Guwahati (Assam) [India], Apr 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Assam RP Sharma on Friday called for a public execution of the accused in the Unnao gangrape case that involves party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr. 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that her ministry intends to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) to make provision for the death penalty in child rape cases.
New Delhi [India] April 12 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal will sit on an indefinite hunger strike from Friday at the Rajghat to demand for swift capital punishment for child rapists.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Raising concern over the increasing number of rape incidents in Assam, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Tezpur R.P. Sharma on Thursday said people found guilty of committing such horrendous crime should be shot dead in public.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) March 9 (ANI): The Rajasthan assembly on Friday unanimously passed a bill that will see rapists of girls 12 years or below being hanged till death.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): The Rajasthan government will soon table a bill in the state assembly seeking death penalty for those convicted of raping minors.
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 18 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan on Saturday awarded four death penalties to the accused in the rape and murder case of a minor girl, Zainab.
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Two days after the horrific rape of an 8-month-old baby in the National Capital, the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) has launched a Satyagraha - non-violent protest - to urge the Centre and the State to address the issue of rising rapes of children.
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 29 (ANI): Ahead of the Triple Talaq discussion in the Rajya Sabha, another woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur fell victim to the practice.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Taking a cue from Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy has said that the state government is planning to frame a law enabling capital punishment to rapists of minor girls.
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): Ahead of the fifth anniversary of Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to create a stringent law to punish rapists.