Tag: Rape

Mother Superior, 71, gang-raped in India

March 16, 2015 India Delhi, India, Rape, Women

A 71-year-old Mother Superior was gang-raped at a convent in eastern India on Saturday (14 March), after she confronted a group of armed robbers. The robbers were caught on CCTV and eight men questioned by police following the incident at the Convent of Jesus and Mary in Ranaghat, near Kolkata. . . . Read More

Kachin rebels snub Myanmar ceasefire deal after women’s murders

February 13, 2015 Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, Baptists, Converts, Kachin, Karen, Marriage, Minorities, Myanmar, Panglong, Rape, Shan, Women

What most people know about Myanmar is that Aung San Suu Kyi has been prevented from becoming its leader, despite her overwhelming popularity. That may finally change in elections later this year. Myanmar is made up of eight major ethnic groups, who all hoped for autonomy after gaining independence after . . . Read More

Missing Chibok girls ‘raped almost daily’

August 28, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Nigeria, Rape, Stephen Davis, Women

Canon Stephen Davis, a special adviser to the President of Nigeria in the attempts to find and recover the Chibok girls, still missing since April, has returned to Australia and spoken to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He says he managed to smuggle out of the country footage of a handful . . . Read More

Christian deaths double in 2014 World Watch List

January 8, 2014 Global News -- No Particular Country Africa, Angola, Central African Republic, Churches, Egypt, India, Kidnapping, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Rape, Religious freedom, Syria

Nearly twice as many Christians died for their faith in the past year than in 2012, according to Open Doors International’s 2014 World Watch List. Open Doors International, a charity that supports Christians under pressure for their faith, said 2,123 Christians were reported to have been killed during the 12 . . . Read More

Myanmar on the road to religious freedom

November 22, 2013 Myanmar Buddhist nationalism, Chin, Myanmar, Rape, Religious freedom

Myanmar is moving towards greater interfaith freedom of expression, but challenges remain, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s Benedict Rogers, writing for the Wall Street Journal. Rogers notes that, while the country has made great strides in recent years, there is an ongoing threat of ethnic and religious violence. However, he . . . Read More

Iranian men ‘destroyed’ by rape

May 13, 2013 Iran Rape

Rape is being used systematically to ‘destroy’ the reputation and dignity of anti-government activists in Iran. (BBC)

Police in Pakistan decline to prosecute rape suspects

June 12, 2012 Pakistan Kidnapping, Narowal, Pakistan, Rape, Women

Police have refused to arrest Muslims accused of causing the miscarriage of twin girls by beating their mother, even though a judge cancelled the suspects’ interim bails, according to the woman’s husband. Officers in Punjab Province’s Narowal district are biased in siding with Muslims accused of causing the miscarriage and . . . Read More

Pakistani Muslims rape girl, beat relatives for prosecuting

May 21, 2012 Pakistan Narowal, Pakistan, Rape, Women

A band of Muslims this month severely beat a pregnant Christian woman in Punjab’s Narowal district – causing her to lose female twins to miscarriage – in an effort to pressure her family into dropping charges of raping her 13-year-old niece, the woman’s husband said. Asher Masih of Dhamala village . . . Read More

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