Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Sign on the street says “Y’ Don’t Own Me”

Gurmehar Kaur, a 20-year-old student of the Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi, India set off a social media campaign against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) – a right-wing all India student organisation affiliated to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – accusing ABVP students of destroying the college. As a consequence, she received many messages of support, but was also trolled with very disrespectful remarks and death threats. Today, she lives under police protection. Photo: Gurmehar Kaur.

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