Sexual harassment of women in the Arab world is, unfortunately, a daily burden they must carry. For the record, by harassment I do not mean cropping or worse but the...

Image: At the rate rape is gaining prominence in media, I wonder if it should be designated as national/most popular sport (at least among male). Forget ladies even...

One in four South African men questioned in a survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half of them admitted more than one attack. The study, by the...

I have seen many debates involving criminals, punishments, rehabilitation, and the death penalty. In general, although skeptical and at times cynical, I am a hopeful...

It’s the mad World. We hear this sentence many times. Made for each other, this is for a truly happy couple and there is no space or void kept and the bond is so...

Recently I received a mail from one of my friends, at first I dismissed it thinking after all these were the usual forwards that do rounds to all who have email...

Close to 1,20,000 mothers and sisters have been arrested under charges of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, without any verification / investigation; just on a...

It has been over 60 years since we formed our law & order and most of the social circumstances under which those laws were based on have undergone a dramatic...

Last month, London cab driver John Worboys was convicted of 19 charges of drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women in his taxi. Last year, the trial of Josef Fritzl,...

Couple of weeks ago a tale in Instablogs surfaced that some scoundrel physically abused one of our bloggers in a crowded bus. It shocked me that a girl of modest...

Two New York City police officers have pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, burglary and evidence tampering in connection with an attack on a Manhattan woman.

Prosecutors say two New York City police officers will face charges of rape, burglary and evidence tampering in connection with an attack on a Manhattan woman.

A former U.S. Army soldier accused of raping an Iraqi girl and killing her and her family was upset after losing multiple friends in combat but didn’t appear to...

An ex-soldier charged with raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and slaying her family set the girl’s body ablaze after shooting her several times,...

Opening arguments are under way in Kentucky in the trial of a former soldier charged with raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in Iraq and killing her family.

In initial versions of an April 24 story about federal prosecutors seeking to compel witnesses to testify in the trial of an ex-soldier, The Associated Press reported...

Prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to force the testimony of three soldiers convicted of taking part in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl against a...

An accusation that a woman was gang-raped by traditional authorities has rattled a Mexican town still ruled by ancient Indian customs.

The rabid lust and lewd being witnessed in gang raping in India is appalling. The news of gang rape of foreign woman, in Mumbai on Wednesday (4-15-2009) is not a matter...

Are children safe in this world from atrocities? The answer is no. They are not safe from sexual abuse from their neighbors, teachers, and even from their guardians in...