'Justice for Abhaya': From US to Australia, Global Protests Against Kolkata Rape-Murder on Sept 8

New Delhi: On September 9, it will be a month since the brutal rape and murder of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's trainee doctor in the seminar room, which shocked the nation and sparked massive protests across the country. The protests are now not just limited to India but have crossed the borders; global protests seeking ‘Justice for Abhaya’.

Global Protests Seeking Justice for Abhaya on September 8

Global protests have been announced for September 8 at 5 pm (local time zone), seeking Justice for Abhaya. These protests are being staged across continents against the horrific Kolkata Rape and Murder Case. 

The protests are taking place in parts of USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Czech, Spain, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Kolkata Rape and Murder Case: List of Places Where Global Protests will be Staged

USA -

1. Albany, NY
2. Ann Arbor, MI
3. Atlanta, GA 
4. Austin, TX
5. Baton Rouge, LA
6. Bay Area, CA
7. Wayne, PA 
8. Wilmington, DE 
9. Wisconsin
10. Boston, MA
11. Charlotte, NC
12. Chicago, IL
13. Cincinnati, OH
14. College Park, MD 
15. Columbus, OH
16. Cupertino, CA
17. Dayton, OH 
18. Denver, CO 
19. El Paso, TX 
20. Fremont, CA 
21. Frisco, TX 
22. Hartford, CT
23. Houston, TX
24. lowa
25. Jacksonville, FL
26. Lansing, MI
27. Minneapolis, MN
28. Mountain House, CA
29. New York City, NY 
30. North Brunswick, NJ
31. Novi, MI
32. Orlando, FL
33. Peoria, IL
34. Phoenix, AZ
35. Princeton, NJ
36. Raleigh, NC
37. Rochester, MN 
38. Sacramento, CA 
39. Salt Lake City, UT 
40. San Antonio, TX 
41. San Diego, CA
42. San Francisco, CA 
43. Seattle, WA 
44. St. Louis, MO 
45. Tampa, FL
46. Toledo, OH
47. Troy, MI
48. Virginia

UK - 

1. Barnsley
2. Belfast
3. Birmingham
4. Cambridge
5. Cardiff
6. Edinburgh
7. Glasgow
8. Gloucester
9. King's Lynn
10. Lancashire
11. Leeds
12. Leicester
13. Liverpool
14. London
15. Manchester
16. Milton Keynes
17. Newcastle
18. Peterborough
19. Sheffield
20. Swansea
21. York

Ireland - 

1. Belfast
2. Cork
3. Dublin

Canada - 

1. Galifax
2. Montral
3. Toronto
4. Waterloo

Germany - 

1. Cologne
2. Essen

Netherlands -

1. Amsterdam
2. Eindhoven

Switzerland -

1. Zurich
2. Sweden -
3. Stockholm

Czech -

1. Prague

Spain - 

1. Madrid

Japan -

1. Tokyo

Australia -

1. Brisbane
2. Canberra
3. Geelong
4. Melbourne
5. Perth
6. Sydney

New Zealand -

1. Auckland
2. Christchurch

Abhaya's Mother Pens Emotional Letter, Seeks Support from Society

Abhaya's mother wrote an emotional letter on Teachers' Day, seeking the society's support in their fight for justice. She talked about her daughter and her dream of becoming a doctor. She said that her daughter's dreams were strangled.

The letter reads, "Through the letter, she has sought support from the society in the fight for justice. On the occasion of Teachers' Day, September 5, she wrote in the letter, 'I am the mother of the poor deceased... Today on Teachers' Day, I salute all the teachers on behalf of my daughter. Since childhood, her dream was to become a doctor. You were the driving force behind that dream. 'She further said that we have been with her as her guardians, she herself worked very hard. But I think, because she got good teachers like you, she was able to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor.'

Then came the matter of degree, my daughter used to say, 'Mom, I don't need money, I just want a lot of degrees in front of my name and I want to cure as many patients as possible. 'Referring to the day of the incident, she further said, "Even on that day when she went out of the house, she had served many patients in the hospital. During duty, the miscreants killed her and her dreams were brutally strangled. The dream of becoming a gold medalist in MD written that night is still incomplete. Even after this heinous incident, full preparations were made by the hospital administration and officials to erase all the evidence."

The mother of the deceased wrote in the last part of the letter, “Being a mother, it is a humble request to all the teachers, doctors, health officials, nursing staff of the medical college that if you have any information and evidence, please bring it forward because I feel that the silence of some good people boosts the morale of the criminals. With the message of standing with the movement of the medical society and the common people and on Teacher's Day, everyone.”