Rape and sexual assault
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Japan’s top companies cut ties with Johnny Kitagawa’s J-pop agency over sexual abuse scandal
Moves by broadcaster NHK, McDonald’s, Nissan and Suntory follow allegations against late Johnny & Associat…
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Head of Johnny Kitagawa’s J-pop agency resigns over sexual abuse scandal
Julie Fujishima, niece of late pop mogul, apologises and acknowledges agency founder’s abuse for first timeThe…
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‘I can’t just sit there’: the doctor on a mission to win justice for rape survivors in Pakistan
Sexual violence is rife across the country, but Dr Summaiya Syed’s newly opened centre in Karachi offers a ‘gr…
- Adoption, Bangladesh, Global development, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, War crimes, Women's rights and gender equality
‘I’ll never know where I’m from’: plight of the adopted children of Bangladesh’s Birangona women
Thousands of children born to victims of rape during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 were adopted by …
- Delhi, Global development, Global education, Human rights, India, Law, Mumbai, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Student’s sexual assault and murder shows women’s safety in India ‘not a priority’
Despite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nir…
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Video of women attacked in Manipur breaks silence on systematic gang rapes in India
Indians were shocked when social media exposed a mob abusing minority Kuki women. But similar incidents have b…
- Global development, India, Law, Rape and sexual assault, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Now I am happy’: a woman’s 10-year fight for justice against gang-rapists
After a decade of delays and threats, Amena was the last of seven rape survivors resolved to fight. The verdic…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Health, Law, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, War crimes, Women, World Health Organization, World news
‘We lay like corpses. Then the raping began’: 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out
In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women w…
- Law, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Anger as Pakistan court frees rapist after he agrees deal to marry his victim
Dawlat Khan had received a life sentence for the rape of a young deaf woman but a council of elders intervened…
- Americas, Asia Pacific, Canada, China, Music, Rape and sexual assault, Society, Violence against women and girls, World news
Canadian pop star Kris Wu sentenced to 13 years in jail for rape in China
Beijing court finds Chinese-born singer raped three women in November and December 2020A Beijing court has sen…
- India, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, World news
India: two teenage sisters raped and murdered in Uttar Pradesh
Six men charged over deadly attack on girls, aged 15 and 17, of Dalit casteTwo sisters in Uttar Pradesh have b…
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Protests in India over release of 11 men jailed for gang rape
Demonstrators demand Gujarat government revoke decision on men convicted over rape of Muslim woman Bilkis Bano…
- India, Narendra Modi, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, World news
Muslim woman raped by Hindu mob shocked by release of 11 jailed men
Gujarat frees men serving life sentences for rape, and for murder of three-year-old daughter and other relativ…
- Global development, Law, Nepal, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women, World news
Nepali woman’s account of rape prompts wave of protest over laws
Calls grow for repeal of statute of limitations and widening of definition of rape after former model makes al…
- Domestic violence, Global development, Human rights, Law, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Tycoon’s son sentenced to death in Pakistan in high-profile rape and murder case
Zahir Jaffer tortured and beheaded Noor Mukadam, in July last year, in case that sparked outrage over violence…