But she woke up in another house the following day and found 33 men with rifles and guns. Another alleged attacker reportedly posted a picture of himself next to the teenager’s genitals, saying “Rio state opens a new tunnel for the speed train”.
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Paloma Oliveira, one of the organisers of the protest, said she started by inviting 300 friends on Facebook and now 45,000 people have said they will attend. It came to light because of a video clip and images shared on Twitter and WhatsApp.
As the victim now undergoes treatment and counselling at the hospital, her poor family is completely devastated. “She is crying and still shaken”. “The video is shocking”. “I couldn’t finish watching it. I don’t know how a human being is capable of doing that”.
The detained suspect, who was not identified, was being interrogated, said the police on Saturday, vowing to bring the other alleged attackers to justice.
Local media quoted her grandmother as saying boyfriend felt she had cheated on him and had taken revenge. “They knocked her out, understand?” Videos and photos posted on social media sites this week made the rape public.
When Temer served as head of public safety for Sao Paulo state the early 1990s, he created the first police division in Brazil devoted to combating crimes against women, an idea that has since spread throughout the country. If it’s not the country’s inflation and pesky mosquitoes that spread the zika virus, it’s violent crime.
There has also been an outpouring of anger on social media, under the hashtag #EstuproNuncaMais (Rape never again).
It sent the shock waves across the biggest South American country. “It is an act of barbarity and cowardice”. The attack on this young woman is also an aggression against all women. The main victims have been women. Officials said they had been unable to confirm how many men might have taken part. They did so when the Swiss tourist was raped in India.
Hours before news of this case broke, the Brazilian Education Minister Mendonca Filho held a high-profile meeting with Alexandre Frota, an actor and reality television star who has repeatedly said he would have no qualms about having sex with a woman who did not consent.
Meanwhile, reports are coming that in another incident; a 17-year-old girl was reportedly gang-raped by five people. But India is here.
According to Brazilian police records, a sexual assault case was registered in every 11 minutes in 2014. A bill proposed by suspended Congressman and former House Speaker Eduardo Cunha wants to deprive women of the right to an abortion in cases of rape.
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Past year the President Dilma Rousseff highlighted the serious problem and noted that 15 women were killed per day in Brazil simply “for a question of gender”.
