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[[File:50,000 Km on Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|The bicycle tour at [[India Gate]]|alt=Three men on bicycles]] | [[File:50,000 Km on Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|The bicycle tour at [[India Gate]]|alt=Three men on bicycles]] | ||
The mission was started by a Haryana-born food quality officer along with his two friends. The trio started an [[Instagram]] page called "Youth against rape" which quickly gained 50,000 followers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Three friends pedal across country in their mission for a ‘rape-mukt Bharat’|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/three-friends-pedal-across-country-in-their-mission-for-a-rape-mukt-bharat/articleshow/72481765.cms|language=en|date=12 Dec 2019|website=The Times of India|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> As of 2021, it has 332,000 followers.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/youth_against_rape</ref> | The mission was started by a Haryana-born food quality officer along with his two friends. The trio started an [[Instagram]] page called "Youth against rape" which quickly gained 50,000 followers.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Nimesh Khakhariya / TNN / Updated|title=Three friends pedal across country in their mission for a ‘rape-mukt Bharat’|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/three-friends-pedal-across-country-in-their-mission-for-a-rape-mukt-bharat/articleshow/72481765.cms|language=en|date=12 Dec 2019|website=The Times of India|access-date=9 June 2021}}</ref> As of 2021, it has 332,000 followers.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/youth_against_rape</ref> | ||
They set up a non-governmental organization called the Youth Against Injustice Foundation which works on eliminating injustices such as rape, fake rape allegations and sexual abuse from India.<ref>https://ngolist.trustngo.net/youth-against-injustice-foundation</ref><ref>https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/02/riders-in-nagpur-at-the-occasion-of-republic-day</ref> In October 2019, the three started a bicycle tour from Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to promote their mission.<ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/chhattisgarh/jashpuranagar/news/chhattisgarh-news-3-youth-set-out-on-cycle-tour-to-make-india-free-of-misdeeds-070142-6747720.html</ref><ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/originality-will-now-be-seen-in-patna-university39s-research-085653-6832575.html</ref> By December 2019, the three had visited over 160 schools in [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Chhattisgarh|Chattisgarh]] and [[Gujarat]]<ref>https://hindi.news18.com/news/chhattisgarh/jashpur-3-youngsters-quit-engineering-studies-on-rape-free-india-campaign-said-this-in-jashpur-chhattisgarh-cgnt-2905585.html</ref><ref>http://newsdnntv.com/news/cycle-tour-to-rape-free-society</ref><ref>https://thelokniti.com/news/three-youth-left-engineering-studies-and-went-on-rape-free-india-campaign-said-this-in-jashpur</ref><ref>https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/jashpur-jaspur-cg-jaspur-news-jaspur-in-hindi-jaspur-samachar-jaspur-khabr-yuva-pahuche-jaspur-5389522</ref> and aim to travel over 50,000 kilometres in over two years.<ref>https://www.patrika.com/udaipur-news/will-travel-30-thousand-kilometers-in-450-districts-and-villages-of-28-5455125</ref><ref>https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/three-youths-reach-ajmer-in-youth-against-rape-campaign-5312528</ref><ref>https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/youth-against-rape-3-youth-campaign-against-rape-india-tour-on-cycle-5345364</ref><ref>http://sirohiwale.in/news/624/cycle-team-reached-pledge-to-make-india-rape-free-and-get-rid-of-false-accusations</ref> In March 2021, the foundation tweeted some YouTube videos of molesting girls and promoting sexual abuse in the name of prank along with some screenshots of distasteful thumbnails that are viewed by millions on YouTube and demanded strict action. Reacting to their complaint, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma replied that she will take up the issue with YouTube.<ref>https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/crime/photo-gallery-ncw-chief-rekha-sharma-took-cognisance-of-sexual-abuse-prank-videos-by-indian-youtubers-see-photo-crime-viral-youth-against-rape/864208</ref><ref>https://www.ibtimes.co.in/molesting-girls-publicly-touching-inappropriately-name-prank-youtube-creators-gone-too-far-834098</ref> | They set up a non-governmental organization called the Youth Against Injustice Foundation which works on eliminating injustices such as rape, fake rape allegations and sexual abuse from India.<ref>https://ngolist.trustngo.net/youth-against-injustice-foundation</ref><ref>https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/02/riders-in-nagpur-at-the-occasion-of-republic-day</ref> In October 2019, the three started a bicycle tour from Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to promote their mission.<ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/chhattisgarh/jashpuranagar/news/chhattisgarh-news-3-youth-set-out-on-cycle-tour-to-make-india-free-of-misdeeds-070142-6747720.html</ref><ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/originality-will-now-be-seen-in-patna-university39s-research-085653-6832575.html</ref> By December 2019, the three had visited over 160 schools in [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Chhattisgarh|Chattisgarh]] and [[Gujarat]]<ref>https://hindi.news18.com/news/chhattisgarh/jashpur-3-youngsters-quit-engineering-studies-on-rape-free-india-campaign-said-this-in-jashpur-chhattisgarh-cgnt-2905585.html</ref><ref>http://newsdnntv.com/news/cycle-tour-to-rape-free-society</ref><ref>https://thelokniti.com/news/three-youth-left-engineering-studies-and-went-on-rape-free-india-campaign-said-this-in-jashpur</ref><ref>https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/jashpur-jaspur-cg-jaspur-news-jaspur-in-hindi-jaspur-samachar-jaspur-khabr-yuva-pahuche-jaspur-5389522</ref> and aim to travel over 50,000 kilometres in over two years.<ref>https://www.patrika.com/udaipur-news/will-travel-30-thousand-kilometers-in-450-districts-and-villages-of-28-5455125</ref><ref>https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/three-youths-reach-ajmer-in-youth-against-rape-campaign-5312528</ref><ref>https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/youth-against-rape-3-youth-campaign-against-rape-india-tour-on-cycle-5345364</ref><ref>http://sirohiwale.in/news/624/cycle-team-reached-pledge-to-make-india-rape-free-and-get-rid-of-false-accusations</ref> In March 2021, the foundation tweeted some YouTube videos of molesting girls and promoting sexual abuse in the name of prank along with some screenshots of distasteful thumbnails that are viewed by millions on YouTube and demanded strict action. Reacting to their complaint, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma replied that she will take up the issue with YouTube.<ref>https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/crime/photo-gallery-ncw-chief-rekha-sharma-took-cognisance-of-sexual-abuse-prank-videos-by-indian-youtubers-see-photo-crime-viral-youth-against-rape/864208</ref><ref>https://www.ibtimes.co.in/molesting-girls-publicly-touching-inappropriately-name-prank-youtube-creators-gone-too-far-834098</ref> | ||