This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20826070
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 1 | Version 2 |
|---|---|
| India police fire water cannon at Delhi rape protesters | India police fire water cannon at Delhi rape protesters |
| (about 1 hour later) | |
| Indian police have used tear gas and water cannons to keep back thousands of protesters marching in Delhi over the gang rape of a young woman. | |
| Violence broke out as the protesters, mainly college students, tried to break through police barricades to march on the presidential palace. | Violence broke out as the protesters, mainly college students, tried to break through police barricades to march on the presidential palace. |
| There has been outrage in India over the attack on a bus last Sunday that has left the 23-year-old woman in a critical condition in hospital. | There has been outrage in India over the attack on a bus last Sunday that has left the 23-year-old woman in a critical condition in hospital. |
| Six people have been arrested. | Six people have been arrested. |
| The government has tried to halt the rising anger over the attack by announcing a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women. | The government has tried to halt the rising anger over the attack by announcing a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women. |
| They include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains. | They include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains. |
| 'Sips of water' | 'Sips of water' |
| But the protesters say the government's pledge to seek life sentences for the attackers is not enough - many are calling for the death penalty. | But the protesters say the government's pledge to seek life sentences for the attackers is not enough - many are calling for the death penalty. |
| Some carried placards reading "Hang the Rapists" and "Save women. Save India" as they marched on Saturday. | Some carried placards reading "Hang the Rapists" and "Save women. Save India" as they marched on Saturday. |
| Junior home minister RPN Singh appealed for calm after the clashes broke out. "This is not a way to protest," he told India's CNN-IBN television. "Trying to storm buildings and breaking barricades is not a way to start a dialogue." | Junior home minister RPN Singh appealed for calm after the clashes broke out. "This is not a way to protest," he told India's CNN-IBN television. "Trying to storm buildings and breaking barricades is not a way to start a dialogue." |
| The woman and her friend had been to watch a film when they boarded the bus in the Munirka area intending to travel to Dwarka in south-west Delhi. | The woman and her friend had been to watch a film when they boarded the bus in the Munirka area intending to travel to Dwarka in south-west Delhi. |
| Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, both she and her companion were beaten with iron rods and thrown out of the moving bus into a Delhi street. | Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, both she and her companion were beaten with iron rods and thrown out of the moving bus into a Delhi street. |
| Doctors said on Saturday that the woman remained in a critical but stable condition, but had been removed from a ventilator. | Doctors said on Saturday that the woman remained in a critical but stable condition, but had been removed from a ventilator. |
| "She is doing much better than yesterday," said BD Athani, superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital. | "She is doing much better than yesterday," said BD Athani, superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital. |
| The attack has prompted a week of candle-lit vigils and demonstrations amid some soul-searching about the safety of women in Delhi and other parts of the country. | The attack has prompted a week of candle-lit vigils and demonstrations amid some soul-searching about the safety of women in Delhi and other parts of the country. |
| Police figures show that, in Delhi, a rape is reported on average every 18 hours and some form of sexual attack every 14 hours. | Police figures show that, in Delhi, a rape is reported on average every 18 hours and some form of sexual attack every 14 hours. |
| Indian novelist Arundhati Roy said rape is seen as a "matter of feudal entitlement" in many parts of the country, and the reason this case had come to light is because the woman victim belongs to the affluent middle class. | Indian novelist Arundhati Roy said rape is seen as a "matter of feudal entitlement" in many parts of the country, and the reason this case had come to light is because the woman victim belongs to the affluent middle class. |
| She said attitudes towards women need to change in India, because a change in the law only will protect middle class women, but "the violence against other women who are not entitled will continue". | She said attitudes towards women need to change in India, because a change in the law only will protect middle class women, but "the violence against other women who are not entitled will continue". |