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Activists stage protest against remission of convicts in Bilkis Bano case

POW State General Secretary B. Padma demanded that the convicts’ remission be repealed and that they be sent back to jail

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Members of Vedike march to protest against increasing sexual violence against women

It condemns the release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case

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Can civil servants express their views on law, governance?

The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules could distinguish between government policy and action

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Sharad Pawar hits out at PM Modi over Bilkis Bano case

The NCP chief said he was aghast that while PM Modi on August 15 spoke on the importance of according dignity to women, the tormentors of Bilkis Bano were being ‘shamefully felicitated’

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Bilkis Bano is a victim of politics of hatred: activist

Revati Laul says threats against rights activists increasing

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We are thieves, you all are saints, Mamata takes a dig at BJP’s corruption allegations

Remarks by the TMC supremo assume significance as it comes in backdrop of seizure of cash valuing ₹50 crore and jewellery of ₹4.5 crore from the residence of Mr. Chatterjee’s aide

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Rectify 'horrendously wrong decision' of remission in Bilkis Bano case: 134 ex-bureaucrats to CJI

They asked the CJI to rescind the order of remission passed by the Gujarat government and send convicts back to jail to serve out their life sentence.

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Telangana IAS officer questions release of Bilkis Bano gang rape convicts

Smita Sabharwal, an IAS officer seen as someone close to the TRS administration, also questioned the civil service rule curbing personnel to refrain from expressing their opinions in the media.

The Hindu

From Bilkis Bano to Zakia Jafri, the media needs to ‘keep the pot boiling’

August 15, 2022 will be remembered. Not for the flag-waving or declarations made by the prime minister from the Red Fort, but for the fact that, on this day marking 75 years of India’s independence, 11 men convicted of a heinous crime were granted remission from their life sentences.

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Give justice to Bilkis Bano, says Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday demanded justice for Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano and said the government has made its stand clear with its silence on the release of 11 people convicted in the 2002 case. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court seeks Gujarat’s reply

Implead the freed convicts in the case, says CJI

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Morning Digest | SC to hear plea to revoke remission of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case today; Pakistan calls India’s action over missile incident ‘inadequate’, and more

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Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court to hear plea to revoke remission of 11 convicts on August 25

Petition highlights the gravity of crime

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Khushbu, Alagiri slam release of Bilkis Bano rape case convicts

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Bilkis case: Remission does not mean they are not guilty, why felicitate them, asks former judge

Supreme Court had acted very systematically, says Justice (retired) Abhay Thipsay of the Bombay High Court.

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Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Bilkis Bano case: It is wrong to felicitate convicts

MUMBAI: It is wrong if a person accused of a crime is "felicitated and welcomed", deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday on the welcome accorded to convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. He made the statement while replying to a discussion in the council on the June 30 Bhandara…

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Release of Bilkis Bano case convicts | Wrong if they were felicitated, says Devendra Fadnavis

“An accused is an accused and there can be no justification for this,” Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said.

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Remission granted in Bilkis Bano Case challenged in Supreme Court

A bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana agreed to look into the matter after advocate Aparna Bhat mentioned the matter seeking an urgent listing on Wednesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Behind the release of Bilkis Bano’s tormentors

As women’s groups and rights’ activists raise their voice against this arbitrary remission, the decision fits neatly into the BJP’s political paradigm

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Supreme Court may hear plea against remission in Bilkis Bano case

CJI tells counsel to file case records

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Owaisi flays release of Bilkis Bano case convicts

Hyderabad MP questions why no one is out to protest their release

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Explained | The remission laws that paved the way for release of the Bilkis Bano case convicts

Why did the Gujarat government release all 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case? What is the difference between the old policy of 1992 and the present policy of 2014?

Radio France Internationale

Gujarat riot victim 'numb' after rapists freed from prison

India’s Gujarat has set free 11 men convicted of the gang rape of a Muslim woman and the murder of her relatives during the state's 2002 riots.

Newslaundry

Hafta 394: Release of Bilkis Bano's rapists, stabbing of Salman Rushdie, Rohingya refugees

This week on NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri, Manisha Pande, Raman Kirpal, and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined by Mahesh Langa, senior assistant editor of the Hindu.

Newslaundry

TV Newsance 183: Anupam Kher’s Nehru bashing on News18, injustice to Bilkis Bano

This week, we look at Network 18’s Independence Day special programme that tracked the history of India through the speeches of its prime ministers from 1947 to 2022. In a one-hour show, the host, Anupam Kher, spent about seven minutes on Jawaharlal Nehru and 15 minutes or so on Narendra…

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