Rape Victims

High Court Admits Pleas Of Dera Chief Ram Rahim, Rape Victims

Chandigarh News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 9, 2017

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice to the CBI while admitting separate pleas filed by the Dera Sacha Sauda chief challenging his 20-year sentence in rape case and that of the two victims seeking life imprisonment for Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

Rapists Should Be 'Skinned' And 'Paraded' In Public: Andhra Pradesh Women Panel Chief Nannapaneni Rajakumari

India News | Edited by Nishant Saxena | Wednesday May 24, 2017

The Women's Commission of Andhra Pradesh wants rapists to be "skinned" and "paraded" in public and knives to be distributed to college girls so that they can protect themselves from crimes like rape.

Treat Rape Victims With Compassion, Not As Sinner: Delhi Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 12, 2017

A rape victim suffers a tremendous sense of shame and the fear of being shunned by the society, a Delhi court has said while sending a culprit to jail for seven years on rape charges.

Can A Rape Survivor's Family Be Asked For Consent For Abortion: Supreme Court Asks

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 8, 2017

The Supreme Court will tomorrow deliberate on the issue of whether family members of a rape survivor be asked to give consent for termination of her pregnancy or should it be left to her alone.

Lebanese Activists Intensify Protest Against Controversial Rape Law

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 22, 2017

Lebanese activists ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, with a dramatic installation today along Beirut's sunny seaside.

No Parole For Rapists In Maharashtra After Pallavi Purkayastha's Killer Escapes

India News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 31, 2016

Rapists who also murdered their victims will no longer be allowed to leave jail on parole in Maharashtra.

Minister Azam Khan Defends Bulandshahr Rape Remark After Supreme Court Rebuke

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 30, 2016

Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, who courted controversy with his alleged remarks on the Bulandshahr rape case, today maintained that he had not said anything against the victims and their family members.

Bulandshahr Gang Rape Victims Identify Prime Accused

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 9, 2016

A woman and her minor daughter who were gang raped at Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh identified today the three persons arrested from Meerut.

Germany Lawmakers To Debate 'No Means No' Rape Law

World News | Associated Press | Thursday July 7, 2016

German lawmakers are debating a bill that would make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints.

They Were Freed From Boko Haram's Rape Camps. But Their Nightmare Isn't Over

World News | Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post | Monday April 4, 2016

For months, they were kept in tiny thatched huts in the middle of the forest, waiting with dread each evening for their rapists to return. During the almost intolerable violence, the young women's minds drifted to escape or death. The victims were as young as 8.

Germany To Reform Rape Law To Help Victims File Complaints

World News | Associated Press | Wednesday March 16, 2016

The German government has agreed to reform the country's law on sexual crimes to improve victims' ability to file complaints against their attackers.

ISIS Rape Survivor Among Nobel Peace Prize Candidates

World News | Associated Press | Tuesday February 2, 2016

A woman who champions the rights of Islamic State rape victims, Pope Francis and the Afghan women's cycling team are among the known candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the nomination window was set to close Monday.

ISIS Victims' Advocate, Pontiff Among Nobel Peace Prize Names

World News | Associated Press | Tuesday February 2, 2016

A woman who champions the rights of ISIS rape victims, Pope Francis and the Afghan women's cycling team are among the known candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the nomination window was set to close on Monday.

46% of Rape Victims in Delhi are Minors: Government

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 10, 2015

In the past three years, five minor girls were allegedly raped in every two days, totalling around 46 per cent of the total rape cases reported in the national capital in the corresponding period.

Psychological First Aid: Migrant Trauma Demands Alternative Therapies

World News | Reuters | Thursday December 3, 2015

Europe's migrant crisis is forcing the advancement of new psychological therapies that go beyond existing treatments to help victims not of one traumatic event, but of multiple traumas such as rape, war and torture.

Child Born Out of Rape Will Have Rights Over Assaulter's Property: High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 4, 2015

In a significant judgement, the Allahabad High Court has ruled that a child born out of rape will have inheritance rights over the property of the assaulter, the "biological father".

Women Activists Hail Supreme Court's Rape Ruling

India News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday July 2, 2015

Women's rights activists hailed Thursday a Supreme Court ruling rejecting judge-ordered mediation between rapists and their victims, a legal move they said was common in the conservative country.

Delhi Government Clarifies Order on Controversial Two-Finger Test in Rape Cases

India News | Reported by Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Anindita Sanyal (With inputs from agencies) | Monday June 8, 2015

The Delhi Government today said that its circular on the two-finger test - a vaginal test for rape survivors -- that generated much controversy, had been "misinterpreted". Health Minister Saytendra Jain said the government would prefer to clarify that the test was "banned for sexual assault victims".

Tennis Legend Bob Hewitt Bailed in South Africa After Rape Conviction

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 19, 2015

Victims attending the bail hearing reacted with anger to the judge's decision to allow Bob Hewitt to avoid prison for at least a month after his lawyers argued they needed more time to prepare his appeal.

Mumbai: Corrupt Officials Did Not Spare Even Rape Survivors, Farmers

Mumbai News | mid-day.com | Wednesday March 25, 2015

How low would a person have to sink to seek a 'cut' from the money being handed over to a rape survivor? Vinod Bhosale, an official from the Women and Child Welfare department, no less, could have the answer to that question. He was caught red-handed trying to extract Rs 20,000 from a rape survivor to hand over her Rs 50,000 cheque under a gove...

Delhi: Najeeb Jung Inaugurates First 'One Stop Centre' For Sexual Assault Victims

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 29, 2014

Delhi Government commissioned its first 'One Stop Centres' (OSCs) for victims of sexual assault on Thursday.

Snake Used to Terrorize Hyderabad Teen Who Was Gang-Raped, Filmed

Hyderabad News | Written by Uma Sudhir | Wednesday August 27, 2014

The police say the gang often pulled the snake on victims to terrorize them into handing over cash.

Will Hang Ourselves From Same Tree, Say Badaun Victims' Families

India News | Reported by Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Tasim Zahid | Sunday August 24, 2014

The families of the Badaun cousins- who were found hanging from a mango tree- have said that they will hang themselves from the same tree if "justice is not done in the case."

Delhi: High Court Orders Compensation to Crime Victims Within a Day

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 14, 2014

The Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered the city government to come out with a scheme that will enable victims of various crimes including rape to get compensation awarded by the legal services authority within a day.

Man Arrested for Allegedly Raping A Minor After Promising to Marry Her

South | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 13, 2014

A 21 year-old-man was arrested in Madhavaram,Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu today for allegedly raping a minor girl after promising to marry her, police said.

Badaun Rape Case: CBI to Seek DNA Test of Girls' Clothes

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 21, 2014

After failing to exhume the bodies of Badaun rape victims for a fresh autopsy, the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has now decided to send their personal belongings and vaginal swabs for DNA analysis at a laboratory in Hyderabad.

Girls Below 18 Victims in Most Delhi Rapes: Study

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 15, 2014

Girls below 18 years of age have been the victims in most of the rape cases in the national capital and the majority of such cases have happened in residences or involved friends and acquaintances, says a study by Delhi Police.

Most Rapes in Delhi by Men Known to Victims: Study

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 15, 2014

Girls below 18 years of age have been the victims in most of the rape cases in the capital and the majority of such cases have happened in residences or involved men known to them, says a study by Delhi Police.

Badaun Rape Case: CBI to Exhume Victims' Bodies for Fresh Autopsy

India News | Edited by Zoya Anna Thomas (with inputs from PTI) | Tuesday July 8, 2014

The Central Bureau of Investigation has decided to exhume the bodies of two young girls who were found hanging from a tree in a small village in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, in May this year.

'Let Media Go, Mahabharat Bana Denge': Threats for Family of Girls Killed in Badaun

Cheat Sheet | Devesh Kumar | Monday June 2, 2014

Even before the nationwide outrage over the abduction and gangrape of two sisters in Badaun could die down, father of one of the victims today alleged that close associates of the accused, all belonging to the dominant caste of their village, had threatened to unleash another wave of terror once media attention on the case subsided. "They say, once...