Her husband and 51 rapists received lighter sentences than expected. On Thursday, Gisele Pelicot, who was raped dozens of times after being subjected to chemical subduing by her husband, said she respected the sentences handed down against her attackers. RELATED: French Prosecutor Seeks 20-Year Sentence for Dominique Pelicot in Rape Case “At this moment I […]

He is accused of abusing his wife for 10 years, during which he drugged her with sedatives and offered her to dozens of men. On Monday, Laure Chabaud, the prosecutor for the Court of Appeal in Avignon, requested a 20-year prison sentence—the maximum penalty in France for rape—for Dominique Pelicot. RELATED: Argentina’s Vote Against Women’s […]

India’s latest crime report, which covers 2022, recorded 31,500 cases of rape in that year alone.

For years, human rights defenders have denounced the mistreatment, torture and murder of Palestinians at this center. On Wednesday, Israeli Channel 12 broadcast security camera footage showing a group of Israeli reservist soldiers harassing some 30 Palestinian prisoners who were blindfolded on the floor. RELATED: Gaza: Israeli Kills 39,653 Palestinians One of the prisoners is […]

In the 1980s, the military raped Indigenous women in the communities of Manta and Vilca. On Thursday, the First Transitory Superior Criminal Chamber issued a conviction against ten former Peruvian soldiers who raped Indigenous women in Huancavelica between 1984 and 1995. RELATED: Peruvians Ask Inter-American Court to Prevent Impunity in Crimes Against Humanity This crime […]

The footballer Robson de Souza (Robinho) was arrested on Thursday in the Brazilian city of Santos by agents of the Federal Police, after the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF) reject the writ of ‘habeas corpus’ filed by his lawyers to get him out of a group rape conviction. RELATED: Soccer Star Dani Alves Convicted […]