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| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric [PHOTO: DPI/UN] |
Ban's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said these while stressing the need for men to get involved in halting violence against women.
He refused to further comment on the remarks made by Mukesh Singh, the driver of the bus in which the 23-year-old paramedical student was brutally gangraped by six men on December 16, 2012.
"I'm not going to comment on the unspeakable comments that were made by the person accused of raping this girl, but I think the Secretary-General has spoken very clearly on the need to halt violence against women and on the need for men to get involved in halting violence against women and decrying it loud and clear every time it occurs," Dujarric told reporters.
In an interview for a BBC documentary on the rape of the girl, Singh appeared unrepentant for the abhorrent crime.
Meanwhile, the Indian government has banned the documentary on the 2012 gang rape 'India's Daughter' follwing wide public outrage over documentary.
The government has secured a court injunction to stop the airing of the documentary across all media platforms in India.