Indian Women Face Rape Threats After 20 July CJP Protest Videos Went Viral
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 4
Indian Women Face Rape Threats After 20 July CJP Protest Videos Went Viral
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 4
Summary
Four young women told the BBC they faced rape threats, sexual abuse, doctored images and doxxing after posting short videos from the CJP anti-government protests.
20 July footage from marches to parliament spread far beyond their followers after police used tear gas and baton charges; some women said TV exposure and viral reposts made them targets.
Anonymous users threatened arrest, violence and public shaming, while relatives and acquaintances warned families to make the women delete posts or face consequences.
Several women have since archived videos, locked accounts, changed names online or stopped answering unknown calls, saying male protesters who voiced similar views were not targeted the same way.
The backlash followed one of India's biggest protests in years, a youth-led movement that helped force the education minister's resignation and is now also drawing criminal cases against some protesters.