Enough is Enough
The Asian Centre for Human Rights reported that child rape cases increased from 2,113 cases in 2001 to 7,112 in 2011 in India. Not only has the rate gone up, but police officers have been known to bribe the victims to keep their assault a secret. Since December they have attempted to strengthen the laws against this rape, but why has it taken so long? An article on CNN portrayed that, "On a given week, sexual violence appears daily in the national newspapers:
a 16-year-old allegedly raped by her father,
a landlord convicted of raping a tenant,
a rickshaw-puller caught raping his 10-year-old daughter,
a 19-year-old boy raping a 12-year-old mentally disabled girl,
a 25-year-old raping his cousin,
and a man throwing acid on his wife's private parts."
If the crime in this area has been skyrocketing -and bribed to remain hidden by enforcement- since 2001 they should have been taking care of this problem a lot sooner than in December.
Their attempts to decrease the rape issue were introduced by the president and include the death penalty for repeat offenders, along with imprisonment for acid attacks, human trafficking and stalking. The "stricter law" also punishes public servants, such as a police officer, who "knowingly disobeys" the laws required for an investigation. Along with these apparently stern laws, an agreement has been made to expand the amount of women working for the police department.
I personally don't think that these laws are strict enough to protect what has been happening to the victims in India. Obviously there is a deeper problem within the public that needs to be solved so that the citizens in India are acquired with morals that keep them from taking part in such tragic experiences. After all, enough is enough.
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