Indian Police Fire Water Cannons on Women Protesting Sexual Violence

Police in India used water cannons on Monday to disrupt a crowd of several hundred people, most of whom were women, protesting a recent rise in violence against females.

Protesters gathered outside the offices of the regions’s Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, calling for an end to violence against women and girls, when police descended on the crowd and fired water cannons to disperse the protest.

"We're not going to sleep, we'll be here, they have to stop this," one protester told an Indian TV network. "We're going to stay here, we're not going to give up," said another.