Tag: Sexual assault
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When a woman reports sexual assault
Vitamin Stree just always knows how to keep it real and say it like it is. I believe that's what the young Stree's of today want, in fact, need - for us to keep it real for them and give them a forum to be real with us."
September 28, 2021 -
HP records highest sexual assault cases against minor girls in 2020
The state had also recorded a decrease of 32 per cent in kidnapping cases with a total of 343 cases reported in 2020 as compared to 455 cases in 2019.
September 17, 2021 -
Dehi CM approves Rs 10L to family of minor who was raped & killed
Sources said that the girl's family will be provided financial aid from the government. "Chief Minister has granted approval for compensation of Rs 10 lakh, which will be provided to girl's family."
August 10, 2021 -
Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, citing sex assault at 17
The lawsuit sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for alleged sexually assaulting Giuffre when she was a minor
August 10, 2021 -
Alibaba suspends staff, launches probe into sexual assault charges
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said it was working with police on an investigation following allegations by a female employee that she was sexually assaulted by her boss and a client. The company has suspended several staff. The woman’s harrowing account published in an 11-page PDF was widely circulated online, triggering a social …
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August 8, 2021 -
Bumble and Bloom create trauma support for sexual assault survivors globally
"Safety has been central to Bumble's mission from day one. We have always been guided by clear principles: empowering women and using Bumble's platform and technology to create a safe and equitable environment for our community."
August 7, 2021 -
Pak PM under fire for ‘Women wearing very few clothes’ remark
"If a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on the man unless they are robots. I mean, it's common sense,"
June 27, 2021 -
Libyan guards accused of sexually assaulting minors
Smugglers and traffickers in Libya — many of them members of militias — have long been notorious for brutalizing migrants. But rights groups and U.N. agencies say abuse also takes place in the official DCIM-run facilities.ap
June 20, 2021 -
No sexual assault as ‘no-to-skin contact’: Bombay High Court on minor’s groping case
Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, in a judgment passed on January 19, held that there must be ‘skin-to-skin contact with sexual intent’ for an act to be considered sexual assault.
January 25, 2021 -
Glimmer of hope
A recent judgment by Lahore High Court which, extensively citing Indian judicial verdicts, has termed the so-called ‘virginity tests’ routinely conducted on survivors of rape or sexual assault a ‘blatant violation of the dignity of a woman’ and held them to be unconstitutional.
January 13, 2021 -
Rape cases must be probed within 2 months: Centre
MHA issues advisory on mandatory action to states,UTs
October 11, 2020 -
Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden breaks silence on sexual assault allegations
Biden leads Trump in national polling ahead of November's elections by about five percentage points, according to a poll average compiled by RealClearPolitics.
May 5, 2020 -
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault
Weinstein was sentenced to 20 years for a criminal sexual act in the first degree and three years for rape in the third degree to be served consecutively for assaulting the two women in New York
March 12, 2020 -
Convicted in #MeToo cases, Harvey Weinstein taken to New York’s infamous Rikers jail
Weinstein was found guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree following a high-profile trial that lasted several weeks.
March 6, 2020 -
Out on bail, rape accused BJP leader Chinmayanand receives NCC salute
The BJP leader was released from the Shahjahanpur district jail on Wednesday after the Allahabad High Court had granted him bail on Monday.
February 7, 2020 -
Housekeeping staff’s 5-yr-old daughter raped by driver in US Embassy in Delhi: Police
On the day of the incident, she was playing outside her house when the accused, on the pretext of playing games on his mobile phone, took her to his residence, where he raped her in the absence of his parents.
February 6, 2020 -
Harvey Weinstein trial: Trapped in bathroom, groped says actress
67-year-old Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to five counts, two of which are rape, and faces a possible sentence of life imprisonment.
February 6, 2020