The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 28, 2012 Indian Rape Victim Commits Suicide After Police Pressure to Marry Attacker --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In India, a 17-year-old girl who was gang-raped has committed suicide after being pressure by police to drop the case and marry one of her attackers. The girl's death comes amidst growing national outrage over a spate of gang-rapes ignored by India's police, including one on a public bus in Delhi. On Thursday, protests against rape in India continued nationwide. Protester: "It is completely sad on the part of the government actually since they are doing nothing about the innumerable rape incidents which are happening around us. And the crass comments that are being passed especially by family members from respected MLAs (legislators) and they themselves being representatives of political parties is unacceptable and we are completely infuriated." According to India's national crime registry, one woman is raped every 20 minutes in India.