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Kandahar massacre, Kristie Kenney and the Philippines Subic rape case

By Andrew Spooner Mon, Mar 12, 2012 10:06PM UTC View Comments

As the news of the Kandahar Massacre circles the globe, the eyes of the international community are once again scrutinising the USA’s dubious and often appalling human rights record – particularly when they are intervening/invading in some foreign land. From urinating on corpses, drones bringing mass slaughter to wedding parties, death squads murdering completely innocent,...

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The ‘anyone who wants a job must have been raped’ credo

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Wed, Feb 01, 2012 4:03AM UTC View Comments

Any here who is educated, wants a job and has been raped? I am sure that the person who coined the original of the above line would not have wanted to be in India today – much less in Uttar Pradesh where the scandalous promise of a job for every educated woman who had been...

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Rape as a weapon of war in Burma

By Zin Linn Mon, Oct 10, 2011 11:51PM UTC View Comments

Three Chinese women were gang raped Friday by Burmese soldiers under Burma Army’s Military Operation Command-3 (MOC-3). The commander of MOC-3 is Brig-Gen Myat Kyaw and the troops are under the direct control of Northern Regional Command (NRC), based in Myitkyina, in Kachin State, Kachin News Group said. Each woman was raped by at least...

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US soldier accused of raping Korean teen

By Nathan Schwartzman Mon, Oct 03, 2011 6:48AM UTC View Comments

As you have probably heard, a US soldier in Dongducheon is accused of sexually assaulting a high school student as she was studying for the university entrance exams. Korean authorities are either so eager to prosecute or so confident of the evidence that are bringing the indictment a week faster than normal. On October 1...

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India: Jharkhand women victims of rampant sexual violence by forces

By Subir Ghosh Thu, Sep 15, 2011 4:02PM UTC View Comments

Women in conflict zones are especially insecure and vulnerable to various forms of sexual violence and exploitation. This is a form of violence that is particularly invisible and difficult to identify and redress. Photo: WSS

It is women in Jharkhand who have been facing the brunt of Operation Jharkhand. There have been several reports and allegations of police and other security forces inflicting brutal violence on villagers during their anti-Maoist operations in areas under Operation Greenhunt, including rape and sexual violence against women, which rarely, if at all, get reported....

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