Sexual Violence - Human Rights Watch
Nov 6, 2024 · I didn’t want to have [the baby] because it was the product of rape. I didn’t want my family to find out.” She was sentenced to 12 months in prison and was released after seven months due to ...
Sudan: Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves
Dec 16, 2024 · Rape in the Homes of Civilians. On the morning of December 31, 2023, after hostilities that led to the RSF taking control of the town of Habila from the SAF, RSF fighters and affiliated Arab ...
No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons - Rape Scenarios - Human …
Jan 31, 1999 · Rape in prison is rarely a sexual act, but one of violence, politics, and an acting out of power roles.-- Journalist and prisoner Wilbert Rideau, in "The Sexual Jungle" (266)
Sexual Violence in the August and September 2017 Attacks
Nov 16, 2017 · This report documents the Burmese military’s gang rape of Rohingya women and girls and further acts of violence, cruelty, and humiliation. Many women described witnessing the murders of their ...
International Legal Prohibitions against Sexual V iolence
Jul 16, 2016 · 253 Rape and other forms of sexual violence can be defined as constituent elements of genocide. Genocide is defined under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of ...
Sexual Violence as International Crime - Human Rights Watch
rape recognized as a crime against humanity: In the Akayesu decision (See Human Rights Watch Press Release, September 2, 1998), the ICTR found the defendant guilty of crimes against humanity based ...
Rape by Indian police is common throughout India; the victims are generally poor women and those from vulnerable low-caste and tribal minority groups. 9 In some cases, women are taken into custody as
Haiti: Scarce Protection as Sexual Violence Escalates
Nov 25, 2024 · Between January and October, nearly 4,000 girls and women reported sexual violence, including gang rape, mostly committed by members of criminal groups, according to the Gender-Based Violence (GBV ...
Iraq: ISIS Escapees Describe Systematic Rape - Human Rights Watch
Apr 15, 2015 · Rape and other forms of sexual violence, sexual slavery, cruel treatment, and other abuses committed during an armed conflict violate the laws of war. International criminal courts have ruled that ...
Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees
Apr 22, 2024 · (Beirut) – Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. The grave abuses are ...