Members of the Transparency International Bangladesh group stand in a human chain during a protest in Dhaka, following Nusrat Jahan Rafi’s murder by being set on fire after she had reported a sexual assault. – AFP pic, April 21, 2019
BANGLADESH has ordered some 27,000 schools to set up committees to prevent sexual violence, an official said today, after a teenager who accused a teacher of sexual harassment was burned to death. The killing of 19-year-old Nusrat Jahan Rafi has sparked outrage across the South Asian nation of 165 million people and put police action in the case under the spotlight.
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