Thousands take to streets in 25 countries: Protests over Kolkata rape-murder erupt across 130 cities

A night before the crucial hearing on Monday at the Supreme Court, thousands of protesters gathered in West Bengal to protest against the rape and murder of the junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. (Photo/Agencies)

The call was for another “Reclaim the Night” where people were invited to hit the streets under the theme of 'Shashoker Ghum Bhangate Notun Ganer Bhor' (New song of dawn to wake the rulers out of slumber), quite similar to the call of 'Meyera Raat Dakhol Koro' (women reclaim the night) on the midnight of Independence Day this year. (Photo/Agencies)

Slogans demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim reverberated through the air at the stroke of midnight across Kolkata and many other cities and towns in West Bengal. (Photo/Agencies)

Protesters, both women and men, young and old took to the streets, forming human chains, writing graffiti on the roads, holding burning torches and singing the national anthem as many waved the tricolour, the only flag allowed in the apolitical rallies across the state by the civil society, to register their protest against the murder of the young doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital a month ago on August 9. (Photo/Agencies)

In an unprecedented show of solidarity and a singular demand for justice, members of the civil society came out on the streets in thousands in numerous places in Kolkata and its suburbs, and in cities such as Siliguri, Durgapur and Kharagpur, as also in the district towns of Balurghat, Purulia, Cooch Behar, and other small towns and hamlets. (Photo/Agencies)

Supporters of archrivals East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting, who came together on the day a derby match between the first two clubs was cancelled on August 18 with the police administration apprehending protests at the Salt Lake stadium venue over the rape-murder of the doctor, were on the streets in Kolkata, saying "our only demand is justice for R G Kar victim". (Photo/Agencies)

A human chain spanning nearly 14 km was formed from Shyambazar in north Kolkata to Sodepur in the suburbs. People from all walks of life, from students and teachers, white collar job holders such as IT professionals to rickshaw pullers joined the chorus for justice. (Photo/Agencies)