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Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | about 5 hours ago
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At least 10,000 women were victims of sexual violence last year. Moving up the ranks of Guatemala's ruthless gangs can be as simple as robbing a store at knife point or as brutal as shooting a city bus driver...In January, a group of gang members ripped...
Tags: Guatemalan, Guatemala City, Marisole, sexual violence, United Nations, Latin America, widespread rapes, Guatemala, Gender studies, Domestic violence, Women's rights, War rape, Sex crimes, Violence, Rape, Social Issues, Law Crime
Mom Lets Cops Taze 10 Year-Old Daughter Who Refused to Take a Shower
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | about 10 hours ago
Credibility An Arkansas mom allegedly allowed a police office to taze (link fixed) her 10-year-old daughter because the girl was having a tantrum...The head of the Arkansas State Police says he isn't sure if the officer made a mistake when he shocked an unarmed child...
Tags: old daughter, San Francisco, Tantrum, Violence, Charles Taze Russell, Cops, Aggression, Emotion, Habits
Female inmates allege sexual assaults
Raleigh :: NC :: USA | about 13 hours ago
Credibility Four female inmates say state prisons subjected them and other prisoners to sexual violence and harassment amounting to cruel and unusual punishment. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported today that the women filed a federal class-action lawsuit that...
Tags: violence, rape, female inmates, sexually assaults, Raleigh, Prison sexuality, Prison rape, Sex crimes, Crimes, Law Crime, Social Issues
Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape
Feminists, political, and activist' writers present their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model approach to an overhaul today. Yes Means Yes!, compiled and edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti, present a variety of perspectives...
Tags: women and sex, rape in the u.s., female sexuality, sex education, women and body image, sexual identity, Violence, Feminism, Sex crimes, Crimes, Rape, Social Issues, Female Sexual Power
Prisoner Access To Sanitation Is A Human Right
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 20 hours ago
Credibility States must ensure that everyone, including people in detention, have access to safe sanitation. Without it, detention conditions are inhumane, and contrary to the basic human dignity which underpins all human rights,” they added. The Special Rapporteur...
Tags: New York City, Manfred Nowak, Torture, Sanitation, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Mandatory detention in Australia, Human rights abuses, Violence, Special Rapporteur, Social Issues
The Tortured Reasoning of Oppression
Tehrān :: Iran | about 20 hours ago
Credibility Since 1998 the 26 June has been set aside by the UN as a day to stand with the tortured, to feel their pain and to work towards eradicating torture. Torture, often excused by its perpetrators as a necessity, is nothing more than a tool for repression...
Tags: Israeli Occupation, human rights, hegemonic regime, Iran, Tehrān, Philosophy of law, Human rights abuses, Oppression, International Day in Support of Torture Victims, Uses of torture in recent times, Torture, Violence, Morality, Politics
CeaseFire Week Promotes Positive Messages through Negativity
Cicero :: IL :: USA | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Coraz�n Community Services is a nonprofit, youth service organization in Cicero, Ill. whose programs are centered around three key areas: prevention, intervention and education programs...Freddy Corral, community outreach liaison for Coraz�n Community...
Tags: Coraz�n Community Services, Freddy Corral, Cicero, Nonviolence, Pacifism, Violence, Social Issues
Man who had 2001 rape conviction overturned reaches deal -- Agreement reduces charges to single count of assault
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | about 22 hours ago
Credibility Man who had 2001 rape conviction overturned reaches deal Agreement reduces charges to single count of assault Thursday, November 19th 2009 ST. The legal journey is not yet over for Swaleh Muiruri who has already served eight years of a 30-year sentence...
Tags: Swaleh Muiruri, V.I. Superior Court, degree assault, degree rape, sexually contact, unlawful sexually, Philadelphia, Assault, Sex laws, Mark Goudeau, Laws regarding rape, Crimes, Violence, Rape, Law Crime
Celebrating 100 Million Video Downloads with RealPlayer SP!
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 22 hours ago
Credibility For those of you who don’t know, this little gossip blog is largely funded by the fantastic folks over at RealNetworks. Scoff all you want, but Wendie and Molly and Kelly and I — as well as the women of Zelda Lily and Lilly Likes — wouldn’t be here for...
Tags: Rihanna, Chris Brown, domestic violence, Los Angeles, Exclusive, Jordin Sparks, Freeware, RealPlayer, RealNetworks, Human Interest, Umbrella, Entertainment Culture, Relational aggression, Halle Berry, Violence, Social Issues, TMZ.com, Probation, Law Crime, Mark Geragos
RIGHTS-US: Justice to Probe Detainee Abuses
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 22 hours ago
Credibility Attorney General Eric Holder is poised to release a long-delayed report prepared in 2004 by the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing the "enhanced interrogation" techniques used by the CIA and some of its contractors against...
Tags: Iraq, Baghdad, Waterboarding, Violence, Enhanced interrogation techniques, Black site, Maher Arar, Human rights abuses, Torture in the United States, War crimes, Politics
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