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Most of us are following it closely,” she says, gesturing towards the three girls sitting alongside, who like her are rape survivors. “By remaining anonymous, we are only letting rapists gain strength.” Other heads nod in assent.?Whether or not to disclose the identity of a rape survivor has for long been a grey area in the judicial system. “He then filed a petition accusing me of violating section 228 A by disclosing the identity of rape survivors in public forums. The man in order to harass us filed RTIs and dug up instances where I had participated in panel discussions with our rape survivors post the Nirbhaya incident,” she says. “Just because a girl is a rape survivor, her right to expression under Article 19 of the Constitution cannot be snatched away Remember, she is the victim of a crime, not a criminal..