Should India ban #IndiasDaughter?

On Wednesday evening, viewers in the United Kingdom were able to watch a documentary called 'India's Daughter'. The film features an interview with a man facing the death penalty over the 2012 rape and murder of a medical student on a bus in Delhi, in which he expresses no regrets for his actions.

A court order is preventing any part of the film from being broadcast in India - and the country's home minister has even threatened action against the BBC for airing the film on UK soil.

On social media, many are using the hashtags #BanBBC, #IndiasDaughter, and #NirbhayaInsulted to share their reaction to the ban - and whilst some have called for tough action against the BBC, others have said rape and ignorance - not a film - should be banned from Indian society.

But was the BBC right in including an interview with a convicted rapist? Is India right in banning the broadcast of the film? Or is this instead - as some say - a wider symptom of the country's reluctance to address the issue of violence against women?

Photo: Antirape protest in New Delhi (AP)