Showing posts with label rape victims. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rape victims. Show all posts

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Girl Burned alive for fighting back against her rapists: India's brave rape victims treated as if THEY were the criminals speaks out


Brink of death: Shama tried to fight off her three rapists so, in retaliation, they doused her in kerosene and set her alight. Photographer Smita Sharma met her in hospital in Varanasi after her mother decided to tell the 20-year-old's story. Shama died a week after the attack
Forced: A local political party tried to pressure Kalpana, 17, to marry her rapist after she became pregnant.  But Kalpana refused to withdraw the case or marry him. Kicked out of home, she moved to Kolkata where she works in a hair salon. Smita believes that, in some more rural areas, the more educated and empowered women become, the worse the problem gets
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT ; Set on fire trying to fight off the three men who were raping her. Smita Shama's bravery was met with fire after her attackers doused her in kerosene and set her on fire, leaving her on the point of death.  
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