Sexual Violence against Muslim women during #DelhiPogrom - A Thread
1. Razia
Razia recalls the sexual violence that she had witnessed. She saw the mob tearing clothes of a girl and then throwing her into fire. Her husband has been mentally unstable since they have been rescued.
2. Rukhsar, 26
Rukhsar is one among the uncountable women who were sexually assaulted by the communal mobs. She identifies the culprits who orchestrated the violence in her locality.
3. Fatima, 45
Fatima went back to her home in Shiv Vihar to look for her goats whom she worried would die.
“They pulled my dupatta and tore my shalwar’s sleeve. I was saved by a family that was still living in the area,” Fatima said. “The family said I was with them, the men
abused them but left me alone,” Fatima said, adding that the family hid her for some time till everything was clear.
“If it weren’t for them, I don’t know if I would be here”.
4. Rubina Bano, 37
Rubina, then three months pregnant, was brutally beaten up by not only the communal mob but also by the police. She recalls the communal slurs and slogans of Jai Shree Ram and Ye Le Azadi when a man in police uniform tried to kill her with a stone rendering