STOCKHOLM — Thousands of diaspora Indians were protesting in more than 130 cities across 25 countries on Sunday (Sept 8), organisers said, to demand justice after last month's rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in the city of Kolkata.

The protests started in large and small groups across Japan, Australia, Taiwan and Singapore, before spreading to cities in several European countries. Sixty were planned in the US

They added to ongoing protests around India after the Aug 9 killing of the 31-year-old postgraduate student of chest medicine.

A suspect has been arrested along with the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College where the victim was studying.

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