#sakshimalik — Public Fediverse posts
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Sakshi Malik, in her memoir 'Witness', reveals incidents of sexual harassment, including one by former Wrestling Federation chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. After winning gold at the 2012 Asian Junior Championship, Singh allegedly tried to molest her. Malik, along with other women wrestlers, accused Singh of multiple harassment incidents, leading to court charges against him.
#SakshiMalik #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/everyone-knew-sakshi-malik-opens-up-about-sex-harassment-in-memoir/articleshow/114383392.cms -
‘Today we can stand without fear, look Brij Bhushan in the eye, and tell him — we are not going anywhere’: Vinesh Phogat
“The framing of charges (sexual harassment and outraging modesty of women) against former WFI president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is a win for us but our battle will continue in court,” writes Vinesh Phogat.
#VineshPhogat #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualHarassment #BJP #WFI #SakshiMalik #SexualAssault #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india
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Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia React Sharply as BJP Fields Brij Bhushan’s Son
'It is the misfortune of the country that daughters who win medals will be dragged on the streets and the son of the person who sexually exploits them will be honoured by giving him a ticket,' Punia wrote on X.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #BrijBhushanSingh #KaranBhushanSingh #kaiserganj #SexualHarassment #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #WFI #wrestling #sport #ViolenceAgainstWomen #UttarPradesh #twitter #india
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Wrestler Sakshi Malik listed among 100 most influential people by Time magazine
Sakshi, India's only female Olympic medallist in wrestling, has been honoured for her relentless fight against alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
#SakshiMalik #WrestlersProtest #WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #BJP #SexualHarassment #TimeMagazine #wrestling #sport #india
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Tennis star Somdev Devvarman on wrestlers’ protest: ‘Athletes are being silenced for speaking up’
The former India tennis star Devvarman also asserted that the people at the top of the sports federations are not the best people suited for the job.
#WFI #SexualHarassment #SexualAssault #wrestling #sport #WrestlersProtest #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #SanjaySingh #BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india
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‘Are We Traitors, PM Modi?’ Asks Vinesh Phogat As She Returns Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award
In her letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Phogat referred to Sakshi Malik's retirement from wrestling as well as Bajrang Punia's giving up his Padma Shri, and said she now felt revulsed by her own awards.
#WFI #VineshPhogat #KhelRatna #ArjunaAward #PadmaShri #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #BrijBhushanSingh #SanjaySingh #SexualHarassment #sport #wrestling #WrestlersProtest #BJP #NarendraModi #hindutva #india
https://thewire.in/rights/vinesh-phogat-writes-to-pm-modi-returns-awards
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Has BJP MP, Ex-WFI Head Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Been Brought Down a Peg or Two?
The short answer: No. The question is, has he in fact been upgraded?
#WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualHarassment #ViolenceAgainstWomen #BJP #SanjaySingh #DelhiPolice #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #padmashri #hindutva #wrestling #sport #india
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Wrestling: Bajrang Punia returns Padma Shri in protest against Brij Bhushan aide winning election
Bajrang Punia was conferred with the Padma Shri award in 2019.
#wrestling #WFI #WrestlersProtest #BajrangPunia #PadmaShri #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualAssault #SakshiMalik #VineshPhogat #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #hindutva #sport #india
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Sakshi Malik Quits Wrestling, Vinesh Phogat Breaks Down After Brij Bhushan Aide Sanjay Singh Becomes WFI Chief
Sanjay Singh, who is a close aide of tainted former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, defeated Anita Sheoran in the elections held on December 21.
#SakshiMalik #WrestlersProtest #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualAssault #SanjaySingh #WFI #BJP #sport #wrestling #ViolenceAgainstWomen #hindutva #india
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Brij Bhushan Singh sexually harassed wrestlers at every opportunity: Cops tell court
In the alleged sexual harassment case lodged against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Delhi police said that Singh never missed an opportunity to sexually harass women wrestlers.
#BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #VinodTomar #WFI #SexualHarassment #WrestlersProtest #DelhiPolice #SakshiMalik #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #wrestling #sport #ViolenceAgainstWomen #hindutva #india
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Charges should have been framed, women wrestlers tell court
The counsel representing the wrestlers claimed Brij Bhushan and suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar were never exonerated by the ‘oversight committee’.
#BrijBhushanSingh #VinodTomar #WFI #SexualAssault #SakshiMalik #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #SexualHarassment #BJP #hindutva #sport #wrestling #india
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Enough Evidence Available to Try Brij Bhushan in Sexual Harassment Case, Delhi Police Tells Court
The public prosecutor urged the court to frame charges against the BJP MP. He also dismissed Singh's submission in the court that he 'had no sexual intent' when he hugged wrestlers.
#BrijBhushanSingh #WrestlersProtest #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #WFI #DelhiPolice #SexualHarassment #BJP #hindutva #ViolenceAgainstWomen #wrestling #sport #india
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Wrestlers’ sexual harassment case: Brij Bhushan Singh gets interim bail
Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s co-accused Vinod Tomar, the former WFI assistant secretary, was also granted interim bail.
#WrestlersProtest #SexualAssault #BrijBhushanSingh #VinodTomar #SexualHarassment #ViolenceAgainstWomen #BJP #WFI #sports #wrestling #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #india
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'Fight to Continue in Court Instead of on the Streets,' Say Top Wrestlers
Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia had been the faces of a 38-day protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar against the WFI chief and BJP bigwig Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. On June 15, Delhi Police submitted a charge sheet in this regard.
#delhi #WrestlersProtest #SexualAssault #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #sport #wrestling #india
https://thewire.in/rights/vinesh-phogat-sakshi-malik-bajrang-punia
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'PM's Silence Emotionally Draining', Says Vinesh Phogat; Wrestlers Allege Efforts to Break Them
Delhi Police has allegedly asked two of the complainants who had alleged that BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh would molest them for 'photos, audio and video' as evidence.
#WrestlersProtest #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualAssault #NarendraModi #sport #wrestling #BJP #hindutva #india
https://thewire.in/rights/wrestlers-protest-vinesh-phogat-sakshi-malik-brij-bhushan-narendra-modi
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Good to see Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia standing up for the fight !
#Wrestlers #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #AmitShah
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/wrestling/wrestlers-sakshi-malik-bajrang-punia-resume-government-duty-after-meeting-amit-shah/articleshow/100762815.cms -
WFI sexual harassment case: Wrestlers will announce mahapanchayat soon, says Bajrang Punia
Olympic medal-winning Bajrang Punia made the declaration while sharing the stage with former J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik and RLD Chief Jayant Chaudhary.
#WrestlersProtest #WFI #SexualAssault #SexualHarassment #BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #SakshiMalik #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #mahapanchayat #sport #wrestling #india
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Wrestlers’ protest: Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat meet Amit Shah
Olympian wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and others reportedly had a late-night meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his official residence in Delhi on June 3.
#WrestlersProtest #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #SexualAssault #SexualHarassment #BrijBhushanSingh #AmitShah #BJP #WFI #ViolenceAgainstWomen #sport #wrestling #india
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‘You did nothing’: Mahua Moitra calls out PM Modi for not acting on wrestler’s complaint
MP Mahua Moitra shared a screenshot from one of the FIRs against Brij Bhushan over alleged sexual harassment, where one of the complainants mentions meeting PM Modi in his office in 2021.
#WrestlersProtest #SexualAssault #SexualHarassment #BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #NarendraModi #modi #MahuaMoitra #TMC #ViolenceAgainstWomen #WFI #sport #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #india
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UP BJP legislators help Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh mobilise crowd
BJP legislators in UP's Devipatan region where BJP MP Brijbhushan Singh's writ runs large, are coming out in his support and are helping him mobilise crowds for a mega rally he is planning to organise in Ayodhya on June 5.
#UttarPradesh #devipatan #BJP #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualAssault #SexualHarassment #SakshiMalik #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #POCSO #ayodhya #hindutva #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india
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A Desperate Act Reveals the Dwindling Room for Dissent in India
Their protest dispersed, female wrestlers who have accused a powerful official of sexual harassment went to the Ganges intending to throw away their Olympic medals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/world/asia/india-wrestler-protest.html
#WrestlersProtest #WFI #SexualAssault #BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #sport #wrestling #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia#SexualHarassment #POCSO #dissent #hindutva #democracy #india
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Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 moved from New Delhi to Astana, Kazakhstan
The 36th edition of the continental meet was originally scheduled from March 28 to April 2 in India.
"[United World Wrestling] was forced to change the host of the continental championships due to the recent developments in Indian wrestling and a pending inquiry by the Indian sports ministry against the Wrestling Federation of India," a press release on the UWW website stated.
#UWW #WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #POCSO #SexualAssault #SexualHarassment #WrestlersProtest #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #ViolenceAgainstWomen #BJP #sport #hindutva #india
https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-wrestling-championships-2023-venue-change-new-delhi-astana
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Ayodhya seers back Brij Bhushan, seek amendment to POCSO Act
Coming out in support of outgoing president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Saran Singh, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment of female wrestlers, seers in Ayodhya on Monday said the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was being misused and needed to be amended urgently.
#BrijBhushanSingh #WrestlersProtest #POCSO #WFI #SakshiMalik #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #SexualAssault #SexualHarassment #ayodhya #india
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Protesting Wrestlers to Immerse Their Medals in the Ganga, Go on Indefinite Hunger Strike
"These medals are our lives, our souls. There will be no reason to live after throwing them in the Ganga today."
#WrestlersProtest #SexualAssault #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualHarassment #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SakshiMalik #VineshPhogat #BajrangPunia #BJP #hindutva #ganges #india
https://thewire.in/women/wrestlers-protest-medals-ganga-hunger-strike
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Vinesh Phogat: ‘Like many other girls, I had to suffer silently all these years because of this man…why Brij Bhushan’s being protected is anyone’s guess’
As the wrestlers’ protest enters its second month, its face and voice, World Championship medallist and Asian Games Gold Vinesh Phogat, breaks her silence.
#WFI #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualHarassment #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #ViolenceAgainstWomen #WrestlersProtest #BJP #sport #wrestling #india
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Will take wrestlers agitation global, says Vinesh Phogat
Since April 23, India’s ace wrestlers - Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, have been protesting at Jantar Mantar over sexual harassment allegations against Mr. Singh.
#WFI #WrestlersProtest #BrijBhushanSingh #SexualHarassment #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #sport #ViolenceAgainstWomen #BJP #india
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Protesting Wrestlers Write Letter To Women Leaders Seeking Support
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat said no woman parliamentarian from the ruling party has come to talk to protesting wrestlers. Now, the athletes have decided to write to the women leaders urging them to hear and seek support in their fight for the dignity of women.
#WFI #SexualHarassment #BrijBhushanSingh #WrestlersProtest #VineshPhogat #SakshiMalik #BajrangPunia #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #WomensRights #sport #hindutva #india
https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/protesting-wrestlers-pen-open-letter/
