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I think Amnesty International have a petition so I will look for that.

There is something on Facebook, or you could Google Amnesty International, they are organising a petition.

Truly sickening, is there no rule of law in these remote areas? In many other respects India is a vibrant 21st Century country, and then this happens

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Barbaric.

Sigh. I will look for the petition.

So will those responsible be arrested for GBH or if the worse happens murder? If not why not?

And meanwhile we are still giving India foreign aid.

For some reason my computer will not connect to the petition page of AI - could someone please post it as a link? I will see if that will work. Thanks.

DH showed me this yesterday. Incredible.

Sickening. I'm completely lost for words

Here's the Amnesty International petition.

It's depressing enough to read about all the horrible things that happen in war zones, particularly the treatment dished out by ISIS to women and girls. I'm absolutely gobsmacked that India, a democracy, can allow these rural kangaroo courts to exist.

Luckgirl, I too am having problems connecting to the petition page.

Thank you Indinana, I have now signed it.

I am truly horrified and have signed.

Absolutely appalling. What is the government doing about these disgusting laws and practices. Is there a massive outcry from the educated Indian people? If not, there education counts for nothing.

Rape is surely illegal even if a so-called "village council" has made this judgment? There appear to be dozens of cases like this - India really needs to get into the 21st century or, despite being part of the "space race", it will, in my opinion rightly, be viewed as a savage and backward country.

petra The UK is, from this year, no longer giving Aid to India.

When I first read the article in the Independent, I had to read it again, I just found it unbelievable. Hideous!

Of course the whole caste system, whilst cultural, is pretty incongruous in a modern society, no doubt some would argue other countries have class systems, which is true to an extent, but that's another argument.

I do hope other countries, including our own, will bring pressure to bear and this dreadful assault will not be carried out.

I think Indian women are beginning to rise up and protest about this sort of thing anyway.

OMG those poor girls. Unfortunately I suspect that this must be a tip of the iceberg situation: this sort of thing must be quietly going on without it coming to the attention of the media. I will sign the petition immediately. I had thought that after the uproar about that poor girl on the bus that there would be a massive governmental push to stop that sort of thing. Men's natures are so repellent when they have the opportunity to take advantage of this sort of atrocious bullying of the vulnerable.

This made me weep with despair when I first heard of it. The response to the brother's crime is deeply unconscionable and saddening.

Petition signed. Cold-blooded planning is sickening when carried out by individuals but to have it ordered by tribal elders is atrocious, inhumane. They should be arrested and brought to justice.

Similar vigilante behaviour by tribal elders last year in Bengal. They and the perpetrators of the rapes were arrested and dealt with by the law. Presumably, the same will happen here before they carry out this threat.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/10592303/Indian-village-elders-arrested-for-ordering-gang-rape.html

I damn well hope so, when, about the before bit.

According to this news from Australia, the girls are safe in Delhi and requesting protection so they can return to their village. These 'kangaroo courts' were made illegal in 2011.

www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/india-rape-outrage-village-order-on-sisters-sparks-new-outcry/story-fnb64oi6-1227503963664?sv=49f82f1ebf54c97ba3608fd97eefc965

From Amnesty's website:

INDIA: ORDERED THE RAPE OF TWO SISTERS DALITS IN INDIA

By Amnesty International ,23 August 2015, Index Number: ASA 20/2316/2015

On July 30, in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, a non-elected municipal council and composed solely of men ordered a dalit woman and her teenage sister was violated, and that would make them parade naked. The sisters and their families have fled the town and are currently in Delhi.

Thank God they are safe. Not sure that they would want to return to a village where there are people who even think like these 'elders'. Hard for them to have turned their lives upside-down as it is.