Gang Rape

Indian top court to hear plea against release of gang rape, murder convicts

The 11 convicts in the case of gang rape survivor Bilkis Bano were released from jail on August 15 after the authorities approved their appeal for “remission of sentence”.

Pakistan court sentences two men to death in highway gang rape case

The attack and the subsequent demands for better protection of women prompted the government to introduce new legislation, including the establishment of special courts to speed up rape trials and the chemical castration of serial rapists.

Pakistani police say gang rape suspects identified

Women took the streets in various parts of the country for a second day to vent their anger over the police blaming the woman victim for what they called her "mistakes" that led to the sexual assault outside the city of Lahore.

Egypt detains women activists who pushed for prosecution of rapists

Abdel Fattah el Sisi's autocratic regime is now detaining the defenders of rape victims.

Hanging of Delhi bus rapists postponed indefinitely

The special court last month ruled the men were to be hanged Tuesday, but postponed the execution after one of them filed a mercy plea – the last remedy for death row convicts in India – to the president.

British teen in rape trial gets suspended jail term in Cyprus

The 19-year-old was sentenced to four months in jail, suspended for three years. She maintains she was coerced into withdrawing her complaint that she was gang-raped in Ayia Napa, a resort in Greek-administered Cyprus.

Indian woman who alleged gang-rape dies after burn attack

The 23-year-old woman suffered extensive injuries and was airlifted from Uttar Pradesh to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, where she died of cardiac arrest.

Indian police kill rape-murder suspects, sparking celebrations

Police say the men were killed when they were trying to escape during a re-enactment of the crime in southern Hyderabad city. But rights activists say police may have used "arbitrary violence" to avoid accountability.

India girl shot dead in suspected gang-rape as fury over sex crimes mounts

The perpetrators raped, shot and burned the body of a female whose body was found in Buxar town in India's Bihar state.

India fast tracks rape trial as Bachchan calls for 'lynching' of rapists

Four men were arrested in the suspected gang-rape and murder of a Telangana vet whose burned body was found last week. Former Bollywood star and lawmaker Jaya Bachchan is under fire for promoting mob-justice after saying rapists should be lynched.

India's Hindu nationalist regime and its politics of rape

A 19-year-old rape victim is fighting for her life in hospital after a key eyewitness, her father and aunts died in mysterious circumstances. Her accused is a powerful politician and a member of India's ruling BJP.

India court hands life term to three men for rape, murder of Kashmiri girl

Six men have been convicted, three of whom were sentenced to five years in prison, over the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from a Muslim nomadic tribe in India-administered Kashmir's Kathua district.