They spoke out about their assaults in spite the stigma that accompanies survivors of sexual violence and the risk of reprisals from the armed men who attacked them. The Journal article documented how international efforts to curb the use of rape as a weapon of war has fizzled out.

Harvey Weinstein appeared disheveled during a court hearing Wednesday. The former film producer requested an earlier trial due to his health conditions, calling Rikers Island a "hellhole."

Weinstein pushed at a court hearing for an earlier trial date, citing his health. "I can’t hold on anymore," he said.

Jay-Z is seeking attorney sanctions over a "Jane Doe" lawsuit that accuses him and Diddy of raping a 13-year-old girl after the 2000 VMA awards.

A former adviser to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been convicted and jailed. Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedford from New York in February 2024 to have sex with the girl following more than a month of planning.

A lawmaker from India's opposition Congress party was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and assault, news agency ANI reported.

A Crown Point man was charged Tuesday with rape after a woman alleged he had sex with her without her consent.

The incident came to light after three members of the gang were reportedly arrested in connection with a drunken brawl.

The parents of the victim in Kolkata's RG Kar rape and murder case met West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, urging him to address their grievances with President Droupadi Murmu and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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A Lima man’s case involving rape was recently transferred from Lima Municipal Court to the Allen County Common Pleas Court to await review from a grand jury.