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USA

Euroviews. How Trump officials' fixation on false rape accusations hurts the real victims ǀ View

Members of Congress can't let Education Secretary Betsy DeVos off easy when she testifies Thursday about her department's new budget request. They must use this opportunity to interrogate her about her planned changes to sexual harassment rules on college campuses.

28/02/2020

USA

Opera singer Placido Domingo apologises after sex harrassment claims

Placido Domingo's apology came hours before a US opera union found him guilty of "​inappropriate activity, ranging from flirtation to sexual advances".

25/02/2020

France

French skating chief quits over sexual abuse scandal

The long-serving head of the French Ice Skating Federation (FFSG), Didier Gailhaguet, resigned on Saturday after former skaters spoke of sexual assaults by coaches.

08/02/2020

France

Rape inquiry launched after French skating champion accuses ex-coach

Ex-coach Gilles Beyer faces accusations of "rape of minors" after former champion Sarah Abitbol said he abused her in a new book.

04/02/2020

France

Surgeon accused of abusing hundreds in French paedophilia case

Allegations against the surgeon cover the three decades he practised in hospitals across central and western France.

20/12/2019

Vatican

Pope Francis ends secrecy rule over sexual abuse cases

The pope abolished the use of secrecy in sexual abuse cases after criticism that the rule has been used to protect paedophiles.

17/12/2019

Europe News

The Brief: The future Commission sets to criminalize gender-based violence

For the first time in Commission history, there will be a European Equality Commissioner, Helena Dalli, whose goal is develop EU-wide legislation that protects the victims and punishes the offenders of gender-based violence.

25/11/2019

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.

20/11/2019

France

French bishops back payments to sex abuse victims

French bishops back payments to sex abuse victims

09/11/2019

France

#metoo hits French cinema as actress Adele Haenel accuses director

Haenel, now 30, claims Christophe Ruggia abused her when they worked together on her debut movie, The Devils, when she was 12 to 15.

07/11/2019

France

French #MeToo: Government advisor 'optimistic' despite Muller ruling

A Paris court ordered Sandra Muller to pay €15,000 in damages to a TV executive Eric Brion who she had accused of making sexually lewd remarks at a party.

26/09/2019

USA

Giuffre talks about Prince Andrew's alleged sexual abuse

Virginia Giuffre talks for the first time about Prince Andrew's alleged sexual abuse

21/09/2019

Australia

Former Vatican treasurer loses appeal against sexual abuse convictions

An Australian court upheld Cardinal George Pell's sexual abuse convictions.

21/08/2019

USA

Euroviews. Jeffrey Epstein's final act cannot be to deny his accusers justice — again ǀ View

There are thousands of similar victims in America out there watching this case and wondering if they will be heard, believed and protected if they come forward.

11/08/2019

Russia

Russia: Outrage over murder charges against domestic violence victims

Murder charges against three teenage sisters in Russia who killed their father as a result of domestic and sexual violence have sparked outrage in the country.

05/07/2019

Haiti

Oxfam 'had culture of tolerating bad behaviour' - sex scandal report

A report into the sexual exploitation of earthquake victims by Oxfam workers in Haiti says the charity had a "culture of tolerating bad behaviour".

11/06/2019

Vatican

Pope Francis makes bishops directly accountable for sexual abuse

Pope Francis issued a landmark decree on Thursday making bishops directly accountable for sexual abuse or covering it up, requiring clerics to report any cases to Church superiors and allowing anyone to complain directly to the Vatican if needed.

09/05/2019

Vatican

Landmark papal decree makes bishops more accountable for sexual abuse

Pope Francis issued a new decree making bishops directly accountable for sexual abuse or covering it up, and clerics must report any cases to superiors

09/05/2019

USA

Alleged sex cult NXIVM focus of HBO documentary series

The show will take a "deep, nuanced look" at members of the secret group that is under federal investigation.

19/04/2019

Libya

Male migrants routinely raped too, study finds

Some of the abuse is filmed to use as ransom to the victims' families.

26/03/2019