Category - rape

April 20, 2018

Child murder and temple desecration in today’s India

Responses to the horrific murder of an eight-year-old girl show the moral and spiritual damage caused by the growing power of India’s extreme right.
April 19, 2018

Protests as Narendra Modi visits London

Protestors in central London have voiced anger about the role of Indian leaders in religious, gender and caste-based violence. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, was attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting but also met the Queen, Prince Charles and Theresa May.
February 26, 2018

New report reveals fear and distress of Rohingya child refugees

A new report has revealed the wide-ranging daily challenges and fears faced by refugee children, many of whom reported witnessing brutal violence, killing of family members or their homes being burnt to the ground in Myanmar.
February 11, 2018

Bangladesh security forces alleged to have raped tribal girls

Two sisters from the Marma indigenous tribe of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh are being held against their will after being raped and sexually assaulted at gun point, allegedly by members of the Bangladesh security forces.
December 4, 2017

Suffering of Bangladeshi tribal people continues 20 years after peace accord

On the 20th anniversary of the peace accord between the Jumma tribal peoples and the Bangladesh government, campaigners have raised concerns that successive Bangladeshi administrations have failed to implement this vital agreement, or protect the Jumma.
January 22, 2016

‘Shocking’ crimes committed by all sides in South Sudan

Hundreds of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, gang-rapes, sexual slavery, forced abortion, massive recruitment of child soldiers and indiscriminate attacks against civilians with entire villages burned down have been perpetrated by all in sides in South Sudan, says the UN.
October 2, 2015

Women activists in Kunduz hunted down with Taliban ‘hit list’

Amnesty International has reported "harrowing" eyewitness testimony to the Taliban capture of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz this week
January 26, 2014

Call for investigation of horrific gang rape in India

The alleged horrific gang rape of a 20 year-old adivasi woman in Birbhum, West Bengal, must be investigated immediately, says Amnesty.
December 10, 2013

Faith-based organisations respond to HIV and AIDS as a justice issue

The International Conference on AIDS and STI’s in Africa sees sexual and gender-based violence as perpetuating the continued spread of HIV and AIDS.
April 23, 2013

UK government called on to help address sexual violence in Colombia

UK agencies are calling on the UK government to raise the issue of conflict-related sexual violence at a United Nations review in Geneva today (23 April)