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India news channel in on-air protest against rape documentary ban
Source: The Guardian
India news channel in on-air protest against rape documentary ban
Maseeh Rahman in Delhi
Sunday 8 March 2015 18.36 GMT
A news channel in India banned by the government from showing a controversial documentary about the fatal gang rape of a young woman in Delhi responded with a powerful hour-long on-air protest on Sunday night.
Leslee Udwin’s documentary India’s Daughter was due to be shown on the Indian news channel NDTV on International Women’s Day, but the screening was cancelled after the government in Delhi went to court to ban the film in India.
The ban forced tens of thousands of Indians to turn to the internet to see the film. And the response of viewers was overwhelmingly against the ban on the film about the horrific gang rape of a student in December 2012.
For the hour during which the film was due to air on Sunday night, NDTV instead displayed the title of the film in red and white against a black background, illuminated only by a traditional oil wicker lamp normally used in Hindu religious ceremonies.
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Maseeh Rahman in Delhi
Sunday 8 March 2015 18.36 GMT
A news channel in India banned by the government from showing a controversial documentary about the fatal gang rape of a young woman in Delhi responded with a powerful hour-long on-air protest on Sunday night.
Leslee Udwin’s documentary India’s Daughter was due to be shown on the Indian news channel NDTV on International Women’s Day, but the screening was cancelled after the government in Delhi went to court to ban the film in India.
The ban forced tens of thousands of Indians to turn to the internet to see the film. And the response of viewers was overwhelmingly against the ban on the film about the horrific gang rape of a student in December 2012.
For the hour during which the film was due to air on Sunday night, NDTV instead displayed the title of the film in red and white against a black background, illuminated only by a traditional oil wicker lamp normally used in Hindu religious ceremonies.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/08/india-news-channel-banned-from-showing-gang-documentary
