Indian women are refusing to accept evil of rape: Satyarthi
March 11, 2015  20:33
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India's Daughter is a documentary so controversial that it was banned in the country in which it was filmed; a story so upsetting and bleak that the Indian government appealed to the BBC not to show it. 

But for one of the country's most celebrated sons, the documentary is an important step in ending impunity, and encouraging women to speak out. "The most promising thing is that girls and women are rising up," said Kailash Satyarthi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December, jointly with Malala Yousafzai. 

"In spite of all that has happened with the Delhi gang rape and many other rapes, which are not uncommon -- they have been there forever -- they are refusing to accept this evil under the garb of social taboo and shame. They are going to the police stations and complaining. That is something very new. They are breaking their silence," said the Nobel prize winner. 

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