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Indian Parliament approved a bill on Tuesday to try 16-18 year olds as adults for the most heinous crimes. This comes amid a storm of protest over the release of one of the six men who raped and murdered a 23-year old student on a moving bus in December 2012. …

A media ban on using the real name of the 2012 gang rape victim (previously known under the pseudonym “Nirbhaya”) in efforts to protect the murdered victim’s family from shame appears to have done just the opposite.  Silencing the victim’s identity also silenced the truth. Akshaya Mishra explains how the state covered …