Sexual Violence | Human Rights Watch
Jun 12, 2025 · In Ecuador one in four women experience sexual violence. Until April 2021, abortion after rape was criminalized unless the pregnant person had an intellectual disability.
Sudan: Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves
Dec 16, 2024 · Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state since September …
Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees - Human Rights Watch
Apr 22, 2024 · Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023.
“Forced to Give Up on Their Dreams”: Sexual Violence against Girls in ...
Feb 18, 2025 · The 85-page report, “‘Forced to Give Up on Their Dreams’: Sexual Violence against Girls in Guatemala,” documents the numerous barriers that girls who are survivors of sexual violence face ...
Bangladesh: Protests Erupt Over Rape Verdict - Human Rights Watch
Nov 16, 2021 · Women’s rights activists are protesting following the acquittal of all five men accused in an alleged gang-rape of two women in Dhaka in 2017, Human Rights Watch said today.
日本は同意のない性交をレイプと認めるべき | Human Rights Watch
Jun 14, 2023 · 日本の参議院に現在提出されている法案は、刑法上のレイプの定義について「不同意性交等」と改正するもので、画期的である。この法案は6月21 ...
No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons - Predators and Victims
Sep 3, 1996 · Unsurprisingly--given that physical force, or at least the implicit threat of physical force, is a common element of rape in prison--victims of rape tend to be smaller and weaker than perpetrators.
Doctor’s Rape, Murder in India Sparks Protests - Human Rights Watch
Aug 15, 2024 · The laws against rape and sexual abuse were strengthened after a 2012 gang rape and murder in Delhi sparked nationwide protests.
India: Rape Victims Face Barriers to Justice - Human Rights Watch
Nov 9, 2017 · (New York) – Rape survivors in India face significant barriers to obtaining justice and critical support services, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Legal and other …
Egypt: Gang Rape Witnesses Arrested, Smeared - Human Rights Watch
Sep 11, 2020 · Egyptian security agencies in late August 2020 arbitrarily arrested a man and three women who were witnesses to a high-profile gang rape case from 2014 that recently came to light.