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‘A most anti-woman framework unlike anything which has gone before’
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THIS year we have seen shocking rapes and murders of dalit women take place in Uttar Pradesh. Are violent crimes against women such as rape becoming more common in India?
In India, in 2019 on an average every day 88 women were raped, of whom 10 were dalit.
While the National Crimes Research Bureau report 2019 reports that there were 32,034 registered cases of rape — a 7 per cent increase over the previous year — it also reports that the conviction rates remain dismal, with just 27 convictions for every 100 cases.
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