh: Police

A 20-year-old man allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl in a village in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Wednesday.

here’s coverage from the BBC, if you are wary of domestic news agencies. i think CNN covered it, but other than that, i haven’t heard of any major international agencies that have talked about this yet.

BBC News

Balrampur: Anger grows after new India 'gang rape' death

The latest incident comes just as another woman died this week after being allegedly gang raped.

this is crucial. this is critical. this is atrocious. this might not be the brand of aesthetic that you have on your blog, but please help the people of our country spread this news. let the utter incompetence and evidence tampering to save the accused on the part of the police and the government be highlighted. let everyone know that the people currently in power care nothing for women or for minorities until it sparks national outrage, and then, and only then, do they even consider breaking a silence on a topic they should have spoken out on and taken the strictest action possible against so long ago.

i will do my best to keep this updated, but it is so emotionally and mentally exhausting, waking up every day to horror after horror and knowing that the government is doing nothing to help, has never done anything to help.

please make sure this news reaches as many people as possible. please, speak up. please keep talking about this. don’t let them fade away as yet another statistic.

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