Fresh anti-rape protests in Delhi; 5-year-old victim improving

Anti-rape protesters staged fresh rallies Sunday sparked by the brutal rape of an abducted five-year-old Indian girl in New Delhi, as doctors said the victim was showing signs of "improvement".

A team of doctors at New Delhi's top government hospital are treating the child and officials said that she was in "stable condition".
The attack on the five-year-old and the following public revulsion was reminiscent of the horrifying gang-rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus last December, who died from her injuries.

That case led to weeks of protests and a national debate over the status of women in India, putting the spotlight on the high incidence of sexual violence.