Protests in India against release of 11 convicted rapists

Men freed on 75th anniversary of national independence

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People in New Delhi chanted slogans and sang songs in solidarity with the victim during protests against the release of convicted rapists. © AP

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Hundreds of people on Saturday held demonstrations in several parts of India to protest a recent government decision to free 11 men who had been jailed for life for gang raping a Muslim woman during India's devastating 2002 religious riots.

The protesters in the country's capital, New Delhi, chanted slogans and demanded the government in the western state of Gujarat rescind the decision. They also sang songs in solidarity with the victim.

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