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250 Anti-Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Groups Condemn “Bathroom Bills” Targeting Transgender Population

Rebecca Lawrence April 21, 2016 Crimes Against Women, LGBTQ

NC Governor Pat McCrory has stated he will not repeal HB2 (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

The National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women released a statement Thursday opposing anti-transgender initiatives–such as North Carolina’s notorious HB2–because they will inevitably increase violence against transgender people rather than protect women from violence. 250+ Anti-Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Orgs: Support Trans Community https://t.co/xI41ybQWw3 #ProtectEveryone …

Report Says Violence Against Women In Pakistan ‘Rampant’ As Coalition Forms To Repeal Punjab Law Criminalizing Domestic Abuse

Rebecca Lawrence April 6, 2016 Crimes Against Women, International

A report published by the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on the treatment of women in Pakistan has revealed horrific widespread abuse. The group’s annual report details gang rapes, acid attacks, kidnapping, amputations, burnings and over a thousand “honor” crimes where women were killed for “domestic disputes, alleged illicit …

Ex-Cop In Missouri On Trial For Sexually Assaulting Women And Children On Duty Found Dead In Jail Cell

Rebecca Lawrence March 28, 2016 Crimes Against Women, Police Brutality, Police Misconduct

Marty L. Rainey, the former Gasconade County, Missouri deputy in Set. Genevieve County jail for multiple state and federal charges alleging he sexually assaulted several women, one of whom was underage, was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s Major Jason Schott said the Missouri State …

Former Sheriff’s Deputy in Alabama Arrested On Three Sexual Abuse Of Minors Charges

Rebecca Lawrence February 1, 2016 Crimes Against Children, Crimes Against Women, Law Enforcement

Carl Nathan Weeks Jr., 33, a former Franklin County sheriff’s deputy was arrested by the State Bureau of Investigation on three charges of sexual abuse involving minors. A grand jury later indicted Weeks on six total counts of sexual abuse including one account of rape. Weeks is a current member of …

SFPD officer threatened to drop rape case if woman failed to set up a date with her attacker

Rebecca Lawrence January 23, 2016 Crimes Against Women, Law Enforcement

New disturbing details have emerged in the case of California plaintiff Heather Marlowe, who was drugged and raped in 2010. Despite her repeated requests over the course of years, the SFPD failed to test her rape kit — and now they’re being sued as well as the city of San …

Germany cracks down on anti-migrant hate speech

Rebecca Lawrence January 7, 2016 Hate Crimes, International, Islamophobia, Migrants

Because of Germany’s historical involvement in genocide, hate speech in Germany has been considered a serious crime since WWII. While the far-right has often clashed with law enforcement by speaking out against migrants, since the wave of violence in Cologne on New Years Eve where over 100 sexual assaults and robberies by …

ISIS Fatwa Describes Dos and Don’ts for Raping Female Captives

Rebecca Lawrence December 29, 2015 Crimes Against Children, Crimes Against Women, International

In a recent raid on ISIS in Syria, a document was uncovered which outlines fifteen points related to the keeping and raping of female captives. Among the points were prohibitions against fathers and sons raping the same woman and against a man from raping both a woman and her daughter …