Tag: rape
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Justice remains painfully scarce for Kosovo’s wartime rape survivors
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains detailed discussion of rape, sexual violence, and war OPINION In loving memory of Arzana Kraja, who helped to bring Kosovars together to support rape survivors through her conceptualisation and design of the Anemone symbol, in collaboration with Dardan Luta. In a recent panel discussing the prosecution […]
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Men, do better
OPINION CN: This article contains discussion of sexual violence and murder A week ago, few people knew who Sarah Everard was. Now, in the most tragic of circumstances, we all do. Sarah Everard disappeared on 3rd March whilst walking home from a friend’s house in Clapham at around 9:30 pm. She has not been seen […]
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Evil behind the curtain: Serbian actresses reveal they were raped and sexually assaulted by famous director
CN: this article contains discussion of rape and sexual violence REPORT While COVID-19 continues to dominate our lives, in Serbia, a new story of evil has gripped the public. A few weeks ago, well-known actress Milena Radulović revealed to Blic that her drama teacher and renowned Serbian director, Miroslav Mika Aleksić, raped her several times […]
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Former far-right Vox MP investigated for sex crime
REPORT Sexual violence strikes Spanish politics again, as former far-right Vox MP, Carlos Fernández-Roca Suárez, is investigated for a sexual offence. On 13th November 2020 Fernández-Roca announced his resignation from Spain’s Parliament using a now-deleted Twitter account, following the accusation: ‘On Wednesday, after learning of the complaint made against me, I immediately and voluntarily made myself […]
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The Murder of Mary Ashford: an interview with women’s history writer, Naomi Clifford
INTERVIEW The Murder of Mary Ashford: The Crime that Changed English Legal History explores the true story of servant, Mary Ashford, from Erdington, who was raped and murdered by Abraham Thornton, whom she had met at a local party. The case stands out in the way it galvanised a group of influential middle-class men, under […]
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