New Delhi December 29” : Asian Centre for Human Rights in an appeal to Prime Minister of Dr Manmohan Singh today recommended to declare 29th December as the “National Day on Violence against Women” and also to announce a national award, in the name of the victim who died in Singapore today.
“No other incident has either evoked or shook the conscious of the nation as this particular incident has. While a number of actions will be recommended by the Justice J S Verma Committee and Justice Usha Mehra Committee, the Declaration of the 29th December as the ‘National Day on Violence against Women’ and a national award in the name of the victim.
This incident will remind the Indian nation about the need to address violence against women.” – statedMr Suhas Chakma, Director of the Asian Centre for Human Rights.(SP News)
