Delhi Gang-Rape Convict Blames Victim for the Attack: BBC
- A protest against sexual violence in New Delhi, Feb. 9.
- Associated Press
In a soon-to-be-released documentary by a British filmmaker, one of six men who raped and murdered a young woman on bus in India’s capital in 2012 blames the attack on his victim and her male companion.
“You can’t clap with one hand—it takes two hands. A decent girl won’t roam around at nine o’clock at night,” Mukesh Singh says in the film, according to a statement by the British Broadcasting Corp., which will air it this month.
The assault by Mr. Singh and his friends galvanized public opinion and sparked mass demonstrations across India, leading to the passage of stricter laws against the mistreatment of women.
Mr. Singh and three co-defendants were sentenced to death in 2013 after being found guilty of crimes that the judge who presided over their trial said had “shocked the collective conscience” of the country. They have appealed.
Still, rape remains common and conservative quarters of society advocate restrictions on women’s freedom and blame Western influence and the greater liberties women enjoy in urban India for inciting violence against them.
During an interview in the prison where Mr. Singh is being held, he also said, “boy and girl are not equal. Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night doing wrong things, wearing wrong clothes.”
The BBC is to air the film, “India’s Daughter,” directed and produced by Leslee Udwin, on March 8, International Women’s Day.
On Monday, the victim’s father called Mr. Singh’s reported statements “perverse and derogatory.” He said: “I hope these devils are hanged soon and not housed safely in jail.”
The woman Mr. Singh raped and killed was 23 at the time of the attack. She and a 28-year-old male friend were on their way home after watching a movie in an upscale mall when they were attacked.
Indian law bars naming victims of sexual assault.
“When being raped, she shouldn’t fight back. She should just be silent and allow the rape,” Mr. Singh says in the film, according to the BBC. If she hadn’t resisted, the rapists would “have dropped her off after ‘doing her,’” he says.
Prosecutors in the case said the attackers repeatedly inserted a metal rod into the victim, causing severe internal injuries. She was dumped by the side of a road. She died 13 days later while being treated at a Singapore hospital.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal during his trial, Mr. Singh said he was at the wheel of the bus on which the woman was raped but did not know an attack was in progress as he drove around Delhi.
“I’m sorry. I could not save her. Please forgive me if you can,” he told the Journal, when asked about what he would say to the victim’s family if he ever met them.
Mr. Singh and the three others sentenced to death in the case have appealed to the country’s Supreme Court. A fifth defendant died while awaiting trial. Police say he killed himself, something his family disputes.
The sixth attacker was a juvenile at the time of the crime and was ordered to be held in a reformatory for three years, the maximum allowed under India’s youthful offender laws.
News courtesy: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/03/02/delhi-gang-rape-convict-blames-victim-for-the-attack-bbc/
Captain Calm- Misbah Ul haq
"It is a symptom in our culture that in order to show you are aggressive you have to sometimes act on the field like you are being aggressive.
I, however believe that your performance should be based on each situation and the decisions you take for a particular situation. This could mean being on the defense sometimes and also attacking sometimes.
Obviously, that does not mean that I don’t make mistakes sometimes. But you have to analyze in the grand scheme of things."
Documentary on Misbah Ul Haq by Aalia Rasheed.
Since the momentum is down right now, people will grasp this opportunity to abuse him. Whereas if it were after the Australia Test Series this documentary would have been everywhere. Momentum is everything in cricket fan perception.
Great insight on Misbah btw. Must watch documentary.
Documentary Misbah Ul Haq -25 Feb 2015 by GeoNews
NO FORGIVENESS DESPITE REPENTANCE? – MUHAMMAD AAMIR
There is a famous Urdu proverb “Heeray ki pehchan sirf johri ko hoti hai” (which means that only a jeweler can recognize true worth of a diamond). In 2007 the sultan of swing – Wasim Akram identified this awe-inspiring left arm fast bowling talent which we today know as Muhammad Aamir.
The day this 17-year old lad stepped out of his home (from a remote village of Changa Bangial, Gujjar Khan, Punjab) to join the Pakistan international cricket team he never seemed to look back. Coming from a humble background he didn’t know insiders to support his inclusion in the team but his performances and numbers spoke and spoke strongly of his mesmerizing talent. Within a couple of months and a few matches under his belt Aamir impressed the international cricketing world with his sharp fast-bowling talent.
Imagine the caliber of this 17-year old young fast blower who was described as “Cricket’s hottest property” by the legendary Imran Khan. His left-arm fast swing bowling was like a snake’s venom that used to paralyze batsmen. In his early days 2009-10, he ripped apart the English and even Australian top order batting line-up with mesmeric spells of fast bowling in their own dens respectively. This God gifted great talent Mohammad Amir became the youngest bowler to have taken 50 Test wickets and was setting his feet firmly for a promising career ahead.
However, this promising start was not destined to have a smooth sail. A famous English proverb goes ” a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” and thats what Muhammad Aamir meekly ignored in his classroom lessons. He deliberately overstepped the bowling crease for a few dollars more?? – how Unwise !! The country that gave him pride and platform for stardom . . .he insulted it!. Fine Aamir, you were trapped into it by whoever but you weren’t a kid, were you? Didn’t you know the fine line between right and wrong?
So why should the cricketing fraternity feel compassionate towards you and grant you an apology and let you play along right away? Isn’t there a lesson to be taught? and a message to be given to other potential perpetrators of such acts? Yes, There is! and hence you got slapped for a FIVE year ban and six months in prison!.
I see someone nodding their head in disbelief that it this punishment was not enough? … oh then … Ask a medical student, an engineer student or a chartered accountancy student who gets banned from appearing in all their courses for cheating in of their exams!
The creator of this world and mankind, the Almighty, forgives his creations for sins they commit if they repent and seek forgiveness then who are we to say “Aamir should not be allowed to join the national team even after serving his punishment period since he committed a disgraceful crime’?
They say, ‘Aamir would leave a bad influence on the current team’. I say these blockheads fit into the description of pessimists who always see the glass half-empty. Why can’t we see it positively ? in a way that once Aamir joins the team other team-mates will learn from his experience, the problems he went through the insults he and his family had to bear. In fact, if Pakistan wants to make the best use of this talented young player then he should share his experience with the young under 19 cricketers as well. There could be no better example than him to counsel our youngsters about the consequences of cheating.
Nonetheless, everybody has a voice to contribute. But I must say one last thing to those who see Aamir’s case as an unforgivable mistake…Remember that any cricket team in the world will always find space for this talented left-arm pace bowler who can swing the ball and who can bat, as A\mir does.. and who can be a lesson for other young cricketers. If we miss our chance by not backing Aamir today – I am sorry we are on the losing end in that case.
Aamir
Saeed Ajmal Making Fun of Nasir Jamshed.
Nsir Jamshed again dropped a catch and did poor fielding during the Pakistan vs Zimbabwe during Cricket World Cup Match.
Watch saeed Ajmal making Fun of Nasir Jashmed...
