Protests continue in India demanding greater protection for women following the death of a gang rape victim, the suspects are charged with murder. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.By NBC News wire servicesNEW DELHI -- The father of a young Indian woman whose gang rape aboard a bus and subsequent death sparked public outrage has demanded that those responsible be hanged.
The Dec. 16 attack on the 23-year-old physiotherapy student and a male companion (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/28/16212322-india-gang-rape-victim-dies-in-hospital-case-focused-attention-on-intercourseual-violence?lite) provoked furious protests demanding greater protection for women and fueled a nationwide debate about the prevalence of intercourseual crimes in India, where a rape is reported on average every 20 minutes.
The incident has forced India to confront the reality that intercourseually assaulted women are often blamed for the crime, forced to keep quiet and discouraged from going to authorities for fear of exposing their families to ridicule. Police often refuse to accept complaints from rape victims, and the rare prosecutions that reach courts can drag on for years.
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