sexual violence
China: Chairman of Jiangxi Basketball Association reported for sexual abuse of child
Dai Yali, chairman of the Jiangxi Basketball Association has been exposed for sexually abusing minors. His sexual crime voyage came to light as one of the victims, an under 18-year-old girl, reported his attack to the police, Secret China reported. She was no other than a member of a female ...
Nobel laureate Murad urges justice for Yazidi victims of IS
Activist reproaches international community for not having tried a single IS member for sexual violence against Yazidi women in the five years since their abductions began
Study: Sex torture of migrants _ men and women _ widespread
Migrants trying to reach Europe face routine rape and sexual torture throughout their journey — and especially in Libya — with men facing abuse nearly as routinely as women, according to a study based on dozens of interviews with aid workers and migrants. The graphic study released Monday by the Women's ...
R. Kelly case spotlights abuse of girls in the era of #MeToo
The girls, a dozen of them 15 to 18 years old, file into a conference room in a downtown Brooklyn office building, taking seats in chairs carefully arranged in a circle. On the floor in front of them is a makeshift altar of comforting objects: A string of Christmas lights, ...
UN investigators propose hybrid court for South Sudan
Investigators say such a court must be established to prosecute perpetrators of heinous crimes and bring justice to the victims
All-female legal group fights for women, girls in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, an all-female group of lawyers provides legal protection pro bono for young women and girls at risk
UN, ICRC address sexual, gender-based violence in conflict situations
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the place and circumstance of the abuse may differ, but the pain and trauma remain the same
Sexual violence rampant in South Sudan’s northern unity region
Women and girls are gang raped multiple times over many hours and many are brutally beaten with rifle butts, sticks, small firearms and cable wires
UN: Sexual violence in South Sudan ‘escalated dramatically’
UN official says sexual violence as weapon of war 'rampant' in South Sudan and accountability urgently needed to punish perpetrators and deter potential ones

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