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Protests in New Delhi over release of man jailed in notorious gang rape case

The parents of the victim, who later died from her injuries, were among the demonstrators

India

Delhi child rape cases ignite anger and disgust in India's capital

Indians are up in arms after the atrocious gang rape of two small children. In one incident two men abducted a two-year-old from a religious festival

India

Indian sisters threatened with punishment rape

Thousands sign Amnesty petition over the threat of 'punishment rape' handed out to two Indian sisters because their brother eloped with a married woman from a higher caste.

South Africa

Mandela's grandson granted bail in trial over rape charge

A South African court has granted bail to one of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons who was charged with raping a 15-year-old girl. The 24-year-old is

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USA

Aid worker Kayla Mueller raped by ISIL leader while being held hostage

US officials have announced that aid worker Kayla Mueller, seized in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo in August 2013 and held hostage by

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Powerful showcase to highlight wartime sexual violence in Kosovo

Kosovo

Kosovo exhibition of dresses and skirts in Pristina to remember women who suffered sexual violence in wartime

Over 5,000 skirts and dresses have been hung out on washing lines in Kosovo in the heart of a male preserve, Pristina’s main football stadium. Many

USA

Two more women accuse US comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assualt

Two more women have alleged that US comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them. Actress Lili Bernard and writer Sammie Mays made the allegations at

India

India police make arrests following last week's lynching of a rape suspect

Police in India have arrested 22 people in connection with last week’s lynching of a rape suspect. The individuals have been charged with

Turkey

Jailing sex offenders is not sufficient, says Turkish law professor

As campaigners mark International Women’s Day, euronews has been discussing violence against women and punishments for perpetrators with Ahmet Caner

India

Lynch mobs kill two sex attack suspects in India

Amid a fevered atmosphere over attacks on women, two men suspected of assaulting women have been set upon by crowds in northern India and killed.

India

Rapist's TV interview blaming women for sexual assaults banned in India

Television documentary “India’s daughter” which features an interview with a man convicted of gang-raping and killing a woman in Dehli has been

India

Indian rapist says women to blame for being sexually assaulted

Boys and girls are not equal. Housework and housekeeping is for girls, not roaming in discos and bars at night

India

India: Japanese student says she was raped by 'tour guide'

A Japanese student says she was raped by a man claiming to be a tour guide in India, prompting the latest police probe into sexual assaults in the

India

India arrests five men suspected of gang rape of Japanese tourist

Five men have been arrested in India in connection with the kidnap and gang rape of a Japanese woman. The assaults took place over one month, before

India

Number of rapes reported increased by one third in Delhi

New figures released by police show the number of rapes reported has increased by nearly a third in Delhi, two years on from the fatal gang rape of a

India

Candlelit vigil on second anniversary of fatal gang rape that shocked India

Dozens of people gathered in the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday to condemn violence against women on the second anniversary of the brutal gang

India

India clamps down on unregistered taxis after Uber rape claim

India

India: Uber online taxi-booking service is banned in Delhi as driver is accused of rape

There have been angry scenes outside a court in Delhi as crowds tried to attack a taxi driver accused of rape by a female passenger in a case that

India

India Uber taxi driver arrested after rape allegation

Students in Delhi angry about an increase in sexual violence against women have clashed with police outside their headquarters. Meanwhile a taxi

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