Lahore, Pakistan—For Pakistani police, reports of a college campus rape that went viral this month are 'fake news' fomenting unrest. For protesting
In this photograph taken October 21, 2024, students hold a tarpaulin bearing slogans during a protest march to condemn the alleged rape of a woman student, in Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan—For Pakistani police, reports of a college campus rape that went viral this month are “fake news” fomenting unrest. For protesting students, the social media posts offer a rare public reckoning with sexual assault.
It began earlier this month with a swirl of social media posts alleging a staff member had raped a woman in the basement of a Punjab College campus in Lahore. As a result, about 26 million children were out of school as well as many more university and college students in the country’s most populous province.
But with 80 percent of women saying they have been harassed in public places, according to the UN, there is little trust that authorities take the matter seriously.While protesters’ opinions vary about the veracity of the rape claim that has sparked the movement, many cite their own experience as more pivotal in their decision to turn out.
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