The Statistics of Violence
According to National Crimes Report Bureau, 1.5 lakh crimes against women are registered annually out of which nearly 50,000 are related to domestic violence. It is believed that close to 5 crore women suffer from violence in their homes; however only 0.1% are courageous enough to report.
PUCL published this report which contains cases of Rape, Dowry harassment, Cruelty, and Torture. It was prepared by Zehra Khan, an intern from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad during her attachment to the PUCL National Office in Delhi and published in the March ’06 bulletin of PUCL.
Extensive statistics present a story of extensive violence and the abject failure of humanity, of the state, of people.
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Posted by collective at April 13, 2006 06:30 PM
