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Prejudice Flares After Rape, Murder of Muslim Child in India
ExpandLawyers clash with police outside a courthouse in India's Jammu and Kashmir state, April 9, 2018.© 2018 unknown/social mediaA heated scene outside a courthouse in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state...
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Rape Puts Myanmar Army on UN ‘List of Shame’
ExpandRohingya refugees walk across a bamboo bridge in the Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh, February 11, 2018.© 2018 ReutersThe United Nations secretary-general for the first time has included Myanmar’s...
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Yemen: Detained African Migrants Tortured, Raped
ExpandBuraika detention facility for migrants in Aden governorate, Yemen.© 2018 VICE News Tonight on HBO(New York) –Yemeni government officials have tortured, raped, and executed migrants and asylum...
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Northern Ireland Rape Trial Highlights Rough Deal for Victims
ExpandA rally held in support of the woman at the centre of the Belfast rape trial in which all four defendants including Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding were acquitted of all charges, Belfast, March...
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India: Reject Ordinance on Death Penalty for Rape
ExpandPeople hold a candlelight vigil in Bengaluru, India, to protest the rape of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua and a teenager in Unnao, April 13, 2018.© 2018 Reuters(New York) – The Indian parliament...
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Asaram Case Highlights Need for Witness and Victim Protection in India
ExpandPolicemen rest as they guard inside Asaram Bapu's ashram, before a court convicted him for raping a teenage girl, in Ahmedabad, India, April 25, 2018. © 2018 Reuters / Amit Dave“During night, I...
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India Sex Offenders’ Registry Not the Answer
ExpandWomen hold candles as they shout slogans during a protest against the rape of a ten-year-old girl, in the outskirts of Delhi, India April 25, 2018. © 2018 ReutersReeling from protests across the...
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Palestine: ‘Marry-Your-Rapist’ Law Repealed
ExpandPhoto showing a white dress symbolizing a bride produced by the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling as part of their campaign to repeal article 308 which had allowed rapists to escape...
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Sudan’s Many Nouras
ExpandA woman carries water in Al Fashir, capital of North Darfur, Sudan, September 6, 2016.© 2016 ReutersInternational media has rightly focused on the case of Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese...
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Myanmar: Deadline to Report on Rape of Rohingya to UN
ExpandA Rohingya woman walks through Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 22, 2018.© 2018 Reuters(Yangon) – Myanmar should comply with a United Nations committee’s request for...
View ArticleJoint Submission to CEDAW on Myanmar
Related ContentDownload SubmissionHuman Rights Watch and Fortify Rights welcome the opportunity to provide joint input into the November 2017 request by the Committee on the Elimination of...
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International Effort to End ‘Me Too’ Abuses
ExpandWomen workers in a garment factory in Cambodia. © 2014 Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch(Geneva) – Governments, employers, and workers from around the world will meet beginning May 28, 2018, to...
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Afghan Government Ignoring Violence Against Women
ExpandMembers of civil society organizations chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of 27-year-old woman, Farkhunda, who was beaten with sticks and set on fire by a crowd of men in...
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We write in advance of the 70th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its review of the State of Palestine’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination...
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A Step Toward Ending 'Virginity Exams' in Afghanistan
ExpandA demonstrator attends a rally outside the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, Belgium, October 5, 2016.© 2016 ReutersA new policy in Afghanistan promises to bar government health workers from...
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India Invites Bids to Create Sex Offenders Registry
The Indian government’s plan to develop a national registry of sexual offenders is raising a slew of concerns, from data breaches to violations of privacy protections, including for individuals who...
View ArticleSexual Violence by the Burmese Military Against Ethnic Minorities
Co-Chairmen Representatives McGovern and Hultgren and members of the commission, thank you for the opportunity to testify at today’s hearing on human rights and the use of sexual violence by the...
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Japan's Not-So-Secret Shame
ExpandShiori Ito, a journalist, who says was raped by an colleague in 2015, talks about her ordeal and the need for more support for the victims in Japan, during an interview in Tokyo.© 2018 Mari...
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Protect Pakistan’s Children from Sexual Abuse
ExpandPeople chant slogans and hold signs to condemn the rape and killing of 7-year-old girl Zainab Ansari in Kasur, during a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan January 11, 2018.© 2018 ReutersA fact...
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Nepal’s Rape Survivors Need Answers
ExpandNepalese women protest against what they say is an increase in violence against women and demanding that the government implement stronger laws, in Kathmandu on January 3, 2013. © 2013 Reuters...
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