Sex crimes: Women activists clamour for speedy justice

Tribune News Service 

New Delhi, December 16

To mark the December 16 gangrape in Delhi, women groups, student activists and civil society organisations under several banners gathered at Jantar Mantar today, demanding speedy justice in sexual crimes against women besides ensuring that no juvenile offender be granted immunity of JJ Act. 

They lashed out the current BJP government and law enforcement agencies saying nothing has changed with the new political regime. 

"They are all opportunists and have misused every occasion to serve their own political agenda," said Navneet Shashtri, IT executive who is associated with "16 December Kranti" which began two years ago. 

He added, "I don't think anything has changed for common people. It is the VIPs who are the privileged ones and law is for them." 

A forum of young citizens, "16 December Kranti" called for rape-free India and demanded death penalty in all the rape and acid attack crimes. 

There were also students and activists of the Centre for Struggling Women (CSW), and Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) who took a pledge against growing sexual violence and oppression of women. Students largely from Delhi University's School of Open Learning (SOL) pointed out at the rising instances of sexual harassment across SOL centres in DU.

There were also representatives from the All India Mahila Sanskritik Sangathan and All India Democratic Students' Organisation's Delhi unit who too urged the government to check such crimes.