Junior doctors in Kolkata stage sit-in over murdered colleague

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STORY: :: Junior doctors stage an overnight sit-in protest over the rape and murder of a colleague in Kolkata

:: September 2, 2024

:: Kolkata, India

:: "Either the police commissioner will have to come here, or the police will have to let us march to him. We will keep protesting till that happens, no matter how long, 24 hours, 48 or 72 hours - however long it takes. We are doctors, and are used to long hours in the operation theatres without food or sleep, so we will stay here till our demands are met."

:: September 3, 2024

The rape and murder case triggered widespread protests by doctors demanding greater safety for women at the workplace and justice for the doctor, whose body was found over three weeks ago.

Protesters demonstrated while being watched by security personnel who set up barricades at the site.

The nationwide outrage unleashed by the attack was similar to that which followed the 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi, but campaigners said tougher laws had not deterred sexual violence against women.