{"id":1127,"date":"2017-11-03T07:03:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T07:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2017-11-03T07:03:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T07:03:58","slug":"india-uncles-get-life-for-raping-niece-aged-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2017\/11\/03\/india-uncles-get-life-for-raping-niece-aged-10\/","title":{"rendered":"India uncles get life for raping niece, aged 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/D74B\/production\/_98551155_gettyimages-158558149.jpg\" alt=\"India rape protest\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Campaigners say 50% of abusers are known to the child or are &#8220;persons in trust and care-givers&#8221;<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A fast-track court in India has sentenced two men to life in prison for raping their 10-year-old niece, who gave birth to a baby girl in August.<\/p>\n<p>Both men were the child&#8217;s uncles. They were convicted of raping her on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The girl&#8217;s pregnancy was discovered in mid-July when she was taken to hospital after complaining of a stomach ache.<\/p>\n<p>The second uncle was arrested after the baby&#8217;s DNA sample did not match that of his older brother, the first suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The older uncle&#8217;s trial took a month, while the younger uncle was convicted in a remarkable 18-day trial.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-40823438\">The pregnant child caught in a media storm<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-40753409\">No abortion for 10-year-old rape victim<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-41563460\">Raped girl&#8217;s baby &#8216;was fathered by uncle&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The harrowing case of the 10-year-old victim has made headlines for weeks, both in India and globally.<\/p>\n<p>She was 30 weeks pregnant when a local court in Chandigarh turned down her abortion plea, on the grounds that her pregnancy was too advanced. A panel of doctors had advised that a medical termination would be &#8220;too risky&#8221;. Later, India&#8217;s Supreme Court also refused to allow her an abortion on similar grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Indian law does not allow terminations after 20 weeks unless doctors certify that the mother&#8217;s life is in danger.<\/p>\n<p>The girl was not aware of her pregnancy, and was told her bump was caused by a stone in her stomach, says the BBC&#8217;s Geeta Pandey in Delhi. She gave birth in August and the baby was given away to child welfare authorities for adoption.<\/p>\n<p>The girl initially told police and child welfare activists that she had been raped several times in the past seven months by the first uncle, who is in his 40s.<\/p>\n<p>She had also testified to the court by video link and very clearly named the uncle and revealed details about her abuse.<\/p>\n<p>The girl&#8217;s father had told the BBC that the first uncle had not denied the charges against him. Police also said he had admitted to the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>But after his DNA test results did not link him to the baby, police began searching for more suspects &#8211; and arrested the second uncle in September. A DNA test confirmed that <a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-41563460\">he was the baby&#8217;s father<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/AA6B\/production\/_86972634_gettyimages-167260842.jpg\" alt=\"India is home to 400 million children\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP<\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">India is home to 400 million children (file picture)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>India&#8217;s courts have received several petitions in recent months, many from child rape survivors, seeking permission for abortions.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, their pregnancies are discovered late because the children themselves are not aware of their condition.<\/p>\n<p>In September, a 13-year-old girl was given court permission to terminate her pregnancy at 32 weeks. The boy she was carrying was born alive in Mumbai <a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-india-41226182\">but died two days later<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In May, a similar case was reported from the northern state of Haryana where a 10-year-old, allegedly raped by her stepfather, was allowed to abort. She was about 20 weeks pregnant, doctors said.<\/p>\n<p>None of the girls can be named for legal reasons.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">The scale of abuse in India<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">A child under 16 is raped every 155 minutes, a child under 10 every 13 hours<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">More than 10,000 children were raped in 2015<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">240 million women living in India were married before they turned 18<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">53.22% of children who participated <a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.childlineindia.org.in\/pdf\/MWCD-Child-Abuse-Report.pdf\">in a government study<\/a> reported some form of sexual abuse<\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\">50% of abusers are known to the child or are &#8220;persons in trust and care-givers&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionCampaigners say 50% of abusers are known to the child or are &#8220;persons in trust and care-givers&#8221; A fast-track court in India has sentenced two men to life in prison for raping their 10-year-old niece, who gave birth to a baby girl in August. Both men were the child&#8217;s uncles. They were convicted of raping her on&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2017\/11\/03\/india-uncles-get-life-for-raping-niece-aged-10\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1128,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions\/1128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}