The #UttarPradesh state government has forgotten the riot survivors of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. This apathy towards the survivors of one of the most deadly instances of communal violence in recent years is just not acceptable.
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7 women from #Muzaffarnagar and Shamli filed cases of gang-rape in the face of intimidation and continuing threats. However, 5 years later, justice remains elusive. They have received little assistance from authorities to rebuild their lives.
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Aarzoo (name changed), 1 of the survivors, told us in Aug 2018, “I have now lost all faith. It has been five years since I last filed my complaint. No one has come to help me or my family for so many years now."
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NEWS: Rehana Adeeb, activist working in the are said, “Victims have faced social pressure as well as political pressure. Their rapists are out in the open for years now."
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2013 में मुज़फ्फरनगर और शामली में हुए दंगे के पीड़ित आज भी नाउमींदी में न्याय का इंतज़ार कर रहे हैं। दंगों से आहत हुए लोग जो अपने घरों से बेघर हुए थे आज भी पुनर्वास बस्तियों की मलीनता के बीच अपना जीवन काट रहे हैं ।
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WATCH: In 2017, filmmaker Nakul Singh Sawhney travelled to Muzaffarnagar and Shamli to discover how families who were displaced because of the 2013 riots are stuck in a vicious cycle of poverty and marginalisation.
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Akram Akthar Chaudhary, Director, AFKAR India Foundation: “Nothing has changed on the ground. In 2013, the riot survivors were living in relief camps, now they are living in resettlement colonies without proper access to basic amenities".
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