{"id":5355,"date":"2014-01-10T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T19:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2014-01-10T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T19:51:15","slug":"csp-conlutas-expresses-solidarity-with-indian-young-woman-murdered-after-being-raped-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2014\/01\/10\/csp-conlutas-expresses-solidarity-with-indian-young-woman-murdered-after-being-raped-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"CSP-Conlutas expresses solidarity with Indian young woman murdered after being raped twice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBRAZIL<\/em>
\nWritten by CSP-Conlutas, Women in Struggle Movement and ANEL <\/em>
\nMonday, 06 January 2014 15:09<\/em><\/p>\n

To the General Consulate of India
\nS\u00e3o Paulo 3rd January 2014 – S\u00e3o Paulo
\nThe\u00a0Women in Struggle Movement<\/em>, CSP Conlutas and ANEL stand in solidarity with Indian women\u2019s struggle against sexual violence and the several deaths caused by this terrible reality.
\nThe end of 2013 was saddened by the news of the death of a 16 years old girl from Madhyamgram, North India. Strong burns led this young woman to death. She is another victim of the terror that sexual violence imposes to women in India. She was raped twice by a gang. She was attacked again by the same gang when they knew she had denounced the crime to the police. After being severely burned by them on 23rd December, she died on 31st December.
\nAlso in December 2013, India Supreme Court\u2019s decision retroceded in centuries and has considered homosexuality an act against nature and a crime. Supreme Court overturned 2009 High Court of Delhi\u2019s decision that declared article 377 of Indian Penal Code to be unconstitutional. This article criminalises \u201ccarnal intercourse against the order of nature\u201d, including homosexual consensual acts among them. Here in Brazil, in 3rd January, we stand in front of India Consulate in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo to demonstrate our solidarity with the Indian women\u2019s struggle and to demand Indian authorities to take an uncompromising attitude against violence so that Indian women are no longer victimised by this perverse and overwhelming crime against them and those around them. We also demand that LGBT rights to be respected by withdrawing the article that criminalises LGBT people\u2019s sexuality and lives.
\nWe are a working class women\u2019s movement in Brazil. We were honored to guest in our 2013National Meeting an Indian activist for women rights who took part in the demonstrations facing violence against women that happened in the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013. We believe that the strength shown in those massive demonstrations is the same that has been enabled the articulation of the demonstrations against this new chapter of the barbaric history that led to the murder of this 16 years old girl.
\nLGBT people suffer a daily life of overexploitation, moral and sexual harassment at work, threats, torture and death. It\u2019s unacceptable that an 1861act, introduced during British colonial occupation, to be used nowadays to criminalise LGBT people. The Supreme Court\u2019s argument that homosexuality is not part of Indian tradition, that it is a \u201cwestern\u201d issue is unacceptable. \u201cWestern\u201d companies (i.e. imperialist transnationals) overexploit Indian workers, but don\u2019t receive this kind of treatment, as seen recently on the collapse of a Bangladesh building killing hundreds of workers. It\u2019s clear that it\u2019s not a question of eastern or western tradition. It\u2019s a question of homophobia.
\nUnfortunately we don\u2019t speak on behalf of a country where women wouldn\u2019t suffer with violence. On the contrary, Brazil scores the 7th place in violence against women. On the LGBT issue, Brazil is number one in murdering, where at least one LGBT person dies every day. We fight to change this reality and we demand from all governments actions to punish the aggressor in order to prevent the practice of sexual, domestic and all kinds of violence. We demand to stop all criminalisation of homosexuality. On top of that, we demand homophobia to be criminalised. Last, we stand for public policies to fight back sexist and homophobic violence, which includes better wages, public healthcare and education, shelter houses for women, nurseries, high quality public transports.
\nImpunity is a stimulus for the increase of aggressions in Brazil, India and elsewhere. To say that homosexuality is anti-natural and to make it a crime exposes even more this part of the population who is already marginalised and suffers violence. Homophobia reaffirms the false idea of \u201ctrue man\u201d, who would be strong, straight and powerful, strengthening sexism and placing women and LGBTs in the position of a \u201csecond class people\u201d, more exposed to violence. Therefore, we support the organisations calling the demonstration that will end up at the Madhyamgram Police Office to demand the Indian government to take a stand on the issue. And we reinforce the demands on social programs that can prevent this kind of crime in India.
\nSolidarity with Indian Women and LGBT people!<\/strong>
\nEnd all rapes and deaths!<\/strong>
\nPunishment to all aggressors!<\/strong>
\nHomosexuality is not anti-natural and cannot be considered crime!<\/strong>
\nStop violence against LGBT people and women!<\/strong>
\nMovimento Mulheres em Luta (Women in Struggle Movement)<\/em>
\nCentral Sindical e Popular Conlutas (Trade Unions\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<\/em>People\u00a0<\/em>Center – Conlutas)<\/em>
\nAssembleia Nacional dos Estudantes \u2013 Livre! ( National Assembly of<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Free\u00a0<\/em>Student<\/em>)<\/em>
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