Cleric arrested for allegedly raping nine-year-old student in Pakistan mosque
May 12, 2024, at 12:00 am
A Pakistani cleric in Larkana was recently arrested for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old student in a mosque.
Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime
Apr 24, 2024, at 10:28 pm
The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in 2023, a “dramatic increase” of 50 per cent over the previous year, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
Case filed against Madrasa chairman over child rape charges in Bangladesh
Feb 18, 2024, at 09:52 pm
A case has been filed against Madrasa managing committee chairman in Mongla region of Bangladesh for allegedly raping two children.
Pakistan: Two seminary teachers booked for allegedly sexually assaulting students, one arrested
Nov 20, 2023, at 01:27 am
Two teachers of a local seminary in Pakistan's Chakwal region were booked by the police after they were accused of sexually assaulting and torturing students, media reports said.
US: 35-year-old guidance counsellor accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting middle school boy
Nov 13, 2023, at 09:21 pm
A Pennsylvania middle school counsellor has been accused of being involved in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, media reports said.
US: Five-year-old Kansas girl raped, murdered, key suspect arrested
Oct 06, 2023, at 10:17 pm
A five-year-old girl from US city of Kansas was recently raped and murdered at a homeless campsite after she was thrown out of the home by her mother, media reports said.
Manipur: Mass protests against rape of woman at Churachandpur
Aug 11, 2023, at 10:20 pm
Imphal: Women of Manipur staged sit-in protests on Friday against the alleged gangrape of a woman at Churachandpur during "Tribal Solidarity March" on May 3 last.
Bangladesh: Seven-year-old raped, accused arrested
Jul 14, 2021, at 03:08 pm
Dhaka: A person has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old in Pangsa upazila of Bangladesh's Rajbari area on Monday, meia reports said on Wednesday.
Rape is wrong but death penalty, castration, not the answer: UN rights chief
Oct 16, 2020, at 03:36 pm
New York: While perpetrators of rape and other forms of sexual violence must be held accountable, capital punishment and torture are not the answer, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday.
Bangladesh: Father sent to jail for raping teenage daughter
Dec 06, 2019, at 09:44 am
Dhaka/IBNS: A Bangladeshi court on Thursday sent a man to jail for allegedly raping his daughter, media reports said on Friday.
Bangladesh: School headmaster arrested for allegedly raping student
Jul 01, 2019, at 09:53 am
Dhaka, July 1 (IBNS): Police have arrested a school headmaster in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area for allegedly raping a student, media reports said.
Jul 13, 2018, at 08:43 am
New York, July 13 (IBNS): Since the start of the conflict in South Sudan, widespread and systematic sexual violence has been a pervasive tactic of war and terror, said a high-level United Nations envoy, after visiting the war-torn country and hearing “horrific” testimonies.
UN mobilizes in Rohingya camps to support babies born of rape; young mothers face stigma
Jun 20, 2018, at 09:17 am
New York, June 20 (IBNS): Despite challenges brought on by the arrival of the monsoon season this month, United Nations agencies in Bangladesh continue to support nearly one million Rohingya refugees, including thousands of victims of sexual violence.
Minor raped in Bangladesh, one arrested
May 07, 2018, at 02:51 pm
Dhaka, May 7 (IBNS): Police have arrested a person for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl at Sundorpur village in Chunarughat upazila of Bangladesh's Habiganj district, media reports said on Monday.
Captors authorized the killing of my daughter, says freed hostage Joshua Boyle
Oct 14, 2017, at 11:26 pm
Toronto, Oct 14 (IBNS): In a major revelation, a man, who was freed with his family after five years in militant captivity in Afghanistan, has said that people who had captured them had authorized the killing of one of his children and raped his wife.
Afghanistan: 162 nabbed in Kabul over various crimes
Nov 30, 2016, at 05:14 pm
Kabul, Nov 30 (IBNS): The Afghanistan government has nabbed at least 162 people in Kabul in connection with various crimes, local Khaama Press reported.