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No 'compromise' for rape!

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To Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and members of the judiciary:

We urge you to champion the rights, freedoms and equality that women are guaranteed under the law and recall this rape case from mediation. As citizens fighting deep-seated misogyny and patriarchy, we urge our judiciary not to represent those same regressive views within the courtroom and urge you to undertake trainings to sensitise judges and lawyers.
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No 'compromise' for rape!

Raped at 15, she had a baby girl and for years faced threats and abuse. Now a judge wants her to 'compromise' with her rapist!

She doesn't want to talk to, meet or marry this man -- let's stand with her and fight for her rights.

Eminent lawyers and judges say this ruling is "illegal" and "unethical" and have called on the Madras High Court's top judge to intervene. Chief Justice Sanjay Kaul has championed free speech; if enough of us encourage him now, we can get him to take a stand for women's rights too.

A woman is raped every 20 minutes in India -- many are punished again by the courts. Let's get to 30,000 signers asking Justice Kaul to scrap this compromise and train judges to stop harming rape survivors. Sign and tell everyone.

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