Night vigils across Kolkata and a march to the West Bengal state secretariat Nabanna have taken place between August 8 and August 9, 2025, as the infamous and unbelievably brutal RG Kar rape-murder case completes a year. The rape-murder victim’s parents said that they were assaulted by police personnel while participating in the march to Nabanna, aka “Nabanna Abhiyan”.
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Ireland: Pakistani-origin doctor faces racial abuse from children
An Irish doctor of Pakistani origin was racially abused by a group of children outside a shopping complex in Navan town recently
How did she die? Singapore small business owner found dead a day after post about Indian worker’s fake injury claim
Singapore eatery Sumo Salad owner Jane Lee wrote two lengthy Facebook posts on July 18. In one post, she gave details of what she had observed about the employee — “Sran Kiranjeet Kaur, a worker from India” — and why she believed that the workplace injury compensation claim was a scam, “a carefully orchestrated scheme” of extortion. The next day, she was dead. Singapore Police are investigating the case. Singapore Government is looking into the alleged scam.
My hand was literally hanging by a thread: Indian-origin man brutally attacked with a machete in Australia
An India-origin man said he was brutally attacked by a group of teens who had attacked him with a machete in Australia’s Melbourne
You are only allowed to fire at me: Pakistani woman’s last words before she was shot dead in the name of ‘honour’
Pakistani police have arrested 14 suspected people for allegedly killing a newlywed couple in broad daylight in the Balochistan area in the name of ‘honour’
Fauja Singh hit-and-run death: Police arrest NRI from Canada
Police have arrested an NRI person in connection with the hit-and-run death of legendary Indian marathon runner Fauja Singh
24-year-old Indian-origin man jailed for life in London for raping a child
A 24-year-old Indian-origin man was jailed for life following a significant Met Police investigation
Months after RG Kar horror, law student gangraped in Kolkata
Three people were arrested for the alleged gangrape of a female law student inside a college in South Kolkata.
Pakistani investigators take help of FBI, Dutch Police to bust global cybercrime network during raids in Multan, Lahore
Pakistani investigators bust global cybercrime network in Multan and Lahore with help of FBI and Dutch police.
Singapore Law Society VP resigns, under fire for victim-blaming in rape case; Shanmugam calls out “misogyny”
Even though the rape case was tried in court and the perpetrator was convicted on the basis of evidence, the social media post by Chia Boon Teck listed a number of points why he believed that the rape was not rape. One of his points, listing the charges against the perpetrator, said: “…‘two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault by penetration, and one count of outrage of modesty’. Wow. Was she awake throughout the marathon?”
