Cyprus British woman given four month suspended sentence over rape claim British woman given four month suspended sentence over 'false' rape claim 07/01/2020
Cyprus Cyrpus rape verdict 'will deter women from reporting violence': Lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou says that the authorities in Cyprus do not take claims of violence against women seriously enough. 31/12/2019
Cyprus British woman guilty of fabricating rape claim against 12 Israelis The individuals she had accused of assaulting her were not summoned to court because prosecutors considered it a case of public mischief and not rape. 30/12/2019
Japan Japan journalist wins civil suit against alleged rapist Tokyo District Court has ordered Noriyuki Yamaguchi to pay 3.3m yen (€27,000) in damages to the journalist after he allegedly raped her in in 2015. 18/12/2019
India Outrage in India following string of violent rape and murder cases Women performed the feminist anthem 'A Rapist in Your Path' on Saturday to call out government inaction to tackle India's high rape rate. 08/12/2019
United Kingdom Former UK most wanted man found guilty of 37 charges, including rape Serial rapist Joseph McCann, once the most wanted man in the UK, was found guilty on Friday of 37 charges at his trial in Old Bailey, including rapes against women and children and kidnapping. 06/12/2019
View Prince Andrew's gross BBC interview shows how the rich and powerful enable evil ǀ View The silence of good men can allow evil to triumph, but the faux apologies of accused men help normalize it. 20/11/2019
Spain Spanish protesters demand change to sexual abuse law A court ruling last week stated that a 14-year-old victim's inebriated state meant she could neither "agree to (nor) oppose the sexual relations" and that excessive force had therefore not been applied. 05/11/2019
Spain Anger erupts in Spain as five men acquitted of gang-raping teenager Spanish law requires that the plaintiff in a rape case must present evidence of intimidation or specific violence. 02/11/2019
no comment Clashes on the streets of Quito over pro-abortion law There were scenes of anger on the streets of Quito on Tuesday as pro-abortion protesters clashed with police after Ecuadorian lawmakers voted down a motion that would have eased abortion laws in rape cases. 18/09/2019
View As students return to universities, it’s time we talked candidly about rape ǀ View As universities across Europe prepare open their doors for a new term, student Cara Balen warns of the danger of not recognising the importance of sexual consent on campus and beyond. 04/09/2019
France Jeffrey Epstein sex offence probe launched in France A probe begins over whether US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed child rape offences in France 23/08/2019
Cyprus Cyprus police arrest British woman for ‘false rape’ claim All initially accused Israelis freed after Cypriot authorities arrested 19-year-old British woman who claimed she was raped on suspicion of a false allegation. 29/07/2019
Romania Romanian murder suspect admits killing two teenage girls A murder suspect in the southern Romanian town of Caracal has admitted to killing two teenage girls, his lawyer said on Sunday, in a case that sparked nationwide outrage over the way authorities handled it. 28/07/2019
USA Football star Ronaldo will not face rape charges in Las Vegas “Based upon a review of the information presented at this time, the allegations of sexual assault against Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” said the District Attorney’s Office. 23/07/2019
Germany Eleven men, mostly migrants, on trial in over rape of woman, 18 Eleven men, mostly from Syria, have gone on trial in Freiburg, Germany over the gang rape of an 18-year-old woman outside a nightclub last October. 26/06/2019
Greece Greece redefines rape after initial draft law sparked criticism The Greek government made a U-turn on the definition of rape after an initial draft law sparked fierce criticism from society, NGOs, and parliament members. 07/06/2019
Sweden Watch again: Sweden to reopen investigation into Assange rape case Sweden's deputy prosecutor announced Monday that she will reopen the preliminary investigation into a rape case against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. 13/05/2019
United Kingdom UK police ask rape victims for social media content on mobile phones Campaigners have pledged to fight a move by British police to ask crime victims to hand over their mobile phones and social media passwords to investigators. 29/04/2019
Good Morning Europe Dr Denis Mukwege knows the physical wounds are only half the battle Dr Denis Mukwege has operated thousands of women who have been brutally raped, and he knows the physical wounds are only half the battle. At Panzi hospital in Bukavu - which he founded 30 years ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Doctor Miracle battles on against sexual violence. 18/04/2019
Good Morning Europe The extraordinary story of a campaigner saving rape victims' lives Doctor Miracle's reputation spreads well beyond his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war - a surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his extraordinary work. 17/04/2019
Italy Too 'ugly' to be raped — Italy's top court opens probe into sentence Italy's top court has opened a probe into a sentence by an Ancona appeals court that found the victim in a rape case was "too ugly to be raped". 12/03/2019
Argentina Rape victim, 11, 'given c-section after doctors deny abortion request' The girl had said she wanted to get rid of the baby, fathered by the 65-year-old boyfriend of her partner, but the legal process took so long that doctors deemed it too late to perform the procedure. 01/03/2019
United Kingdom Former Scottish leader Salmond charged with attempted rape Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond has been charged with multiple offences including two counts of attempted rape. 24/01/2019
no comment Thousands protest in Ecuador against sexual violence Ecuador women demonstrating against sexual violence 22/01/2019
Spain Spain's 'Wolf Pack' to remain free pending sexual abuse appeal The five men were sentenced to nine years in jail but were cleared of rape in a case that has gripped Spain. 03/01/2019
