Rape

A third of rape victims in the UK feel police are ‘unhelpful’ during investigations

A third of rape victims are frustrated by “unhelpful” officers during police investigations, official data have revealed, as new laws could require forces to set up specialist units. Analysis of…

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Lady Gaga reveals she got pregnant after being raped by music producer

Lady Gaga got pregnant after being raped. The 35-year-old singer has recalled how she was sexually assaulted by a music producer when she was just 19 years old and "froze"…

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Denmark strengthens rape laws, outlaws sex without explicit consent

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark strengthened its rape laws on Thursday by criminalising sex without explicit consent. The new law passed by parliament widened the circumstances that could constitute rape -…

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Former Tory minister arrested on suspected rape

Sky News reports that a former Tory minister has been arrested on suspicion of rape. Sky News reports that it understands the MP was accused by a young woman who used…

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Rape survivors hold fashion show in clothes they were wearing during assaults

A fashion show in Warsaw (prior to the Covid-19 restrictions) was held, during which rape survivors took to the catwalk in the clothes they were wearing when they were assaulted.…

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Decriminalization of abortion in rape cases fails to pass Ecuadoran Parliament

A demonstrator speaks to the police after the Ecuadoran Parliament's decision to not decriminalize abortion for victims of rape, cases of incest, stupor or unconsented insemination, in a street in…

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Cristiano Ronaldo loses bid to dismiss rape lawsuit

Cristiano Ronaldo has lost a bid for the dismissal or complete secrecy in a federal lawsuit by a Nevada woman who accuses him of raping her at a Las Vegas…

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“I breathe but no longer live” – Teenager who was raped by two men last post, before dying of legal euthanasia due to ‘unbearable suffering’ (UPDATED)

UPDATE - A severely ill Dutch girl widely reported by international media as having been “legally euthanised” in a clinic in the Netherlands died at home, apparently after voluntarily refusing to…

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Salvini to launch petition for introduction of chemical-castration law

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior Matteo Salvini announced that his League party, of which he is leader, is going to start a petition this weekend for…

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