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Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate
17 Nov 2025 05:13 GMT
… to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be … clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and … two men appealing against rape convictions delivered in … rape shield laws, suggested that Holyrood should commission a human rights lawyer, …
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Bangladesh’s ICT That Sentenced Sheikh Hasina: A Court ‘International’ Only In Name
18 Nov 2025 16:11 GMT
… , deportation, imprisonment, abduction, confinement, torture, rape or other inhumane acts committed … not adopted international humanitarian and human rights law practices substantively, only in a …
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European court rules against Poland after woman traveled abroad for 2nd trimester abortion
17 Nov 2025 21:17 GMT
… goal fully consistent with international human rights law."
Poland’s abortion law … legal only in cases of rape, incest or threats to the …
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Nigeria: 99 Christians Killed In Two Weeks (oct 28-nov 11) In Six State
17 Nov 2025 17:51 GMT
… Law
Obianuju Joy Igboeli, Esquire
Human Rights Lawyer/Head, Dept. of Civil … who are Christians mercilessly gang-raped, defiled and degraded. Rev. Dachomo … rocks where they were brutally raped and left abandoned or to …
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Women of 2025 revealed: Kate O’Connor and Siobhán McSweeney among those honoured at gala ceremony
17 Nov 2025 17:04 GMT
… 1992, she became the first rape survivor in Ireland to speak …
Caoilfhionn Gallagher is an Irish human rights lawyer whose 2025 work as Special …
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Recommendations on Next Steps for Comprehensive Justice for Syria
17 Nov 2025 15:45 GMT
… all alleged violations of international human rights law in the country since March … against humanity including extermination, murder, rape and sexual violence, torture, imprisonment …
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UM law symposium points to erosion of — and solutions for — human rights in the Americas
17 Nov 2025 13:59 GMT
… ) Donna Shalala; and human rights lawyer Brisa De Angulo, a sexual abuse victim who won …
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News diary 17-23 November: Asylum policy statement, UK inflation data, and South Africa hosts G20
17 Nov 2025 10:47 GMT
… migrants and an overhaul of human rights law.
Later in the week, key … for two men guilty of raping teen in Rotherham
Wicked: For …
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Meet the whistleblowers who exposed Queensland’s domestic violence failures: ‘I was warned they would pulverise me’
17 Nov 2025 00:36 GMT
… husband for “threatening behaviour and sexual abuse” on numerous occasions and “complained … of fear and silence’
The Human Rights Law Centre’s whistleblower project has … , a senior lawyer from the Human Rights Law Centre who represented Elsie, says …
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UN official Reem Alsalem denies evidence of Hamas sexual violence despite UN’s own report
16 Nov 2025 22:36 GMT
… . 7 atrocities.
In August, human rights lawyer Anne Herzberg, a legal advisor … that Hamas terrorists had indeed raped and sexually violated Israeli … 7 attacks, including rape and gang-rape in at least three … didn’t take place, rapes didn’t take place, …