India wants global ban on gang rape documentary

[Luiz 4,253]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/67029050/india-wants-global-ban-on-gang-rape-documentary

 

Update: India has asked YouTube to remove all links to a controversial documentary about the gang rape and murder of a woman in Delhi after banning its broadcast, a government official told Reuters on Thursday.

Leslee Udwin's "India's Daughter" features an interview with Mukesh Singh, one of four men sentenced to death for the rape and torture of a 23-year-old woman on a moving bus in December 2012.

Comments released to the media show that Singh blames the victim for the crime. He says that women are more responsible than men for rape.

We just forwarded the court order and asked them (YouTube) to comply," an official at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology told Reuters.

It was still possible to view the documentary on websites such as YouTube after British broadcaster BBC aired it outside India on Wednesday.

Singh's comments have caused an uproar on social media and reignited a debate about gender inequality in Asia's third-largest economy.

"We believe that access to information is the foundation of a free society," said a spokeswoman for Google, which owns the video sharing site YouTube. "...we continue to remove content that is illegal or violates our community guidelines, once notified."

India has banned the screening of a BBC documentary about a gang rape, and wants to get it blocked elsewhere.

In about 30 hours of interviews, some in South Asia's largest prison complex, filmmaker Leslee Udwin spoke to a man convicted of a fatal rape 2012. The convict blamed the victim and showed no remorse in the hour-long film titled India's Daughter.

India's government said Udwin had violated the terms of an agreement to conduct interviews in the prison, a charge she denies.

"We can ban the documentary in India but there is a conspiracy to defame India and the documentary can be telecast outside," India's Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said.

The government was exploring how it could be blocked abroad, he said.

India was thrust into the global spotlight after the 2012 attack triggered street protests and an unprecedented debate about s-xual violence in the world's largest democracy. The incident prompted the government to tighten laws, while political parties made women's safety a central issue.

Udwin's documentary looks at atrocities and attitudes against women and girls. It was aired on BBC Four this week.

"India should be embracing this film -- not blocking it with a knee jerk hysteria without even seeing it," Udwin wrote on NDTV television channel's website.

"Whoever is behind this - please see the film and then come to a conclusion."

 

[xoxo cupcakke 4,781]

I think maybe instead of trying to prevent the release of this documentary, India should prevent further ignorance and allowance of rape to slip by 

[Jed 7,716]

I think maybe instead of trying to prevent the release of this documentary, India should prevent further ignorance and allowance of rape to slip by 

​Right? Maybe they should help try and distribute the film and teach their kids from a young age to not end up like the rapists in the video? 

[Economy 52,888]

I think maybe instead of trying to prevent the release of this documentary, India should prevent further ignorance and allowance of rape to slip by 

They dont just "allow" rape. In fact the Government acknowledges its a big problem

 

the issue here is more that Indias Government had legal issues with the filming as well as what the content showed him say that they didnt want public

 

u can disagree with the ban. I myself do to... But they arent by any means accepting rape