Candlelight vigil held for 2012 Delhi gang-rape, murder victim

Scores of activists and campaigners held a candlelight vigil on Friday for Jyoti Singh, the young woman who was brutally gang-raped and murdered on a New Delhi bus 10 years ago.

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People hold candles and placards during a vigil on the tenth anniversary of the heinous gang rape of a young woman, in New Delhi on December 16, 2022. - Ten years ago the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus horrified the world and shone a spotlight on high rates of sexual violence in India. But a decade after the assault many women are still scared to travel at night in India's capital, a sprawling metropolis of 20 million people. -- Photo: Money Sharma / AFP

2022-12-16 20:34:17

Scores of activists and campaigners held a candlelight vigil on Friday for Jyoti Singh, the young woman who was brutally gang-raped and murdered on a New Delhi bus 10 years ago.

The horrific crime appalled India and the world and shone a spotlight on the scourge of sexual crimes against women.

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