advice needed for a friend in danger (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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hey all, my friend lives in india and is in serious danger. a family member rapes them and has explicit imagery of them which they hold over their head if they ever speak out. no one in their family would believe them, the police dont care where tjeyre from, and the rapist is a wealthy violent criminal. i know it's distressing but what advice / help can you think of? im keeping them anonymous for obvious reasons. her life is ruined by this, it's been going on for years. she has given me permission to post this

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[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

This would be good advice for general cases, but it seems like you didn't read the details of their post. In her situation your advice could be extremely dangerous to her.

[-] Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

You may well be right. I do not have enough familiarity with the situation in India.

I think the principles still apply, but how to carry them out might well be very different.

Thank you for your comment.

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