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The NYTimes reports on women being traded to smugglers in lieu of payment.  As migrants are being helped to resettle through illegal channels, women face particularly violent risks.  Read more.

The city of Raqqa in Syria, the so-called ISIS “capital,” has been patrolled for the past year by the all-female Al-Khansaa Brigade, a morality police most commonly used to enforce the dress codes for women, who must be covered and veiled at all times.  Social media accounts linked to ISIS have …

The victim is a 15-year-old girl who was abducted from the front of her home on December 26th, brought to a hotel, drugged and raped by 6 to 8 men.  The lead suspect is Mian Adnan Sanaullah, a prominent Lahore politician, who was among the eight already arrested.  The event is …

A media ban on using the real name of the 2012 gang rape victim (previously known under the pseudonym “Nirbhaya”) in efforts to protect the murdered victim’s family from shame appears to have done just the opposite.  Silencing the victim’s identity also silenced the truth. Akshaya Mishra explains how the state covered …

Human rights groups are also concerned about abusive forced anal exams. Full story in the Guardian.

The trial will begin in March 2016 and until then the 24-year-old accused will remain out on bail.

For those keeping score: In the past week, Trump has lost the support of Dick Cheney and Benjamin Netanyahu   Full Story Here: