Over 6,000 Signatories, Including Civil Rights Organisations and Many Others, Demand to Reverse Bilkis Bano’s Convicts Release

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Over 6,000 Signatories, Including Civil Rights Organisations and Many Others, Demand to Reverse Bilkis Bano’s Convicts Release

The Supreme Court has been requested by more than 6,000 people, including women, grass-roots activists, and human rights advocates, to remove the sentences that were commuted for 11 men who were found guilty of rape and murder in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case.

The matter came on 15th of August when eleven life-sentenced convicts were released from Godhra Sub-Jail after the Gujarat government approved their release under its policy of pardoning. They'd spent more than 15 years behind bars. CheckBrand analysed digital platforms and analysed Bilkis Bano’s news in India. As soon as the news broke out, it started trending online. Its online engagement is 319.8K on 19th of August.

According to CheckBrand, news is negatively gaining 45.7% the sentiments of people against the convicts. Apart from online sentiments, Bilkis Bano got a 5143 Search Engine Score as per the reports of CheckBrand Analysis.

*source Google Trends

On January 21, 2008, a special CBI court in Mumbai sentenced 11 people to life imprisonment on charges of gang rape and the murder of seven family members of Bilkis Bano.

In a single statement, they said that the commuted sentences for the 11 men who had been found guilty of gang rape and mass murder "will have a chilling impact on every rape victim who is advised to "believe in the system," "seek justice," and "have confidence."

All India Progressive Women's Association, Uttarakhand Mahila Manch, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Pragatisheel Mahila Manch, Parcham Collective, Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan, Amoomat Society, WomComMatters, and Center for Struggling Women are a few of the civil rights organisations supporting Bilkis Bano.

The community demanded that the remission be ended because the early release of these murderers and rapists only served to increase the impunity of all males who rape women and commit other violent crimes.

"We demand the assurance of women's faith in justice. We demand that the 11 offenders' reduced sentences be immediately rescinded, and they be returned to prison to complete the remainder of their life sentences”, the declaration said.

On January 21, 2008, an extra-ordinary Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai sentenced 11 people to life in jail on accusations of gang rape and the murder of seven Bilkis Bano’s family members. The Bombay High Court later upheld their conviction.

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