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India Rebuffs 'Simplistic' UN Criticism Over Sex Crimes

India has rebuffed accusations by a U.N. investigator that sex crimes are rife in the world's biggest democracy, calling her analysis “simplistic” and full of “sweeping generalizations”. India's large northern state of Uttar Pradesh has seen a wave of violence and sex crimes, including the rape and murder of two girls aged 12 and 14, which stirred national outrage. The United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, said violence against...

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