Rape in India is not a new topic by any means, but it is one that is getting more and more media coverage in recent years, after a number of high profile, horrific stories have come to the world’s attention. Sunday was another dark day for India’s women with three more heartbreaking stories being reported. According to CNN, a 14-year-old girl died after being forced to drink acid in a second rape by the same man who attacked her the first time. He was out on bail awaiting trial when he allegedly attacked her again and made her drink the chemicals. After becoming ill and being admitted to the hospital in June, she passed away on Sunday.

Also on Sunday, the Indian Express report that a 4-year-old girl was raped by her 28-year-old neighbor in what they described as a “brutal” attack. The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament in India, condemned the attack, and members were demanding stronger punishment for those who commit these disgusting crimes.

In another attack, also on Sunday, the New York Times reports that a 25-year-old Israeli tourist was abducted by six men while she was trying to hail a taxi and taken to a more remote area where she was raped by at least two of the men. Two men have already been apprehended and the police are looking for four more.

TW: rape. Because she dared demand justice, a Dalit (lower caste) woman was gang raped twice by same men https://t.co/QucigyzUx7 #India — Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) July 18, 2016

Last week, the BBC reported that a 21-year-old student who had been gang raped three years ago was abducted and raped again by the same men. The woman has actively been pursuing a case against the men, and her abduction was retaliation for daring to pursue justice. She was viciously attacked and left for dead in some bushes when a passerby saw her and took her to the hospital.

With the exception of the tourist, all of the victims of these rapes have been members of the poor low-caste Dalit (formerly known as untouchables). According to CNN, a woman or child is sexually assaulted every 22 minutes in India but the vast majority of these cases don’t make “mainstream media” coverage. It takes truly horrifying cases, such as the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a bus in India four years ago, to spark widespread outrage and international coverage. Despite the firestorm that erupted after that case, it appears very little has changed.

Protest against India's handling of rape cases. [Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images]

The case of the 23-year-old woman attacked on a bus prompted days of protests and demonstrations by both men and women, demanding stronger rape sentences and better handling by police. It also sparked the documentary India’s Daughter which has streamed on Netflix, that highlights not only the case of the young medical student, but the plight of women around the country. The documentary paints a bleak picture of the treatment of rape in India, but the widespread protests and response from the Indian government to the attack, provided a measure of hope that things might begin to change.

In May of this year, a 30-year-old law student known as ‘Jisha’ was tortured, raped and killed in her home, prompting more outrage and protest. Police were slow to act in the high profile case, leading to accusations that because the woman was Dalit, the police simply didn’t care. In fact, there was no action on the case until after the media picked it up and began to report on it according to the Telegraph.

There are no easy solutions to widespread issues like the rape of women and children in India, but tougher sentences and more enforcement of the cases seems like an obvious place to start. Until those things begin to happen, there will likely be many more of these horrific cases in the news.

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