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Israel urges UN to act on report detailing how Hamas used sexual violence on Oct. 7
10 Jul 2025 03:50 GMT
… slowly to the rape and sexual violence carried out by … where bodies, mostly of women, were found naked or … categorically denied allegations of using sexual violence.
‘Failure’
Halperin-Kaddari … failure of the international human rights system.”
She said the …
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Queensland magistrate accepts emergency defence for woman driver fleeing domestic violence
10 Jul 2025 01:36 GMT
… magistrate recognised she was fleeing domestic violence.
The decision was delivered on … she had since had a domestic violence protection order taken out against … risk of experiencing, domestic, family or sexual violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 …
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What the Critical Minerals Race Means for Women
10 Jul 2025 07:56 GMT
… mutually reinforcing. Women face harassment, abuse, and rape both when working … Harm to women’s health as well as increasing sexual violence and exploitation … input whenever possible from female environmental and human rights defenders, who mobilize despite …
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Royal family LIVE: King Charles heads to the coast while Duchess Sophie heads abroad for royal engagements
10 Jul 2025 05:19 GMT
… will hear from a local female peace builder, learning more about … impact of the conflict on women and the role they play … with survivors of conflict related sexual violence.
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Europe human rights court finds Russia committed grave international law violations in Ukraine
10 Jul 2025 00:08 GMT
… the Geneva Conventions and other human rights treaties, “application of extremism … and systemic use of sexual violence by armed separatists and … that the “use of rape as a weapon of war … held Russia accountable for the human rights abuses committed in Ukraine, …
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The rising horror of sexual violence
09 Jul 2025 21:01 GMT
… reported cases involved gang rape. When one reads these … alongside the incidents of rape in Muradnagar, Bhola, … cases filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention … alone cannot deter sexual violence against women by enacting stricter laws …
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New Report Exposes Hamas’ ‘Tactical Use of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War’ During Oct. 7 Attacks
09 Jul 2025 20:43 GMT
… showed instances of gang-rape followed by execution, genital … humiliation.
Most of the rape victims were murdered during … who talked about experiencing sexual violence during captivity. Multiple ex … genitalia, bodies of naked women cuffed onto trees, bodies …
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Israeli report details systematic use of sexual violence by Hamas
09 Jul 2025 18:19 GMT
Tel Aviv, July 9, (dpa/GNA) – A report released on Tuesday offers detailed evidence, that Hamas used sexualized violence as a “tactical weapon of war”
during its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, and such violence continued against hostages held in the …
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Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR
09 Jul 2025 17:53 GMT
… , sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of human rights has … the circumstances in which women were raped or sexually … victims, the raping of women and girls in the … promotionThe judges said that sexual violence and rape were deployed in …
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Russia committed human rights abuses in Ukraine, downed Malaysia Airlines flight: European court
09 Jul 2025 16:54 GMT
… against Russia included murder, torture, rape, destroying civilian infrastructure, kidnapping Ukrainian … the human rights abuses went beyond any military objective and Russia used sexual violence … Ukrainian morale.
“The use of rape as a weapon of war …