Student’s rape triggers protests in Bangladesh capital
Dhaka University students hold a placard during a protest about their fellow student’s reported rape as they demand justice in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today. – EPA pic, January 6, 2020.
THE sexual assault of a student at a top university in Bangladesh triggered angry protests in Bangladesh today, with demonstrators urging the death penalty for convicted rapists. The South Asian nation has seen a doubling of reported rape cases in the last year, according to activists, triggering spasms of public anger directed at the glacial response of police and the justice system.
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