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SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan (Eagle News) – Nasampahan na ng kaso ang suspek sa pagmasaker sa isang pamilya sa San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. Ayon kay San Jose Del Monte City Police Acting Chief Police Supt. Fitz Macariola, kasong murder at rape ang isinampa laban sa suspek na si Carmelino Ybañez, 26-anyos, isang construction worker. Aniya, ang pag-amin mismo ng suspek ang naging batayan para sa reklamo ng rape, samantalang ang naging salaysay […]
by Gaël Branchereau Agence France Presse Swedish prosecutors Friday dropped a seven-year rape investigation into Julian Assange, a legal victory for the WikiLeaks founder who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012. “Director of Public Prosecution, Marianne Ny, has today decided to discontinue the investigation regarding suspected rape by Julian Assange,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Friday was the deadline for the public prosecutor’s office to either renew […]
The head of a school in southern India has been arrested on suspicion of raping scores of disabled girls over a period of at least four years, police said Thursday. They said complaints from two former pupils at the school for speech- and hearing-impaired girls in Tamil Nadu state had alerted them to the alleged abuse. Both are now adults and are working at the school. “We received the complaint from two victims who are […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) by Deborah COLE The German parliament passed a landmark “no means no” rape law Thursday, broadening the definition of sex crimes and making it easier to deport migrants and refugees who commit them. After years of anguished discussion on the need for tougher treatment of rape by the German criminal justice system, the new legislation finally came together following a rash of sexual assaults in crowds on New Year’s Eve in […]
(REUTERS) — Philippine presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte stuck to his guns on Sunday (April 17) amid outrage over a remark he made about a murdered rape victim, saying he regretted his “gutter language” but said he would not apologise for being misinterpreted. A YouTube video appeared over the weekend showing Duterte speaking at a recent rally where he recalled his experience of being a local mayor during a 1989 prison riot in which an […]
(REUTERS) — A women’s group on Monday (April 18) demanded an apology from Philippine presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte over a rape remark that sparked outrage on social media. A YouTube video appeared over the weekend showing Duterte speaking at a recent rally where he recalled his experience of being a local mayor during a 1989 prison riot in which an Australian missionary visiting the local jail was raped and killed. The video clip showed Duterte, […]
Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista is pushing for the restoration of the death penalty for drug-related crimes and rape.
Indian’s Supreme Court has granted two young men convicted of a fatal gang-rape a stay of execution. The attack on a 23-year-old student in 2012 shocked the country, triggering street demonstrations and tougher laws. In an emergency court session held on Saturday, two Supreme Court judges ordered the hangings of two of the four convicts to be put on hold, after the men’s lawyers appealed. “The court issued instructions for holding a detailed hearing before […]
