NEW DELHI — Doctors in India launched a nationwide strike on Saturday, escalating protests after the 'barbaric' rape and murder of their colleague that has channeled outrage over the persistent problem of violence against women.
NEW DELHI — Doctors in India launched a nationwide strike on Saturday, escalating protests after the 'barbaric' rape and murder of their colleague that has channeled outrage over the persistent problem of violence against women.The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor's bloodied body at a state-run hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata on August 9 sparked furious protests in several cities across the South Asian country.
woman walks near a mural painted on a roadside wall in the city of Ajmer, Rajasthan state, northern India, on Aug.17, 2024, that condemns the rape and murder of a doctor in the eastern city of Kolkata on August 9. AFP PHOTOIn Kolkata, thousands held a candlelight vigil into the early hours of Saturday morning.'Hands that heal shouldn't bleed,' read one handwritten sign held by a protester in the city.
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