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Thousands of children born to victims of rape during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 were adopted by foreign families. Now, many want to discover their rootsThe Bangladeshi children who say they were wrongly taken for adoptionJane Radika was s…
Read MoreDespite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rapeThe list of complaints made by female students living at the women’s hostel in the south of Mumbai is depressingly long and go…
Read MoreWomen in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur set fire to the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case, in which two women, who belong to the minority Kuki tribe, were dragged onto the streets, paraded naked and allegedly gang raped by mem…
Read MorePolice say further arrests expected as attack captured in viral video prompts nationwide outrageFour men have been arrested in connection with the case of two women who were stripped naked, publicly paraded and allegedly gang raped in the Indian state…
Read MorePeople are united to end military dictatorship but international support is needed, Naw Hser Hser saysThe crisis in Myanmar should be referred to the international criminal court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including widespread sexual v…
Read MoreBody of teenager lay untouched until police informant passed by, raising fresh concerns about women’s safety The killing of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi who was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in an alley as pedestrians walked on has sparked outrage ove…
Read MoreExiled Afghan psychologist Mariam is desperately trying to trace 15 domestic abuse survivors she was helping before the Taliban seized controlFor more than a year, Mariam*, an Afghan psychologist, has been trying to trace Farzana* and 14 other female s…
Read MoreAs the Taliban denies women access to any schooling, there has been a rise in students being married off to ease family povertyIt is six weeks since the Taliban closed the door on girls’ education across Afghanistan and Zeina’s last vestiges of hope fo…
Read MoreMuslim reporter Siddique Kappan had been charged under draconian anti-terrorism lawsIndian journalist Siddique Kappan, who was held in jail for two years without trial, has walked free after being granted bail in a case human rights groups alleged was …
Read MorePeople have marched outside Kabul University in Afghanistan’s capital against the Taliban’s decision to ban female students from university. Women marched the streets shouting ‘everyone or no one’ after the ban was announced by the higher education min…
Read MoreBeijing court finds Chinese-born singer raped three women in November and December 2020A Beijing court has sentenced the Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes including rape, just over a year afte…
Read MoreNotice issued to Rajasthan state government demanding police inquiry into ‘abominable’ practiceYoung girls in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan are being sold as “repayment” for loans their parents cannot afford, the national body that protects hu…
Read MoreAssault by Chen Jizhi and his friends on 10 June has sparked a national debate over gender-based violenceThe main perpetrator of an assault against a group of women at a barbecue restaurant in China has been sentenced to 24 years in prison, after the c…
Read MoreSix men charged over deadly attack on girls, aged 15 and 17, of Dalit casteTwo sisters in Uttar Pradesh have been found raped, murdered and hanging from a tree in the latest incident of sexual violence to shock India.The bodies of the girls, aged 15 an…
Read MoreMuslim journalist Siddique Kappan arrested while covering gang-rape and killing of Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh A journalist who has been in jail for nearly two years for trying to meet the family of a young Dalit woman allegedly gang-raped in Hathras …
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