Oct 2, 2013

Sinn Fein leader's brother convicted of raping daughter

The brother of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was convicted Tuesday of raping his daughter in a case that highlighted how the Irish nationalist political party long discouraged the reporting of crimes within its own circles. In an 11-1 vote, a Belfast jury found ...

India's plan for 'women-only' spaces welcomed, criticized

Sep 30, 2013

India's plan for 'women-only' spaces welcomed, criticized

In the months since a gruesome gang rape riveted India, a “women-only” culture has been on the rise, with Indians increasingly seeking out women-only buses, cabs, travel groups and hotel floors. One city is preparing to open a women-only park. And in November, the ...

Sep 14, 2013

Yemen probes 8-year-old child bride's death

Yemen is investigating the reported death of an 8-year-old girl from injuries suffered on the first night of her marriage to a man in his 40s. The government has formed a committee “to verify the reports about the death of the girl, named Rawan, ...

Judge denied do-over in rape ruling

Sep 7, 2013

Judge denied do-over in rape ruling

A U.S. judge was blocked Friday from increasing the controversial one-month prison term he imposed on a teacher convicted of raping a 14-year-old student. Montana’s Supreme Court said Judge G. Todd Baugh could not annul the 31-day sentence he imposed on teacher Stacey Rambold ...

Aug 28, 2013

Chinese general's son on trial for gang rape

The son of a Chinese general went on trial Wednesday over his involvement in an alleged gang rape, state media said, in a case that sparked public outrage. Li Tianyi is among five men who allegedly gang-raped a woman in a Beijing hotel in ...

| Aug 13, 2013

PNG women face extreme brutality: study

Women in poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea suffer “severe brutality” with violence, including savage attacks involving knives, axes and whips, occurring in two-thirds of all families, a new study said Tuesday. Based on interviews in Central province’s Rigo district, the report by Australian charity ChildFund ...

Strauss-Kahn to face pimping trial in France

Jul 27, 2013

Strauss-Kahn to face pimping trial in France

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face trial on pimping charges along with 12 other people over an alleged prostitution ring in the French city of Lille, prosecutors announced Friday. Strauss-Kahn was charged last year with “aggravated pimping as part of an organized gang” ...

Rape, torture allegedly rife at Papua New Guinea refugee center

Jul 24, 2013

Rape, torture allegedly rife at Papua New Guinea refugee center

Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke on Wednesday described as “horrific” explosive claims that asylum seekers at one of its processing camps in Papua New Guinea are being raped and tortured. A former senior official at the Manus Island facility also detailed “almost daily” attempts ...

Jul 15, 2013

Mom of China sex slave wins prison redress

A Chinese court awarded damages to the mother of a rape victim after she was sent to a labor camp for demanding her daughter’s attackers be punished, a spokesman said Monday. Tang Hui, who became a figurehead for critics of the “re-education through labor” ...

Police chief says sorry to mother of rape victim

Jul 3, 2013

Police chief says sorry to mother of rape victim

A Chinese police chief who sentenced the mother of a rape and kidnap victim to hard labor apologized to her during a court hearing Tuesday over compensation, she said. Tang Hui’s condemnation to 18 months in a “re-education through labor” camp for demanding her ...

Jun 25, 2013

Bolivian girl living in prison raped by father

The case of a 12-year-old girl who is pregnant after being raped for years by her father and others in a La Paz prison has sparked outrage in Bolivia over the practice of letting children live in jails. According to government figures, about 1,500 ...