Prosecute the dominant-caste men and police who committed crimes in Hathras: India Civil Watch International

29 October 2020
Shahid Tantray for The Caravan
Shahid Tantray for The Caravan

On 28 October, following the rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras, in Uttar Pradesh, India Civil Watch International released a statement condemning crimes against Dalits. 

The statement is reproduced below. 

Dalit Lives Matter! A Cry to Rage Against the Horrifying Violence of Saffron Terror in India 

In Hathras, cops barricade a raped woman’s home, hijack her corpse, set it afire on a murderous night, deaf to her mother’s howling pain. In a land where Dalits cannot rule, they cannot rage, or even mourn. This has happened before, this will happen again. 

.. ..
Sanatana, the only law of the land that’s in force,
Sanatana, where nothing, nothing ever will change.
Always, always a victim-blaming slut-template,
a rapist-shielding police-state, a caste-denying fourth estate. This has happened before, this will happen again. 

Keywords: caste atrocities Dalit rights
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