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(Newser) - Pressure from British and German leaders over legalized rape in Afghanistan has pushed President Hamid Karzai to order a review of a law governing Shiites, Reuters reports. Karzai said the Justice Ministry would scrutinize the Shiite Personal Status Law and send it back to parliament if necessary. But he said... More »

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Afghanistan • women's rights • Gordon Brown • Hamid Karzai • rape • domestic violence • sexual assault • Shiite Personal Status Law

Critics: Afghan 'Home Rape' Law Worse
Than Taliban

Wives can't refuse sex in Karzai nod to right

Mar 31, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are blasting a new law in Afghanistan that forbids a woman to refuse sex with her husband or to leave home without his permission, reports the Guardian. The law, opposed by the UN, is viewed as a major step backward for women in a nation whose constitution supports equal... More »

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Afghanistan • women's rights • Hamid Karzai • sexism • United States • rape • sexual assault

New Sex Scandal
Rocks Oprah School


Mar 31, 09 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new sex scandal has hit Oprah Winfrey's elite girls school in South Africa, the second in less than two years, reports the New York Daily News. Seven students have been suspended for sexually harassing classmates, including bullying students and "physical contact of a sexual nature," said a... More »

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sexual harassment • South Africa • Oprah Winfrey • Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls • prep schools • sexual assault

(Newser) - A House member is incensed that a Pentagon official, reporting a 25% increase in combat-zone sexual assault against women, said servicemen should “wait until she's sober,” the New York Daily News reports. “This woman is not in the right line of work,” Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-NY,... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Congress • Pentagon • US military • House of Representatives • Department of Defense • sex crime • sexual assault • Louise Slaughter • Howard Stern Grid

OPINION

 Polanski Judge 
 Wise to Resist 
 Whitewashing 

Director's bias skews media narrative

Feb 19, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The judge who refused to throw out Roman Polanski's rape conviction Tuesday—unless he agreed to come back to the country to challenge it in person—was right to resist the whitewashing of Polanski's crime, writes Bill Wyman in Salon. The movement to rehabilitate the acclaimed director was based on... More »

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media • judge • documentary • film director • underage sex • bias • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • sexual assault • child rape • statutory rape

Captive Woman Forced to Wear Diaper, Listen
to Bible Verses

Ohio police say she was held 3 days

Feb 17, 09 8:43 PM CST
(Newser) - A Michigan woman kidnapped last week was held against her will for three days as her captor read the Bible to her, police say. The alleged assailant picked up the woman in Detroit and drove her to his home in Toledo, the AP reports. When she fell asleep, he undressed... More »

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Detroit • kidnapping • Michigan • Bible • Toledo, Ohio • sexual assault • suffocation

Ex-Roomie Saw Scratch on Knox's Neck

Struggling victim may have left mark, which was not a 'hickey'

Feb 14, 09 5:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Amanda Knox wore a mysterious mark on her neck only hours after her roommate’s fatal stabbing, a witness testified today at Knox's murder trial. “I noticed it because it was known that Meredith had been killed by a wound to her neck,” said former roommate Laura Mezzetti,... More »

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Italy • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • sexual assault

Knox, Kercher Feuded Over Boys, Chores: Housemate

Accused killer showered in bloody bathroom, she said

Feb 7, 09 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - British student Meredith Kercher and her accused killer Amanda Knox got along well when they first moved into their shared house in Italy, but tensions grew over boys and housework, another housemate testified. She said Knox frequently brought men home, while Kercher never did, and Knox sometimes “missed her... More »

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Italy • murder • testimony • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • sexual assault • witness

Teen Bullied Peers for Sex via Facebook: Cops

Wis. native posed as girl, then blackmailed male students

Feb 5, 09 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen has been arrested for allegedly using Facebook to sexually blackmail male students at his former high school. Anthony Stancl, 18, solicited naked photos of at least 31 boys by pretending to be female. He then forced at least seven, all underage, to perform sexual favors to keep... More »

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high school • Wisconsin • crime • Facebook • blackmail • child pornography • sexual assault • teenager

Judge: Knox
Let Accomplice
Into Cottage

Jurist who jailed Guede outlines sexually charged 'group crime'

Jan 27, 09 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - A man later sentenced in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher was let into her cottage by Amanda Knox, the American roommate now on trial in Italy, according to the judge who sentenced Rudy Guede in the “group crime.” “Guede entered the house because he was... More »

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Italy • murder trial • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • sexual assault

Top Saudi Cleric Backs Marriage of 10-Year-Old Girls

They're not too young, declares grand mufti

Jan 18, 09 9:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The top Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has issued a statement supporting marriage for girls as young as 10, reports CNN. "Those who think she's too young are wrong and they are being unfair to her," he declared. The statement follows the refusal last month by a Saudi... More »

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Saudi Arabia • marriage • Muslim • Grand Mufti • cleric • sexual assault • child brides

Sex Offender Wins Lottery Run by Victims' Group

Winner may donate portion of $350K to charity

Jan 13, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Advocates for victims of sexual assault sponsored a lottery—only to watch a sex offender walk away with $350,000 after taxes, the Anchorage Daily News reports. The group itself is likely to take home only between $2,000 and $20,000 after expenses. His victims discussed their shock at... More »

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Alaska • rape • sex offenders • lottery • sexual assault

(Newser) - Two Santa Ana College football stars and a friend have been busted for videotaping their gang rape of an unconscious teen, according to Orange County cops. The 18-year-old victim, who was dating a friend of the men, was called to a hotel where the group was partying. The men took... More »

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NCAA football • football • rape • videotape • sexual assault • felony assault

4 Busted in 'Hate Crime' Rape
of Lesbian

Tips from outraged
San Francisco area
led to suspects

Jan 2, 09 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Police have arrested all four suspects in the Bay Area kidnapping and gang rape of a lesbian last month that police have deemed a hate crime, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The two adults and two teenagers face charges including felony kidnapping to commit a sex crime, carjacking and gang... More »

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lesbians • kidnapping • hate crime • rape • Bay Area • arrest • sexual assault

It's Time
We Confront 'Not Rape'

In gray area of sex violations, models are especially vulnerable

Dec 31, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - The definition of rape needs an update—more and more, men prey on young girls who are made to feel they are complicit in "a million male behaviors that are not so much rape as rape-ish,” and models are especially vulnerable, writes one in Jezebel. In a look... More »

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crime • sex • rape • sex crime • sexual assault • age of sexual consent

 Cops: SF Bay Lesbian 
 Gang-Raped in Hate Crime 

Attackers taunted victim over her sexual orientation

Dec 23, 08 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Bay Area police are treating the brutal gang rape of a lesbian as a hate crime, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The victim, who displayed a gay pride sticker on her license plate, was kidnapped, gang-raped and dumped naked by four men who taunted about her sexual orientation. A $10,... More »

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crime • lesbians • hate crime • rape • Bay Area • homosexual • sexual assault

LA Fashion Designer
Guilty of Rape

Anand Jon lured teens home with promises of modeling contracts

Nov 14, 08 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A Beverly Hills fashion designer was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting seven teens and young women, reports the Los Angeles Times. Anand Jon Alexander, 34, now faces life in prison. The two-month trial revealed repeated sordid scenes in which Jon lured girls as young as 14 to his home... More »

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Anand Jon • fashion • Los Angeles • rape • fashion designer • sexual assault

Polygamy Boss Charged With New Sex Rap

Jeffs charged with felony assault
at Texas ranch

Nov 13, 08 4:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Polygamy sect leader Warren Jeffs and three other members of his group have been indicted on fresh felony charges, the Houston Chronicle reports. Jeffs is accused of aggravated sexual assault linked to actions at the Yearning for Zion Texas compound where authorities rounded up hundreds of children earlier this year.... More »

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polygamy • Warren Jeffs • sexual assault • FLDS • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

15% of Women Vets Report Sexual Abuse: Study

Assaults often lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, survey of 125K finds

Oct 28, 08 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some 15% of female Iraq or Afghanistan veterans seeking medical care report suffering sexual trauma, including harassment or assault while on duty, a study finds, with more than half suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The study by the Department of Veterans Affairs surveyed more than 125,000 in 2001-2007, ... More »

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veterans • US military • rape • sexual abuse • Department of Veterans Affairs • sexual assault • female troops

 Kidnap Victim: 
 'It Was Worse 
 Than Death' 

Shawn Hornbeck speaks publicly for first time about 4-year ordeal

Sep 25, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A young kidnap victim sexually abused for 4 years said he feared every day for his life—and often thought death would have been easier, reports People. Shawn Hornbeck, now 17, speaks publicly for the first time about his ordeal in a CBS interview. What he endured would make "... More »

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kidnapping • child pornography • sexual assault • Shawn Hornbeck

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