Rape Survivors

In Madhya Pradesh, Rape Survivor's Father Says, "Asked To Organise Feast"

India News | ANI | Sunday June 16, 2019

The girl's father alleged that village panchayat declared his family an outcast and treated them as untouchables after he failed to follow the directive to organise a community feast.

AIIMS To Examine Issue In Rape Survivor's Plea To End Pregnancy: Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 14, 2019

The Delhi High Court today asked AIIMS to set up a medical board to examine whether it was necessary to end the pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor and to carry out the procedure expeditiously if required.

Ordered To Throw Feast To "Purify" Her, Alleges Rape Survivor's Father

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Friday June 14, 2019

The father of a rape survivor has alleged that the village panchayat in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district declared his daughter an outcast after he failed to follow its diktat and throw a community feast that he was told would "purify my daughter".

Rape Survivor In Uttarakhand Made To Travel With Accused, Parents Allege

Cities | Press Trust of India | Monday June 3, 2019

The parents of a 9-year-old girl, who was raped in Uttarakhand last week, have alleged that she was discharged from a hospital in Dehradun without proper treatment and then made to travel in a police vehicle along with the accused to record her statement before the magistrate.

US Lawmaker Says Rape Can Be "Consensual". Female Colleague Corrects Him

World News | Orion Donovan-Smith, The Washington Post | Saturday May 18, 2019

A Republican Missouri legislator apologised on Friday for saying that some sexual assaults are "consensual rapes" during a debate over a new, restrictive antiabortion bill.

Rahul Gandhi To Meet Alwar Rape Survivor Amid Attacks On Congress

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Debanish Achom | Wednesday May 15, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will on Thursday visit a woman who was gang-raped in Alwar in Rajasthan last month by six men who also beat up her husband. The April 26 incident has provoked anger and protests across the state and, in the middle of a fierce election campaign, attacks on the Congress government by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as...

Goa Congress Responds After Rape Survivor Who Accused Leader Goes Missing

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday May 14, 2019

The "missing" rape victim who, in 2016, had accused Congress leader Atanasio Monserrate, now a candidate for the Panaji assembly bypoll on May 19, could have gone for a party or a wedding and may not be missing at all, Goa Congress said

UK Rape Victims Told To Give Police Phone Data Or Risk Case Being Dropped

World News | Reuters | Monday April 29, 2019

British police faced an outcry on Monday over new policies which demand rape and sexual assault victims hand over their phones to police to be combed for data or risk seeing their cases dropped.

"Court Has Accepted Pain I Went Through. I Am Happy": 2002 Rape Survivor Bilkis Bano

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday April 24, 2019

At the end of a long and hard road to justice, Bilkis Bano - who lost her whole family and was gang-raped during the 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat - says she is just grateful that the country's top court has acknowledged her pain. "It is a big deal for me" said the woman, adding that her case "is about the shameful failure of the state in prote...

Cops Turn Away Rape Survivor On A Technicality, Senior Officer Suspended

India News | Written by Mohammad Ghazali | Thursday April 18, 2019

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken up the case of a 22-year-old rape survivor who approached two police stations in Punjab's Mohali for help soon after the sexual assault, only to be turned away on a technicality. A police officer has been suspended in this connection.

"Tried Closing Your Legs?" US Judge Asked Alleged Rape Survivor

World News | Michael Brice-Saddler, The Washington Post | Friday April 5, 2019

A New Jersey Superior Court judge could be suspended for three months without pay after asking an alleged sexual assault survivor if she tried closing her legs to prevent the attack, according to a court advisory panel.

5,000 Survivors Of Sexual Abuse March To Delhi For "Dignity"

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday February 22, 2019

A gathering in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan on Friday saw more than 5,000 survivors of sexual abuse across India, who traveled 10,000 km starting from Mumbai on December 20 last year.

"I Obeyed Like A Robot": Rape Survivor Tells Of Predator Priest

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday February 19, 2019

Denise Buchanan was 17 when she was raped by a seminarian who continued to abuse her when he became a priest in her native Jamaica. The Catholic Church, she says, has offered her nothing but their "prayers".

"Like Mothers, Sisters": Karnataka Speaker Withdraws Rape Survivor Remark

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Facing disapproval from women lawmakers for comparing himself to a rape survivor, Karnataka Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar Wednesday expunged his own remarks made in the House and sought pardon from them.

"My Situation Like Rape Survivor's": Karnataka Speaker Amid 'Bribery' Row

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar compared himself to a "rape survivor" having to undergo repeated questioning as he referred to repeated charges against him being part of the controversial audio tapes, over which government has announced a special investigative team or an SIT.