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Cologne Mayor's tips for prevention of sexual assaults spark criticism on Twitter

Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker is facing ridicule and outrage for urging women to stay ‘an arm’s length’ from strangers for their own safety after

06/01/2016

Japan

The uncomfortable truth of Japan's wartime sex slavery

What were comfort women? The term euphemistically refers to the women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military from 1932-1945

28/12/2015

Sport

Benzema questioned in French sex tape case

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was questioned on Wednesday by French police in connection with an inquiry into an alleged blackmail. Investigators

04/11/2015

Cinema

Keanu Reeves stars in erotic thriller 'Knock Knock'

In his latest movie, Keanu Reeves plays a devoted husband and father, who is left alone for the weekend. When two attractive young women knock on his

07/10/2015

United Kingdom

British Lord appears in court over historical child sex abuse charges

Lord Janner has appeared in court for the first time over historical child sex abuse charges. The British peer faces 22 charges spanning the

14/08/2015

Pakistan

Twelve arrested in Pakistan child sex abuse scandal

Police in eastern Pakistan have arrested at least 12 men suspected of sexually abusing hundreds of children and blackmailing their families. The case

11/08/2015

USA

Comedian Bill Cosby loses bid to fend off allegations of sex abuse

American comedian Bill Cosby has lost his latest legal bid to fend of allegations of sexually abusing at fifteen-year-old in 1974. That clears the

23/07/2015

USA

Bill Cosby "cash for silence testimony"

American comedian Bill Cosby admitted to paying women to stay silent after having sex with them, according to testimony obtained by the New York

19/07/2015

United Kingdom

British probe into child sex abuse reveals 1400 suspects

British police, investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse, say more than 14-hundred people have been named as suspects. They include

21/05/2015

United Kingdom

UK: 1,400 people named as suspects in child sex abuse inquiry

British police, investigating allegations of historic child sex abuse, say more than 14-hundred people have been named as suspects

20/05/2015

Spain

Spain: Seven women rescued in sex trafficking operation

Spanish police say seven women and a baby have been rescued as part of an operation against the trafficking of Romanians for sexual exploitation

14/04/2015

India

India: eight arrested after elderly nun is gang-raped during convent robbery

16/03/2015

United Kingdom

Glam rock star Gary Glitter goes on trial on child sex charges

Former British glam rock singer Gary Glitter went on trial on Monday for a string of historic sex offences dating back to the 1970s, allegedly

12/01/2015

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

02/01/2015

USA

Cosby won't face charges over 1974 sex offence allegations

American comedian Bill Cosby will not be charged over allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in 1974. According to Los Angeles’s

17/12/2014

India

India: ourage over senior minister's Delhi bus gang rape remarks

22/08/2014

United Kingdom

Rolf Harris, 84, found guilty of indecently assaulting four girls

30/06/2014

India

India: minister says rape is 'sometimes wrong'

05/06/2014

India

Children raped, forced to eat faeces in Indian school

30/05/2014

India

India: Four men found guilty of gang-raping photojournalist in Mumbai

20/03/2014