All news on the topic: Sexual Violence
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Scots College rape case: strict bail conditions imposed on three teenage accused
Media can reveal the strict bail conditions imposed on the so-called Scots College Three after two families retained globally recognised defamation lawyers.
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AI “nudification” apps generating rape scenes found freely available on Apple’s App Store
AI “nudification” apps allowing users to upload their own photos to generate depictions of rape and sexual assault are freely available to download on Apple’s App store
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Ethiopia arrests 17 traffickers who tortured migrants on camera to extort millions
Ethiopian authorities have arrested 17 key operatives behind a brutal human trafficking syndicate that trapped tens of thousands of migrants in Yemen, systematically filming their torture to extort millions from terrified families.
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Ukrainian POWs accuse Russian prison doctor of torture, humiliation and medical abuse
Dozens of Ukrainians returning from Russian captivity accused their prison doctor of subjecting them to systematic sexualized and psychological torture and refusing treatment for acute diseases. Reporters set out to find him.
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Report accuses Israel of systematic sexual violence against Palestinian detainees spanning decades
The months after the October 7, 2023, attacks saw a wave of questionable mainstream news stories about alleged sexual assault in Hamas’s attacks that day on Israel.
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Army women face greater risk of being killed by fellow soldiers than in combat, investigation finds
Twenty-three-year-old Sarah Roque had been in the Army for just over four years when a man fatally shot her in the head.
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Women trafficked into Southeast Asia’s scam compounds reveal rape, forced labour and abuse
Astens of thousands are freed, female survivors are increasingly reporting gender-based violence in the compounds, previously thought to hold mainly men.
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Mozambique women accuse soldiers and LNG workers of rape, coercion and abuse
Mozambican soldiers have been accused of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Cabo Delgado, while staff working on TotalEnergies’ LNG project allegedly coerced women into sex, according to interviews and an unpublished UN report obtained by Forbidden Stories.
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Violent rapist Kyle MacDonald jailed for nine years after "horrific ordeal" of abuse
A violent rapist who carried out a catalogue of abuse and brutality towards women has been jailed for nine years after putting victims through “a horrific ordeal”.
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UN places Israeli authorities on sexual violence blacklist amid war-time abuse allegations
The United Nations has added several Israeli entities to a blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence in war zones.
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Woman says police ignored Worboys rape claim because they “already had enough victims”
LBC has learned that a woman who claims she was drugged and thrown into the River Thames by the Black Cab Rapist John Worboys was told by police they would not pursue her case because they "already had enough victims".
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Superdry co-founder James Holder jailed for eight years for rape after night out drinking
The co-founder of the clothing firm Superdry has been jailed for eight years after being convicted of raping a woman following a night out drinking.
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Rape survivors ‘retraumatised’ by hostile MP questioning in Westminster hearing
Victims of rape and sexual violence have informed parliamentarians that they felt anxious and distressed during a Westminster evidence session.
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Jeffrey Epstein reporting ignores root causes of gender-based violence
Media coverage of violence against women and girls and misogynistic harassment is at a "pitiful" low, despite a proliferation of high-profile cases of men abusing women and children, and a rise in AI-assisted violence against women and girls, new research shows.
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Ukrainian orphans promised safety find neglect and exploitation in Turkey
Documents and first-person accounts reveal how a quickly organized evacuation by a private charity left hundreds of Ukrainian children in a Turkish seaside town with little supervision.
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’Dr. Evil’ on the run: Russian Ilya Sorokin charged with cruel treatment of Ukrainian POWs
“Dr. Evil,” the alleged sadistic Russian prison medic, exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL Schemes, has been charged in absentia by Ukraine with war crimes.
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Southampton police charge afghan national over attacks on women
A man from Afghanistan has been charged with several sexual assaults against women in Southampton, as well as illegally entering the UK.
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British commentator Sami Hamdi detained in US, faces deportation over alleged praise of Oct 7 Hamas attack
A British commentator allegedly applauding the Oct 7 massacre has been detained by US authorities and is facing deportation back to the UK.
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Women in Australia’s defence forces launch class action over decades of sexual abuse and harassment
Women in Australia’s defence forces launched a class action lawsuit Friday alleging widespread and systematic sexual violence, harassment, and discrimination.
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Over 300 accuse London police of racism, misogyny, and victim bullying
More than 300 people have come forward to accuse the police of racism, corruption and victim bullying.
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Fake AI photos of poor children used by charities in “poverty porn” campaigns
AI-generated images of extreme poverty, children, and survivors of sexual violence are flooding stock photo sites and are increasingly being used by leading health NGOs, according to global health professionals who have expressed concern over a new era of “poverty porn.”
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French court upholds conviction in Gisele Pelicot rape case, increases sentence to 10 years
A French court on Thursday rejected the appeal of a former construction worker found guilty last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pelicot, and increased his prison sentence by a year to 10 years, France Info reported.
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Almost 60 men and boys arrested for sexual assault and gang rape of girl
Schoolfriends, family members and neighbours are among the dozens of men arrested for the rape of a teenager in India.
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Top anti-sexual-abuse organization accused of ‘complying with Trump’ after ‘removing’ trans people
America’s top anti-sexual assault nonprofit ‘obeyed Donald Trump’ by wiping almost all mentions of trans people from its website, critics say.
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Alleged victims of Andrew Tate urge the US to stay out of Romanian criminal proceedings
Four purported victims of sexual violence by the self-proclaimed ’misogynist influencer’ respond following reports that a US envoy requested the lifting of travel restrictions on Tate.
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