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20/06/2015

The Feminist Who Exposes Rapists on YouTube

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The Indian campaigner who set out to ‘shame’ rapists online

The Indian campaigner who was so outraged by rape videos she found circulating on a private chat app, that she posted them on YouTube for the world to see.

In India, a woman discovered that men were sharing videos of rape on WhatsApp, a private chat app. In response, she uploaded the videos to YouTube to ‘shame’ the rapists, but was she right to do so?
 
We ask why the president of Uzbekistan suddenly changed the names of stations in the capital. He gave passengers no prior warning, and so many passengers missed their stop.

And, find out how the ancient art of calligraphy is experiencing a renaissance on social media. We meet one star calligrapher whose handwriting videos have won him thousands of followers. Joining us in the studio is Venera Koichieva from the BBC’s Central Asian Unit.

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