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India: 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Convicts Hanged; Victim’s Mother says Justice Delivered

New Delhi: The four men convicted in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case were executed this morning. The Supreme Court of India, after a ...

India: Black Warrants Issued To Execute Death Penalty Awarded to 4 Convicts in 2012 Rape Case

An Indian court today issued black/death warrants to execute death penalty awarded to four convicts in 2012 Delhi gangrape case.  As per the order, the death penalty will be executed on January 22, 2020 at 7 am in Tihar jail in Delhi.

Institutional reforms, not death penalty, needed to end sexual violence: says Amnesty International India

In response to the Supreme Court’s verdict today in the 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape case, Amnesty International India said Institutional reforms, not death penalty, needed to end sexual violence.

SCI Confirms Death Sentence to 4 in 2012 Delhi Gang Rape Case

Supreme Court of India (SCI) today upheld the death penalty awarded to the four convicts in the December 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape case.

India: Death penalty will not end violence against women, says Amnesty International India

New Delhi, India (September 13, 2013): Far-reaching procedural and institutional reform, and not the death penalty, is needed to tackle the endemic problem of violence against women in India, Amnesty International India said today after four men convicted of the December 2012 gang-rape were sentenced to death by a court in New Delhi.

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Delhi gang rape: Four men sentenced to death

New Delhi, India (September 13, 2013): It is learnt that all four men convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi were sentenced to death on September 13, 2013 by the fast track trial court.

Photojournalist raped in Mumbai; One arrested – hunt for 4 others; People outraged – staged protests

Mumbai, India (August 23, 2013): As per media reports the gangrape of a young photojournalist in Mumbai (India) has triggered an outrage across the country on August 23, 2013 with protests taking place in many cities.

India: Delhi Gang rape suspect found hanging in Jail; Police says suicide; Father & lawyer allege murder

Delhi, India (March 11, 2013): Ram Singh, one of the accused persons facing trial in a recent Delhi gangrape case, has reportedly died in Tihar jail under suspicious circumstances.