The United Nations has criticized the Sudanese government for imprisoning journalists who reported on the alleged rape of an aid worker in the country. Last week, a Sudanese court sentenced a journalist to one month in prison for writing about the alleged rape of a female political activist by Sudanese security forces. Another journalist who […]
UN Criticizes Sudan for Jailing Journalists Who Wrote Rape Story
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
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UN Report: Congo Troops Blamed for Mass Rape
Posted July 22nd, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
United Nations investigators say it appears Democratic Republic of Congo troops carried out a mass rape during a two-day rampage that terrorized villagers in North Kivu province. A report Friday by the U.N. human rights office says at least 47 women in the villages of Bushani and Kalambahiro were sexually assaulted and raped on December […]
New York Prosecutors Want Alleged French Rape Victim to Testify in Strauss-Kahn Case
Posted July 21st, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
New York prosecutors investigating a Manhattan hotel maid’s rape allegations against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn want a French writer who made similar claims to come to the United States to testify. Writer Tristane Banon’s attorney, David Koubbi, filed the complaint against Strauss-Kahn with the Paris prosecutor’s office earlier this month. It accuses […]
UN Says 150 Women Raped in DRC
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 9:25 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations says more than 150 women in the Democratic Republic of Congo were raped during a two-day attack in South Kivu province this month. In a statement Thursday, the U.N.’s special representative on combating sexual violence, Margot Wallstrom, blamed the attack on undisciplined Congolese security forces. She said former rebels in Congo are […]
Aid Group Decries Mass Rape in DR Congo
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
A medical aid group says more than 100 women in the Democratic Republic of Congo were raped during a two-day attack in South Kivu province this month.. Doctors Without Borders says the rapes took place around the town of Fizi on June 10 through June 12. A regional official with the group, Megan Hunter, said […]
Aid Group Decries Mass Rape in DR Congo
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 1:05 pm (UTC-5)
A medical aid group says more than 100 women in the Democratic Republic of Congo were raped during a two-day attack in South Kivu province this month.. Doctors Without Borders says the rapes took place around the town of Fizi from June 10 to June 12. A regional official with the group, Megan Hunter, said […]
Kachin Exiles Accuse Burmese Forces of Systematic Rape
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
A Burmese exile group is accusing government forces of systematically raping and sometimes killing women during its advance on strongholds of an ethnic rebel group. In a press release issued late Tuesday, The Kachin Women’s Association Thailand says at least 18 women and girls were gang-raped in a nine-day period after the offensive began on […]
Indian State Leader Vows to Probe Attacks on Women
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 12:30 pm (UTC-5)
The leader of a state in northern India is vowing to take tough action after a number of brutal rapes. There have been a series of reported attacks in Uttar Pradesh state in recent days, one involving a woman who was gang-raped and burned alive. In another incident, a girl was blinded while resisting her […]
