Twelve years ago, in 2012, people around the world read with horror as details emerged of how a 22-year-old woman named Jyoti Singh was raped on a bus in New Delhi by six men. She died from her injuries in hospital less than two weeks later.
The incident, which is commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, became a watershed moment for India and focused the national conversation on violence against women. Massive protests broke out in the capital and quickly spread across state borders as people demanded justice.
Laws were subsequently amended to recognise wider definitions of violence against women, sanctions were put in place for police inaction, and stricter punishments were introduced for perpetrators – including the death penalty.
