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Afghan police take first, faltering steps in fight against corruption

By Katharine Houreld HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan's security forces are routinely accused of murder, rape and corruption on a grand scale, but a new anti-corruption police unit's sole conviction last year was a junior policeman who forged some documents, the head of the unit told Reuters.

Afghan policewomen suffer sexual abuse at work

Afghanistan's policewomen suffer sexual assault by male colleagues, often inside police stations, a rights group said Thursday, calling for women-only toilets and changing facilities to curb such abuse. Addressing the concerns of policewomen is necessary to address the "rampant violence" against women in the wider society, said Human Rights Watch (HRW). "Harassment and abuse is an everyday experience for many Afghan women," said HRW Asia director Brad Adams.

Britain and Jordan sign treaty to push Abu Qatada deportation

Britain has signed a new legal agreement with Jordan in its latest bid to deport Islamist terror suspect Abu Qatada after a 12-year legal battle, Home Secretary Theresa May said Wednesday. The minister told parliament that the treaty gave guarantees that the "dangerous" radical preacher, whose real name is Omar Mohammed Othman, would face a fair trial if deported and that evidence obtained by torture would not be used in the case.

Second man arrested for India girl rape, chaos in parliament

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police arrested a second man on Monday in connection with the rape and torture of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi and parliament was adjourned twice amid an uproar about the crime which has rekindled popular fury at widespread sexual violence. The anger echoes the response to the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist on a bus on December 16. She later died of her injuries. Protesters are angry authorities have failed to prevent more such crimes.

India police arrest suspect over rape of 5-year-old girl

A five-year-old Indian girl who was abducted, raped and tortured in New Delhi was alert and stable, doctors said on Saturday, as fresh protests erupted over sexual violence in the country. The attack evoked memories of the brutal gang-rape and death of a young female student last December which shook India and sparked weeks of demonstrations against widespread crimes against women and children. Newspapers splashed the rape of the five-year-old on their front pages with headlines such as "Delhi shamed again" and "Depraved Delhi".

Protests build in New Delhi after child rape

By Devidutta Tripathy and Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Angry crowds demonstrated in India's capital on Saturday after a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped, tortured and kept in captivity for 40 hours, reviving memories of last December's brutal assault on a woman that shook the country. Police arrested a man they accuse of the attack from the eastern state of Bihar, and brought him back to New Delhi for interrogation. Doctors say the girl suffered severe injuries and bruising, including to her neck and genitalia.

US fears promise of Arab Spring may be lost

Global hopes that democracy could replace dictatorships in Arab Spring nations risk being crushed by repressive regimes, the United States warned Friday in its annual human rights report. "The hope of the early days of the Arab Awakening has run up against the harsh realities of incomplete and contested transitions," the State Department said in its assessment of the global situation of human rights in 2012.

Indian child 'critical' after brutal rape

A five-year-old Indian girl was battling for her life on Friday after being kidnapped and brutally raped in the latest incident of sexual violence which has triggered nationwide protests. The girl was attacked inside a locked room over at least a 48-hour period, police said, after being abducted as she played outside on Monday in a lower-middle class area of the capital New Delhi.

Indian child 'critical' after brutal rape

A five-year-old Indian girl was battling for her life on Friday after being kidnapped and brutally raped in the latest incident of sexual violence which has triggered nationwide protests. The girl was attacked inside a locked room over a 48-hour period, police said, after being abducted as she played outside on Monday in a lower-middle class area of the capital New Delhi.

Indian child 'critical' after brutal rape

A five-year-old Indian girl was battling for her life on Friday after being kidnapped and brutally raped in the latest incident of sexual violence which has triggered nationwide protests. The girl was attacked inside a locked room over a 48-hour period, police said, after being abducted as she played outside on Monday in a lower-middle class area of the capital New Delhi.
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