The month in review

Abstract

INDIA Dec. 16 - The rape of a 23-year-old woman by a group of men on a bus in New Delhi sparks mass demonstrations in the capital demanding a crackdown on a national epidemic of sexual assault and harassment. The measure is seen as retaliation for the US Congress's passage of the Magnitsky Act, a law imposing sanctions on Russian authorities linked to the death in custody of a lawyer who pressed allegations of a massive fraud by tax officials.