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added 2007 Mon May 28 1:37:02 by starshinediva
The seven women pooled money to rent a donkey and cart, then ventured out of the refugee camp to gather firewood, hoping to sell it for cash to feed their families. Instead, they say, in a wooded area just a few hours walk away, they were gang-raped, beaten and robbed. Naked and devastated, they fled back to Kalma.
added 2007 Fri May 4 13:11:25 by charbarred
Brussels Police have been investigating a citizen's allegations of rape in Second Life. The incident brings up questions of what constitutes abuse online.
added 2007 Thu Apr 26 7:36:37 by STONERS
A father who raped his teenage daughter over several years and ordered her to throw two newborns he had fathered down an air shaft was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison.
added 2007 Tue Apr 17 3:37:44 by populist
Female soldiers coming back from Iraq relate their fears of even going to the latrines in the middle of the night for the fear of being sexually assaulted.
added 2007 Tue Mar 27 7:07:56 by STONERS
Two men were sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for raping a 14-year-old girl while filming parts of the nearly seven-hour attack.
added 2007 Sun Mar 25 15:25:23 by pagey
U.S. female soldiers in Iraq were assaulted or raped by male soldiers in the women's latrines, and an alarming number committed suicide, Col. Janis Karpinski reportedly testified before an international human rights commission of inquiry last month.
added 2007 Sun Mar 25 9:58:57 by TheVisionary
"Bars and clubs often pay young, pretty women to attract more business. For owners, that means a boost in image and revenue. For women, it means an increased risk of harassment, or even rape." It's no secret in the club scene, in fact, people refer to it as the "open secret." Have business crossed ethical boundaries?
added 2007 Fri Mar 9 17:05:00 by SusanParrish
Women in Darfur continue to be subjected to rape by all sides in the brutal conflict in western Sudanese region, the U.N. human rights chief said Thursday - International Women's Day.
added 2007 Thu Mar 1 20:02:17 by RedRiverJ
An illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced in Maryland to a 10-year term for impregnating the 12-year-old daughter of a family with whom he was living, with 8 1/2 years suspended by the judge.

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added 2007 Thu Mar 1 7:49:33 by STONERS
Four Mexican soldiers were arrested and accused of raping and murdering a 73-year-old woman in a case that has outraged Indian groups in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
added 2007 Fri Feb 23 7:43:52 by trojanhorse
A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her family was sentenced to 100 years in a military prison, the U.S. Army said on Thursday.
added 2007 Fri Feb 23 6:36:09 by STONERS
A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year.
added 2007 Fri Feb 23 5:37:00 by TechnologyExpert
A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year. Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. He will be eligible for parole in 10 years under the terms of his plea agreement.
added 2007 Sun Jan 28 22:36:33 by _kam0_
Mukhtar Mai's story is as horrific as it is simple, and it is quickly told. On June 22, 2002, the council of her tiny village, on the southern fringes of the Punjab in Pakistan, ordered that she be gang raped as a punishment for an offence supposedly committed by her 12-year-old brother.
added 2007 Tue Jan 23 16:42:22 by Aidenag
Israel's attorney-general recommended Tuesday that President Moshe Katsav be indicted on charges of rape and abuse of power, a stunning accusation against the country's ceremonial head of state.
added 2007 Sat Jan 20 15:32:51 by Spadecaller
"Fool me a couple of dozen times, and shame on me -- but also shame on what passes for journalism on television. This truism comes to mind after my appearance on "Paula Zahn Now" on CNN this week to discuss the Duke rape case. I'm not naive about these kinds of shows -- which I know are not really about journalism but about..."
added 2007 Fri Jan 19 19:30:20 by PaganGodess
A woman who was found guilty of threatening a doctor with texts, e-mails and phone messages has been jailed for nine years.
added 2007 Thu Jan 11 23:04:30 by Bkumm
This is an article by my personal favorite right winger: Ann Coulter. She is really on about this one. I'm posting this, because while I disagree with Coulter about virtually everything she believes, I think this Duke thing was a travesty from the word go. I have altered her title as it could be considered offensive.
added 2006 Sat Aug 26 18:22:55 by wayjer
Recalling talking with his co-defendants after driving away from the brutal crime, Douglas Payton, 18, said, "We started to laugh about it."
added 2006 Sat Aug 26 3:15:30 by msaleem
The incidence of rape in the United States has declined 85% in the past 25 years while access to pornography has become freely available to teenagers and adults. The Nixon and Reagan Commissions tried to show that exposure to pornographic materials produced social violence. The reverse may be true: that pornography has reduced soc
added 2006 Wed Aug 16 19:11:12 by TimALoftis
A U.S. general will decide next month whether to court-martial four U.S. soldiers for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her family in March, a U.S. military spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
added 2006 Mon Aug 7 15:17:19 by TimALoftis
A U.S. military court heard graphic testimony on Monday on how U.S. soldiers took turns to hold down and rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdered her and her family.
added 2006 Sun Aug 6 13:55:40 by TimALoftis
A U.S. military court began a hearing Sunday to determine if five American soldiers should be tried in the alleged rape-slaying of a 14- year-old Iraqi girl. Three of the girl's relatives also were killed in the town of Mahmoudiya on March 12, which is among the worst incidents in a series of cases alleging U.S. troops killed or abused Iraqi