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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.

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.

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.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

World

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.

World

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.

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".

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.