A Indian woman who was the victim of a gang rape and brutal beating earlier this month in New Delhi has been flown to Singapore for further treatment, while the Indian prime minister is pledging to focus on the issue of women’s safety. The CEO of Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Dr. Kelvin Loh, said the […]
India Gang-Rape Victim Flown to Singapore
Posted December 27th, 2012 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
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India Gang-Rape Victim Flown to Singapore
Posted December 27th, 2012 at 9:15 am (UTC-5)
A Indian woman who was the victim of a gang rape and brutal beating earlier this month in New Delhi has been flown to Singapore for further treatment, while the Indian prime minister is pledging to focus on the issue of women’s safety. Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital said the 23-year-old victim arrived at the facility […]
India Gang-Rape Victim Flown to Singapore
Posted December 27th, 2012 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
A Indian woman who was the victim of a gang rape and brutal beating earlier this month in New Delhi has been flown to Singapore for further treatment, while the government pledges to focus on the issue of women’s safety. The 23-year-old arrived at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital early Thursday. B.D. Athani, medical superintendent at […]
India Gang-Rape Victim Flown to Singapore
Posted December 27th, 2012 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
A Indian woman who was the victim of a gang rape and brutal beating earlier this month in New Delhi has been flown to Singapore for further treatment. The 23-year-old arrived at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital early Thursday. B.D. Athani, medical superintendent at the Indian hospital where she had been treated, said the woman has […]
Amnesty Slams Bosnia for Neglecting Victims of Wartime Rape
Posted March 29th, 2012 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Rights group Amnesty International has slammed the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina for neglecting women survivors of wartime rape. In a statement issued Thursday, the group says that Sarajevo in 2010 made a commitment to ensure justice, truth and reparation for hundreds of survivors of wartime sexual violence, but failed to enact it. Jezerca Tigani, Amnesty’s deputy […]
Afghan Rape Victim Pardoned But Set to Marry Attacker
Posted December 1st, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered the release of a rape victim who was jailed for adultery after being raped. The president’s office said Thursday that the woman, named Gulnaz, and her attacker have agreed to marry. Gulnaz was sentenced to 12 years in prison after reporting that a relative had raped her. Mr. Karzai […]
US Soldier is Jailed for South Korean Rape
Posted November 1st, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
A South Korean court has sentenced an American soldier to 10 years in prison for raping a teenage girl, the heaviest sentence handed a U.S. serviceman in the country in almost 20 years. The court said Tuesday the unidentified soldier had committed sadistic and sexually perverted acts in which he repeatedly raped the 18-year-old girl […]
Spain Reopens Rape Case Against Saudi Prince
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Spain has reopened a probe into sexual assault allegations against a Saudi prince who is accused of raping a Spanish woman on a luxury yacht off the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is one of the world’s richest people, is accused of raping a 20-year-old model in August 2008. In her […]
U.S. Women Senators Urge Clinton to Act on Burma Rapes
Posted August 10th, 2011 at 5:15 pm (UTC-5)
A group of women U.S. senators have accused Burma’s military of using rape as a weapon of war and are urging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to pressure the Burmese government to halt the practice. In a letter Wednesday, the bi-partisan group asked Secretary Clinton to support establishment of an international commission of inquiry into […]
UN Criticizes Sudan for Jailing Journalists Who Wrote Rape Story
Posted August 4th, 2011 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United Nations has criticized the Sudanese government for imprisoning journalists who reported on the alleged rape of a political activist 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 […]
