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SUMMARY: The 2012 deadly gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi sparked outrage around the world and led to unprecedented protests. A new documentary, “India’s Daughter,” sheds light on the violence, shame and injustice that Indian women often face. Jeffrey Brown interviews Leslee Udwin, the film’s director, about why the case galvanized so much support and why India has banned the film.
JUDY WOODRUFF (NewsHour): Now to India and a documentary about a horrific event in the country’s recent past. The government there doesn’t want citizens to watch the film, and has banned its airing.
Jeffrey Brown reports.
PROTESTERS: We want justice! We want justice!
JEFFREY BROWN (NewsHour): It’s a now infamous incident that generated mass protests and stained India’s international image. A 23-year-old medical student, Jyoti Singh, was gang-raped on this bus in South Delhi in 2012. She died days later, and now her story is the subject of a BBC documentary, “India’s Daughter.”
NARRATOR: According to the latest government figures, a woman is raped in India every 20 minutes. But most rapes are unreported. This rape led to unprecedented protests erupting across India. The silence has been broken.
JEFFREY BROWN: The documentary had its U.S. premiere in New York last night, and is already airing in Britain, but not in India.
The Indian government has banned the film, saying the producers never got permission to interview one of the suspects in prison, and that his statements are — quote — “an affront to the dignity of women.”
The suspect, Mukesh Singh, was driving the bus, and is one of four men currently on death row for the crime. In the documentary, he appears unrepentant and unaffected.
MUKESH SINGH, Convicted Rapist (through interpreter): A decent girl won’t roam around at 9:00 at night. A girl is far more responsible for rape than a boy.
And we hear from anther true male chauvinist pig.
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