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Thu Aug 15, 2024, 06:40 AM Aug 2024

'Reclaim the night': Massive protests in India after doctor's rape, murder

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/reclaim-the-night-thousands-rally-in-india-after-doctors-rape-murder

‘Reclaim the night’: Massive protests in India after doctor’s rape, murder

Demonstrators are demanding more safety for women after a trainee doctor’s body was found in a Kolkata state hospital.

15 Aug 2024

Thousands of people protested in the eastern city of Kolkata to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor in a state-run hospital that also provoked demonstrations across India demanding better safety for women.

The protests were held at more than 100 locations across Kolkata and spread to surrounding towns in the state of West Bengal late on Wednesday and rallies took place in several other Indian cities early into Thursday morning.

The 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, her brutalised body discovered last week.

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Many government hospitals in cities across India suspended all services except emergency departments earlier this week, as junior doctors sat outside in protest, demanding justice for the victim.

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SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES



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