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  • 24 Aug 2010
    UN confirms horrific gang rape of women in Congo

    A UN human rights team has confirmed that two armed groups in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo raped more than 150 women.

  • 20 Jul 2010
    Malaysian government brushes aside rape allegations

    A new report has alleged an “environment of violence” against Penan tribeswomen in Borneo. Loggers are accused of repeated cases of rape and sexual assualt, but the Malaysian government has dismissed the allegations.

  • 22 Apr 2010
    Sex offenders must have chance to change, says Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individuals should not be kept on the Sex Offenders' Register for life without the possibility of review.

  • 5 Oct 2009
    Raped women in Bosnia continue to be denied justice

    Successive governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina have failed to provide justice for thousands of women and girls who were raped during the 1992-1995 war, a new Amnesty International report reveals.

  • 15 Feb 2008
    Women to put UK justice system on trial over rape scandal

    A campaigning group that was formed 30 years ago to change law, attitudes and policy towards crime against women will mark the anniversary with a people's trial of Britain's justice system to highlight its failure to tackle rape.

  • 16 Oct 2007
    Amnesty, abortion and the abuse of women

    There is a continuing row between Amnesty International and the Vatican over access to abortion by women who have been abused and raped. Here AI explains its policy and contests representations of it by some critics and campaigners.

  • 17 Jan 2007
    Ethiopian troops accused of perpetrating atrocities

    Ethiopian soldiers occupying Somalia have been accused of raping Somali woman, according to reports circulating among church and development NGOs in the region. Observers are waiting for details to be confirmed.