Lebanon's parliament abolished on Wednesday a law that absolves rapists if they marry their victims, joining other Arab states that have repealed "marry-your-rapist" laws in recent weeks. Lawmaker Elie Kayrouz, who backed ending the law — article 522 of the penal code — said other ...
It's been five months since the shy, frail 13-year-old was snatched from his bed, drugged and raped in the middle of the night. The boy hasn't been able to say much since. "I don't remember a lot," Batista says, darting his eyes toward the dirt ...
Japan revised its sex crime laws for the first time in more than a century on Friday — a historic move that broadens the definition of rape and lengthens prison terms.
The woman raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski decades ago when she was a teen is set to appear before a Los Angeles judge on Friday to appeal for the court to end the case. Polanski's attorney, Harland Braun, told AFP that Samantha Geimer will appear ...
A 28-year-old woman has accused a former TV reporter, regarded as one of the journalists closest to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, of raping her two years ago. The woman, who only gave her first name as Shiori, alleged in a news conference on Monday that ...
The last of four students indicted over last year’s gang rape in Chiba Prefecture is handed the heaviest sentence in the case: four years in prison.
A medical student was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for gang raping a woman with his classmates. Kensuke Yamada, 23, a fifth-year student in Chiba University's medical school, was found guilty of taking part in the rape last September at a restaurant in ...
A former NHK reporter charged in two rapes was served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on suspicion of committing a third, police said. Yasutaka Tsurumoto, 28, is suspected of breaking into the room of a woman in her 20s and sexually assaulting her early on ...
A bill headed for the Diet marks a significant step forward for victims of sex crimes, but heavier penalties alone will not prevent such assaults.
A former reporter for public broadcaster NHK, who has been indicted on charges of rape, was served with a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday in connection with a similar incident, police said. Yasutaka Tsurumoto, 28, was served the writ for allegedly breaking into the house of ...
The Cabinet approved a sweeping bill Tuesday that would impose harsher penalties for rape and other sex offenses, including the recognition of male rape victims for the first time. The measure, if passed by the Diet, will raise the minimum sentence for rape to five ...
A backpacker was repeatedly raped, beaten and choked during a two-month hostage ordeal in Australia, police alleged Tuesday after she was rescued during a random traffic stop. The 22-year-old, who court officials said was British, was visibly distressed and had injuries to her face when ...
