Vicente and Fernanda are heavy travel enthusiasts from Brazil and Spain, and they also have an account on social media to share their experiences around the world with their 260,000 followers. In 5 years, they have traveled to 63 countries and cycled more than 170,000 kilometers.
As you can see from the ** they uploaded, this brave and confident couple has undoubtedly spent countless challenging and surprising days on the road.
However, just last week, when they left India for Nepal, they finally "overturned".
On Friday, the couple had to set up camp in a forest in the eastern Indian district of Jharkhand after riding to a suburb where there was no village and no shops.
In the evening, seven Indian men broke into their tent, both of them were beaten, and the wife had a blade around her neck, and then the tragedy occurred. The couple stopped a patrol car and were taken to the hospital.
The couple then posted on their Instagram account that the ** (originally** has been deleted) of the encounter in Jiangsu, and although the two looked calm, the woman's face had obvious bruises.
The ** of the two bloggers caused a big wave of rendering on the Internet. Overnight, foreign tourists who have been to India have shared a large number of cases of sexual harassment and violence that they have experienced or witnessed in India. Similarly, Indians want to take this opportunity to renew their voices against rampant sexual violence.
India is known for the low status of women and the high incidence of sexual violence. In 2012, the infamous "black bus ** case" occurred in the capital Delhi, a female college student was killed by 6 people, and the cruelty of the details of the case is unbearable. Under such a social order and social atmosphere, it is inevitable that foreign tourists will be killed.
In April 2023, a female Korean vlogger was sexually harassed while filming on Rajasthan's street, and the process was recorded; In March of the same year, a Dutch female tourist was ** convicted and stabbed in GOA; In 2018, a 48-year-old British female tourist claimed to have been ** at GOA; In 2016, an American female tourist claimed to have encountered ** in a hotel in the capital; In 2013, a Swiss female tourist was killed by 6 people**.
This time, India** reacted quickly, and in less than a day, 3 of the 7 suspects were arrested. In **, for the purpose of protecting the suspect's privacy, the three people were put on black sacks on their heads, tied to a thick rope, and pressed into a police car. India** also sent compensation to her husband, and the husband also thanked India** for his full investigation in front of the camera.
International female tourists have been repeatedly subjected to ** or even ** in India, and the Indian side has been forced to respond quickly, while local women may not be so "lucky".
Reports of incidents of women being ** in India have become commonplace. According to the Criminal Records Department of India, 31,516 cases were recorded in 2022, a 20 per cent increase from 2021. According to official data from India**, every 18 minutes, an Indian woman suffers**.
The actual figure is believed to be much higher because Indian women suffer from social stigma and lack of trust in women in India for many years. Women's rights activists say sexual violence is particularly problematic in rural areas, where victims are not only verbally humiliated by their neighbors, but also have difficulty in gaining support from their families.
Mariam Dhawale, a women's rights activist and general secretary of the National Democratic Women's Association of India, said: "Often, victims do not report the case to ** but remain silent in order to avoid further insults. ”
Like the beating incident at the Tangshan barbecue restaurant in China, the case of hurting women in India also divides the society into two factions - there is a strong advocate of reflecting on the phenomenon of Indian society's harm to women, and there is also a faction that opposes "a rat poop scourge the whole pot of porridge".
One of the comments with high likes reads (the publisher is still a woman): "Have you reported the incident to **? If you don't report the crime, he's not responsible. It's not good to just write and denigrate the whole country on social **. ”
The victim couple responded with a direct comment: "In the few years we have lived in India, we have witnessed unprecedented levels of sexual violence. The comment also added an example, "Once, a complete stranger Englishwoman asked for my bed on the train, pretending to be my girlfriend because a man was following her in the hallway".
However, in the follow-up to the encounter, the couple also stressed that they should not let this kind of incident affect anyone's perception of India as a country. They just want the attackers to be "severely punished".
Don't think India is like that, because it's not true," the husband Vincent said in Spanish. "India is a country with a lot of good people. It's a great country to visit. Like all countries, it has its good and bad. ”
As a woman, do you dare to travel to India?