{"id":133064,"date":"2024-08-15T09:15:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T06:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/massive-night-protests-in-kolkata-after-doctors-rape-and-murder\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T09:15:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T06:15:34","slug":"massive-night-protests-in-kolkata-after-doctors-rape-and-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/massive-night-protests-in-kolkata-after-doctors-rape-and-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive night protests in Kolkata after doctor\u2019s rape and murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133064\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Tens of thousands of women in West Bengal marched through the streets on Wednesday night in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata last week.<br \/>\nThe Reclaim the Night march was the culmination of nearly a week of frenzied protests ignited by the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old female trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College last Friday. Responding to calls on social media, women from all walks of life marched across Kolkata city and throughout West Bengal state on a rainy Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Though protests were largely peaceful, they were marred by clashes between the police and a small group of unidentified men who barged into the RG Kar Hospital, the site of the doctor\u2019s murder, and ransacked the emergency department. Police fired tear gas to disperse the unruly crowd. Some police vehicles were also damaged. Smaller protests were also held in many other Indian cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the city, women marched resolutely, holding placards of protest, their faces illuminated by the glow of mobile phones, candlelight, and flaming torches. Some carried national flags. They were joined by men, both young and elderly. During the marches and at many gatherings near a university, theatre hall and bus terminus, they stood united, holding hands as the humid air echoed with loud and powerful chants of \u201cwe want justice\u201d. Protesters blew conch shells &#8211; the sound is considered auspicious. At the stroke of midnight, as India completed 77 years of Independence, the soundscape of protest changed.<\/p>\n<p>The air filled with a spontaneous chorus of the national anthem. Then it began raining, but the protesters walked in the rain, or holding umbrellas over their head.\u201cWe have never seen anything like before in the city, such a huge gathering of women marching at night,\u201d a reporter belonging to a news network said. It was a night of barely concealed rage and frustration.<\/p>\n<p>A woman, who joined the march well after midnight with her 13-year-old daughter said: \u201cLet her see whether a mass protest can set things right. Let her become aware of her rights\u201d.\u00a0 &#8220;Women have no respect!\u201d said another. \u201cOur worth is less than cows and goats.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;When do we get our independence? How long do we have to wait to work without fear? Another 50 years?\u201d asked a student.\u00a0\u00a0Sanchari Mukherjee said she marched with thousands of others from a bus terminus in Jadavpur, undeterred by the rain.\u00a0She met &#8220;people of all ages, from all classes, the well-to-do, the middle class and the poor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw an elderly couple, the husband helping the woman to walk,\u201d she said. &#8220;One family brought their little girl along, perhaps so the memory of this event would be etched in her mind &#8211; how her parents stood up against injustice, and how she, too, can protest one day.&#8221; Ms Mukherjee said the entire city seemed awake as the marchers passed by illuminated homes, with people peering out of windows and crowding verandahs to watch. \u201cThey may not have participated but they were with us in spirit,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crmwj4z1xpko\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crmwj4z1xpko\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/massive-night-protests-in-kolkata-after-doctors-rape-and-murder\/\">Massive night protests in Kolkata after doctor&#8217;s rape and murder<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[15704,15705,563,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-133064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-doctor-rape","tag-kalkuta","tag-protest","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}