French policeman ordered to pay 1,000 euros for insulting woman who reported sexual assault

A French police officer has been ordered to pay 1,000 euros, or approximately $1,000 after he described a woman who filed a sexual assault complaint as a “whore”, a source close to the case said on Saturday. In a case that sparked outrage in France, the woman, then 34, filed a complaint at a Paris … Read more

India police arrest dozens over alleged rape and sexual abuse of teen girl over 5 year period

New Delhi — Police in the southern Indian state of Kerala have arrested 49 of 64 men accused of sexually abusing an 18-year-old girl over the last five years. The girl, who has not been identified, has reportedly told investigators that she was sexually abused and gang raped multiple times since the age of 13. … Read more

Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband found guilty in mass rape trial in France, sentenced to 20 years in prison

A judge in France on Thursday found the former husband of Gisèle Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping her repeatedly over the course of almost a decade and inviting dozens of other men to assault her as well, guilty of aggravated rape. He was given the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. Over the course … Read more