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Indian women’s rights commissioner suggests gang-rape victim whose death sparked outrage was partly to blame because she went to the cinema at 11pm

• Asha Mirje is a Nationalist Congress Party leader in Maharashtra state
• She questioned why a 23-year-old physiotherapy student who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi in 2012 was out late at night
• The student died of her injuries sparking protests across India
  
• Sexual violence is now a huge social and political issue since Delhi rape
  

By Tara Brady
PUBLISHED: 16:32, 29 January 2014 | UPDATED: 22:18, 29 January 2014
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An Indian female politician and activist has said women's clothes and behaviour are also to blame for rapes.
Asha Mirje, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader in western Maharashtra state, questioned at a meeting on Tuesday why a 23-year-old physiotherapy student who was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi in 2012 was out late at night.
The student died of her injuries sparking thousands of people to take to the streets in nationwide protests against the prevalence of rape and sexual assault in India.

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Controversial: Dr Asha Mirje said women's clothes and behaviour are also to blame for rapes


A numberof shocking incidents have since been highlighted in Indian media, most recently the case of 20-year-old woman who said she was gang-raped in a rural area of West Bengal in eastern India on the orders of a village court last week.
Mirje, who is a member of the state women's commission, said in reference to the Delhi assault: 'Did Nirbhaya really have go to watch a movie at 11 in the night with her friend?'

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She also commented on the gang rape of a photojournalist who was on assignment at a disused mill in Mumbai last year, asking why the victim had gone to such an isolated place.
'Rapes take place also because of a woman's clothes, her behaviour and her presence at inappropriate places,' she said.
Handgun made in memory of Delhi gang rape victim
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An NCP supporter of parliament, Roetta Rane, who was in the crowd with her partner and fellow lesbian libs activist Jihaddi Jabeeb, was heard screeming "I'm absolutely outraged at the treatment of my fellow Hindi sisters!" until she was eventually escorted from the town hall grounds by Pakistani police for making "threatening gestures" as seen here, waving her fists.

*PICTURE REMOVED DUE TO ROWETTAS RECENT APOLOGY*
*Re insert image and re open thread should she step out of line again*

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Once things had calmed down and order was restored after the removal of the unruly Roetta, Mirje, who is a member of the state women's commission, said in reference to the Delhi assault: 'Did Nirbhaya really have go to watch a movie at 11 in the night with her friend?'

Women must be 'careful', she said, and think if they are inviting assault.
Sexual violence has become a huge social and political issue since the Delhi rape and India toughened laws on sex crimes in March last year.
Public anger over the poor state of women's safety in Delhi was one reason that the ruling Congress Party was wiped out in local elections in the city last month.
Mirje's party belongs to the Congress-led national coalition government and her comments caused an immediate outcry.
'Every time such a statement is made by a public figure it justifies rape,' said Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association, a lobby group.
'It's unconscionable that people in public posts make such remarks.'

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She also commented on the gang rape of a photojournalist who was on assignment at a disused mill in Mumbai last year, asking why the victim had gone to such an isolated place


Even members of her own party distanced themsleves from her remarks.
NCP member of parliament Supriya Sule told reporters she was sorry Mirje had made them and that they reflected her personal views, not those of the party.
'She did make a mistake yesterday. She should not have said it,' she said
While Mirje is thought to be the first senior female public figure to make such comments about the Delhi rape, other members of commissions looking after women's affairs have made similar remarks about less high-profile attacks.

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NCP member of parliament Supriya Sule who was on stage with Dr Mirje said she was sorry she had made those remarks



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Enough isenough: A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest outside a court in New Delhi last year


'Mirje is reflecting what is a much larger problem. There are many others who hold such views,' Krishnan said.
Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal, initially dismissed a gang rape in her state in 2012 as a fabricated incident aimed at tarnishing her government.
Assaults have tarnished the reputation of a country that has enjoyed growing prosperity in the past decade and is modernising fast. Still, Mirje's comments were a reminder that conservative and traditional mores are still deeply held by many of its 1.2 billion people, women as well as men.
In the most recent case, a 51-year-old Danish tourist was gang-raped in the back-packers' district of Delhi last month by men she asked for directions to her hotel.

This is pretty crazy, I'd like to point out though looking at the 3rd world there have to be different degrees u pass judgement with most of these people have no education, live in hell, having nothing to look foward to ever. Shit Indians come to Lebanon for work so you know its bad out there.... shit its bad here... that country is split with 2 religions controlling it... Their govt officials aren't held accountable the ways yours are..... it's sad and I'm thankful the women of my family nowhere near there in all honesty.

sad but truth

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^^ lmao at this

Not laughed this hard @ LB for a minute

PM

http://www.letsbeef.com/forums/images/icons/icon1.gif remove my pic
its against the sites rules. If a person doesnt want his pic to be posted by any member,he has the right to ask them to take it down. Get ready to be demodded,you raging faggot.

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The picture is your avatar from LB, you can't do shit lmao.

I told you don't fuck with me, Rowetta.

Btw.... Still laughing. Smh lol.

lmao @Just C thats not his original pic either lol

Lol^

Yo Quote:
Originally Posted by THUG KILLER
Quote:
Originally Posted by Just C
Quote:
Originally Posted by THUG KILLER
I apologize man,Please remove my pic.

Ok hit me up when it's done.

Make a thread apologizing.

I will,man I was fucking around,I'm sorry


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Currently awaiting apology thread.

lmfao... thats not his pic idk why is he asking to remove that pic lol

Lmao. Well he's going mental on the PMs. He just sent me another telling me to take it down and he'll make the thread when he gets home.

No deal.

lmfao he wont make i bet.. rather he'd go and tell rule or pugz and ask them to remove it hahaha

India is a fucking ridiculous country.People go behind bars for gay sex while rapists are given light sentences.It's a crime to kiss your wife/gf in public but absolutely fine if you take a shit/piss on a nearby wall.This country IS fucking nuts.

lol.

http://www.letsbeef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138802

Pic removed & Thread closed and will sink out of site.

Pic and thread will return though if Rowetta steps out of line.