As news of the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir spread across India earlier this year, it quickly dawned on Deepika Singh Rajawat that she needed to step in.
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The lawyer now representing the victim’s family watched the tension build in a country already grappling with a string of high profile cases of sexual violence. The immediate aftermath saw violent demonstrations, rising religious tensions and the threat of further destabilisation in the region.
Now, three months on, and having been threatened herself with rape and murder, she is calling on Narendra Modi, the prime minister, to break his silence and show the leadership…
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