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Trapped in Tradition’s Prison: Why India is Not Ready to Criminalize Marital Rape

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Rea Savla

Jyoti Singh was brutally gang raped on December 16, 2012. The assault against this 23-year-old New Delhi resident suddenly put India’s laws against sexual assault under a global spotlight, exposing their serious defects. Within the next 56 days, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed off on a landmark package addressing sexual violence. For the first time, […]

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