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NEWS ABOUT: groping

groping stories: 5 news summaries

 NYC Targets Subway Gropers 

Officials want offenders' photos on 'wall on shame'

Nov 20, 09 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Sexual harassment is on the rise in the New York City subway system and city officials are cracking down on gropers and flashers. Sexual harassment is the "No. 1 quality of life offense on the subway," the chief of the NYPD's Transit Bureau told a hearing yesterday. The... More »

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New York City • subway • sexual harassment • groping • New York City Subway • public transit

 Japan Cops 
 Get Tough 
 on Subway 
 Gropers 

Tokyo launches 'groping prevention week'

Sep 18, 09 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japan has dispatched undercover police officers across Tokyo's commuter rail system to make sure men with wandering hands feel the strong arm of the law, the Guardian reports. Sexual harassment has long been a problem for Tokyo's subway, with two-thirds of young women saying they have been inappropriately touched while... More »

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Japan • Tokyo • groping • commuter train

(Newser) - A cell phone photo of a groper on a New York City subway snapped by his victim helped nab him two days later, according to police. He harassed a woman again yesterday and she recognized his picture from news reports and called 911, reports the New York Daily News. Turns... More »

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New York City • cell phones • crime • subway • groping • sexual assault • New York City Subway • victim

Egyptian Man Gets Hard Labor for Groping

Landmark case eggs Cairo women to report rampant teasing

Dec 18, 08 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Women face rampant harassment on Cairo's streets—83% of Egyptians and 98% of foreigners say they've been groped, hassled, or assaulted—but the 3% who go to the cops are usually met with indifference. A landmark case in which a man got 3 years of hard labor for reaching out... More »

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crime • women • police • sexual harassment • Cairo • Muslim women • groping • patriarchy • eve teasing

Phones Goose Transit Gropers

Let your phone
do the talking

Oct 25, 07 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Commuters tired of being groped on Japan's crowded trains are fighting back with their cell phones. The popular application flashes increasingly angry messages on the phone's screen for the offending feeler-upper. Messages range from "Excuse me, did you just grope me?" to "Shall we head to the police?"... More »

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