Not Free

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Hurt me in the worst ways
But I still had hope.
Until it was ripped out of me
In my last living days.

My body burnt
No one around
Except the men who didn’t believe
Me;
Them and their stupid doubts.

How could someone so high in their caste
Touch a lowly one like me,
They questioned and they asked.
Why would they believe a girl like me
Twice as downtrodden
Never to be free.

Now, they’re all using my name
For their own blame games
My pain is a political ploy
All because they wouldn’t teach their boys.

Please.
Save me.
Even in death, I am not free.

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In case you arent aware of the context,
On 14 September 2020, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was gang-raped in Hathras District in UP, India by four upper caste men. After fighting for her life for two weeks, she died in a Delhi hospital.

The victim's brother claimed that no arrests were made in the first 10 days after the incident took place. After her death, the victim was forcibly cremated by the police without the consent of her family, a claim denied by the police
When the news broke out initially through social media, Agra Police, Hathras District Magistrate , and UP's Information & Public Relations called it "fake news".

This is caste based and gender based violence. Also her rapists havent been prosecuted. Instead  the Yogi government has been defending them and blaming the poor dead girl.

I'm now asking anyone who can to start signing petitions. It's not a lot but it's a start.

https://www.petitions.net/justice_for_hathras_gang_rape_victim_and_her_family_and_to_penalize_all_police_officers_involved_in_the_cremation_of_the_rape_victim?uv=28503993

This is the official petition. Please do sign it.

 Please do sign it

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