"India's Supreme Court Reverses Early Release for Bilkis Bano Gang Rape Convicts"
India's Supreme Court has overturned a state government's decision to release 11 men convicted of gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002, ordering them to return to jail. The men, part of a Hindu mob, were sentenced to life in prison for the gang rape and murder of Bilkis Bano and her family. The decision to release them after serving 14 years sparked outrage and protests across India, with the court ruling the state government lacked the authority to grant remission. The move has been celebrated as a restoration of the rule of law and a victory for women's rights in a country where a woman is raped every 17 minutes.