New Anti-rape Law May Impose Chemical Castration

By Ranjana Narayan Another rape, again an outcry. Two years since the December 16 gang rape nothing much has changed, borne out by the fact that a serial offender like the Uber taxi driver operated undetected and was able to commit his latest ...

Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to adopt The Golden State's Yes means yes law to combat rape in the state of New York. Cuomo is reportedly concerned with very specific institutions at this time. Recently, he enforced the law on all State University of ...

The brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedic student on December 16, 2012 in the national capital witnessed huge uproar and protests with thousands of people out on the streets demanding justice for the victim and severe punishment for the culprits. Even ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) In the wake of the House abruptly abandoning (for now) an extreme anti-abortion bill, Republicans are finger-pointing and arguing over how to deal with what Sen. Lindsey Graham called "this definitional problem of rape." ...

Kenya's High Court on Friday suspended eight clauses in the security law Amendment Bill 2014 that was signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta in December 2014. High Court Judge Justice George Odunga referred the case to Chief justice Willy ...

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Changi­ng cultur­al attitu­des to rape is going to be far more diffic­ult than amendi­ng the law The Anti-Rape Laws (Criminal Amendment) Bill 2014 taken up by the Senate will enable modern scientific methodologies to ...

Suppor­ts DNA profil­ing as crucia­l eviden­ce in invest­igatio­n proces­s Supports DNA profiling as crucial evidence in investigation process. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel on Tuesday approved ...

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz always felt children were fair game for Israeli missiles. Now the question is whether he thinks they are fair game for the sexual exploits ofhis powerful associates and himself. Dershowitz and the UK's Prince ...