The United States has said it is "horrified" at reports of sexual violence and murders in India and it also applauded the role of individuals, government officials and civil society groups working to protect the survivors.
"Like so many in India, we were horrified to learn of these violent sexual assaults and murders. Our thoughts are with the victims families during this difficult time," State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf said on Tuesday.
Harf was responding to questions on the brutal gangrape and murder of two teenaged girls last week in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district.
"As we have said, changing laws and changing attitudes is hard work," she said. However, Obama administration had praised the role of government officials along with civil society groups working to protect the survivors in the country.
"We applaud the many individuals, government officials, and civil society groups in India that are working to protect the survivors, to prevent gender-based violence, to help it try to change what is really hard to change," she added.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has strongly condemned the rape and murder of the two Dalit girls, calling it a "horrendous crime" and stressed that all citizens should be protected by law.
"The rape and death of the two girls, who were hanged from a tree, is a horrendous crime. There are some incidents (where) words are difficult to choose. It was clearly a horrendous incident," Stephane Dujjaric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, said."
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