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Protesters mark first anniversary of brutal gang rape in Delhi

(16 Dec 2013) Dozens of protesters gathered in the centre of New Delhi on Monday to mark the first anniversary of a brutal gang rape that took place in the capital last December. The victim, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, was heading home with a male friend on 16 December 2012 after an evening showing of the film "Life of Pi" when six men lured them onto a private bus. With no one else in sight, they beat the man with a metal bar, raped the woman and used the bar to inflict massive internal injuries. The pair were dumped naked on the roadside, and the woman died two weeks later. Indian media named her "Nirbhaya," or "fearless," as rape victims cannot be identified under Indian law. A makeshift memorial was set up on the street for Monday's gathering, where people could light candles in Nirbhaya's memory. "I am here today because I have a mother, a sister, a sister in law, a girlfriend... who are not safe," said one protester, Sandeep Kumar. "In the days to come, my wife to be will not be safe and neither will my (future) daughter. Because in this country, where a rape occurs every 20 minutes, no woman can be safe." Nirbhaya became a rallying cry as tens of thousands of people took to the streets following the gang rape, protesting against the treatment of women. New laws have made stalking, voyeurism and sexual harassment a crime. There is now a fast-track court for rape cases. Rapes have become front-page news, with demands that police do more to protect women and that the courts treat sexual violence seriously. Nirbhaya's assailants were tried relatively quickly in a country where sexual assault cases often languish for years. Four defendants were sentenced to death. Another hanged himself in prison, though his family insists he was killed. And an 18-year-old who was a juvenile at the time of the attack was sentenced to three years in a reform home. There has been a surge in the number of rapes being reported in India. Between January and October this year, there have been 1,330 rapes reported in Delhi and its suburbs, compared with the 706 for the whole of 2012, according to government figures. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...