Indian Parliament Bans India's Daughter, Cites Global Conspiracy
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Indian Parliament has banned India’s Daughter, a new documentary about the brutal beating, gang rape and death of Jyoti Singh in 2012, and is requesting other countries to do the same. In response, England’s BBC4 television station has moved up their debut of the film from Sunday to Wednesday and Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and Canada will air it as well.
This week, Kirron Kher, a parliamentary member and former actress, delivered a riveting speech against the flawed mindset that she feels underlies the prevalence of extreme sexual violence in her country—the fundamental disrespect of women. Others joined her push to change the culture and air the India’s Daughter, but they were a minority, according to New Delhi TV. Meanwhile, evidence supporting their claims is just a click away: Mukesh Singh, one of the men present during Singh’s attack, which ultimately killed her two days after the assault, said things that are almost unbelievable even in the pantheon of victim blaming.