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The Fifth Floor: India shamed:  Manipur women speak up

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Manipur omen protest against sexual violence

28/07/2023 GMT

India shamed:  Manipur women speak up

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, India shamed:  Manipur women speak up

Why women in India’s Manipur state are speaking out about sexual violence

‘Women’s bodies have become the battlefields’: BBC Delhi’s Divya Arya meets the women speaking out about sexual violence in Manipur.

It’s been two months since violence in Manipur broke out between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki communities. When a video emerged showing two women being sexually assaulted, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it ‘shamed’ India.  BBC Delhi's Divya Arya has covered women’s affairs for many years, and explains how in Manipur, as in many other inter-community conflicts, women’s bodies have become the battlefield.  

Liang Shi - China's "No.1 Gaokao holdout"
China’s Gaokao university entrance exam is notoriously tough, but one man claims to have sat it, and failed, 27 times.  Fan Wang of BBC Chinese shares Mr Liang’s story.   

Nepalis joining the Russian army 
A growing number of young Nepalese men have enlisted with the Russian army, tempted by offers of good pay and a fast track to citizenship.  BBC Nepali’s Swechhya Raut spoke to some of those who have signed up about their experiences.  

Power cuts and water shortages in South Africa 
South Africa has been experiencing regular electricity blackouts which in turn have affected water supplies, with some South Africans drilling boreholes on their properties. Pumza Fihlani from BBC Johannesburg explains the long history behind the crisis. 
 
Syrian refugees in Turkey
Turkey is home to more than 3.3 million Syrians who fled because of war and insecurity. But there's growing pressure on them to go back, with many in the Turkish press and social media arguing that Syria is now safe.  Nihan Kalle of BBC Monitoring reports on a popular Turkish travel vlogger whose videos from Syria reinforce this narrative.

(Photo: Women protest against sexual violence in India's north-eastern state of Manipur following inter-communal violence and sexual assault. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

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