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India's Top Court Overrules Early Release Of 11 In Gang Rape Case

The case has sparked protests since the 11 convicts were released two years ago: in this August 2022 photograph a woman holds a placard in Mumbai demanding justice for Bilkis Bano (Credit: AFP)

India's top court ruled Monday that 11 murderers convicted of a gang rape that drew global outrage, but who were released early, must return to jail.

Bilkis Bano and two of her children were the only survivors among a group of Muslims attacked by a Hindu mob in the western state of Gujarat in 2002 during one of post-independence India's worst religious riots.

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