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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 name="instagram">{{cite web|title=@youth_against_rape|url=https://www.instagram.com/youth_against_rape |website=www.instagram.com|accessdate=9 June 2021|language=en}}</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|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 name="instagram">{{cite web|title=@youth_against_rape|url=https://www.instagram.com/youth_against_rape |website=www.instagram.com|accessdate=9 June 2021|language=en}}</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>{{Cite web|title=Youth Against Injustice Foundation|url=https://ngolist.net/youth-against-injustice-foundation|date=3 Oct 2019|website=www.ngolist.net|access-date=2021-06-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Here’s How This Team Of Young Riders Celebrated Republic Day With An Awareness Campaign|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/02/riders-in-nagpur-at-the-occasion-of-republic-day|date=4 Feb 2020|website=Youth Ki Awaaz|accessdate=9 June 2021|language=en}}</ref> In October 2019, the three started a bicycle tour from Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to promote their mission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=दुष्कर्ममुक्त भारत बनाने के लिए 3 युवा साइकिल यात्रा पर निकले|url=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|website=Dainik Bhaskar|date=2020-03-01|accessdate=9 June 2021|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-14|title=पटना यूनिवर्सिटी की रिसर्च में अब दिखेगी ओरिजनलिटी|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/originality-will-now-be-seen-in-patna-university39s-research-085653-6832575.html|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref> By December 2019, the three had visited over 160 schools in [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Chhattisgarh|Chattisgarh]] and [[Gujarat]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=इंजीनियरिंग की पढ़ाई छोड़ रेप फ्री इंडिया अभियान पर निकाले 3 युवा, जशपुर में कही ये बात|url=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|access-date=2021-06-09|website=News18 India|date=2020-03-01|language=hi}}</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>{{Cite web|title=Youth Against Injustice Foundation|url=https://ngolist.net/youth-against-injustice-foundation|date=3 Oct 2019|website=www.ngolist.net|access-date=2021-06-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Here’s How This Team Of Young Riders Celebrated Republic Day With An Awareness Campaign|url=https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/02/riders-in-nagpur-at-the-occasion-of-republic-day|date=4 Feb 2020|website=Youth Ki Awaaz|accessdate=9 June 2021|language=en}}</ref> In October 2019, the three started a bicycle tour from Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to promote their mission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=दुष्कर्ममुक्त भारत बनाने के लिए 3 युवा साइकिल यात्रा पर निकले|url=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|website=Dainik Bhaskar|date=2020-03-01|accessdate=9 June 2021|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-14|title=पटना यूनिवर्सिटी की रिसर्च में अब दिखेगी ओरिजनलिटी|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/originality-will-now-be-seen-in-patna-university39s-research-085653-6832575.html|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref> By December 2019, the three had visited over 160 schools in [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Chhattisgarh|Chattisgarh]] and [[Gujarat]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=इंजीनियरिंग की पढ़ाई छोड़ रेप फ्री इंडिया अभियान पर निकाले 3 युवा, जशपुर में कही ये बात|url=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|access-date=2021-06-09|website=News18 India|date=2020-03-01|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=बलात्कार मुक्त समाज के लिए साइकिल यात्रा|url=http://newsdnntv.com/news/cycle-tour-to-rape-free-society|access-date=2021-06-09|website=www.newsdnntv.com|language=hi}}</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>


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