Monday, March 16, 2015

Screening rape: India's debate






Debating the Delhi rape documentary; plus, a look at the internet trolls on the Kremlin's payroll.

In December 2012, the story of a horrific gang rape in India's capital New Delhi caught global attention. More than two years on, India and the issue of rape are back in the headlines – a direct result of the government's ban on a BBC documentary called India's Daughter.

Directed by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, the documentary retells the story of the gang rape and features interviews with one of the rapists and his lawyers. The film was meant to air in India on the NDTV network on March 8, 2015 - International Women's Day. The government banned the broadcast, declaring it an insult to victim of the rape and defamatory to India's public image.

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