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Jolie joins world powers to vow action against rape as weapon of war

April 11, 2013 12:51
World powers pledged new measures and funds on Thursday to tackle rape and sexual violence used as a weapon of war, in a "historic" deal drawn up with UN special envoy Angelina Jolie. G8 foreign ministers meeting in London agreed to commit $35.5 million (27 million euros) to tackle what British Foreign Secretary William Hague likened to slavery as "one of the greatest and most persistent injustices in the world".

Wartime rape preventable, actress Jolie tells G8 ministers

April 11, 2013 12:24
By Natalie Huet LONDON (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie said on Thursday that rape in war zones was preventable and urged foreign ministers of some the world's most powerful nations to boost efforts to bring wartime sex offenders to justice. Speaking in London after a meeting of Group of Eight foreign ministers including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the actress said the world needed to do more to prevent such crimes.

World powers pledge action against rape as weapon of war

April 11, 2013 10:16
World powers pledged new measures and funds on Thursday to tackle rape and sexual violence used as a weapon of war, in a "historic" deal drawn up with UN special envoy Angelina Jolie. G8 foreign ministers meeting in London agreed to commit $35.5 million (27 million euros) to tackle what British Foreign Secretary William Hague likened to slavery as "one of the greatest and most persistent injustices in the world".

TV personality Ko gets 5-year jail term for rape

April 11, 2013 05:02
A Seoul district court Wednesday sentenced TV personality Ko Young-wook to five years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting minors and ordered him to wear an electronic anklet for 10 years after his jail term is served. Ko, 37, a former member of the ’90s popular singing group Roo’Ra, was found guilty of a total of four accounts of rape and sexual assault of three teenagers in his home and car between July 2010 and December 2012.

Iraq voices regret over diplomat's sexual abuse case

April 10, 2013 17:03
The Iraqi government on Wednesday expressed regret over the recent sexual harassment of a local woman by one of the diplomats at its Seoul embassy, vowing to take stern measures against him. According to Seoul's Yongsan Police Station, the Iraqi diplomat, identified only by the initial M of his surname, was briefly detained by police here on April 1 on suspicion of forcibly kissing a 52-year-old South Korean woman and making her grope him inside an elevator at their apartment building in the multicultural district of Itaewon. "Upon the summons by the Iraqi government following

Most conflict-zone sex crimes are against children

April 9, 2013 22:45
Save the Children on Wednesday urged action after releasing a report claiming that most rape and sexual abuse victims in many of the world's conflict zones were children. The report, entitled "Crimes Against Children", cited data and testimonies from countries including Colombia, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The charity warned that programmes to help children who are victims of sexual crimes in war zones and post-conflict regions were massively underfunded.

Norwegian exchange student raped in Cape Town

April 9, 2013 09:46
A Norwegian teenager has been raped and robbed at gunpoint by two armed men in South Africa's top tourist city of Cape Town, police said Tuesday. Police said the 19-year old exchange student was with a South African male friend when they were attacked at one of the city's attractions, the 300-metre-high Signal Hill. They were forced into their car and ordered to drive to a nearby residential area known as Summer Greens. "En route to Summer Greens, the female was raped by both suspects," regional police spokesman Andre Traut told AFP.

The other war

April 6, 2013 09:51
As Turkey takes tentative steps toward solving the Kurdish issue, economists and businessmen stress the positive impact that peace would have on the economy. The conflict, let's not forget, has not only carried a huge human and political cost. It has also encouraged unchecked military spending on the one hand and hindered development on the other. If peace was achieved, "Turkey could enter the world of greatest success stories” economist Nouriel Roubini stated at the Uludag Economic Summit.

Women for protection of their rights to cast votes in polls

April 6, 2013 04:47
Women activists as well as former members of the provincial assembly have demanded fool proof measures enabling women to cast their votes, without any constraint and absolutely out of free will.Speaking at a session arranged by Aurat Foundation to celebrate completion of five year democratic rule in the country they urged authorities to curtail incidents, as registered in national polls 2008 when certain sections stoped women to cast votes in certain areas of the country.On the occasion they also recommended democracy within political parties and hoped that all political pa

Delhi gang-rape accused attacked in prison

April 5, 2013 12:21
A defendant in the New Delhi gang-rape and murder trial said Friday he was assaulted inside jail by inmates to stop him from appearing for a job recruitment test, according to the Press Trust of India. Vinay Sharma, who along with five others had allegedly gang-raped a 23-year-old student in a moving bus in December appeared before the court with a fractured right hand, the news agency said.
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