UK govt to question woman’s guilty verdict in Napa rape claim case, defence to appeal (Update 7)
The UK government has said it is “seriously concerned” about the fairness of the trial of the British woman found guilty on Monday of lying...
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Video-link testimony expected to back British teenager’s statements
An expert due to testify today by video link at the trial of a British teenager is expected to support that her statement retracting claims...
Woman in Napa rape case says she recanted under duress (Updated)
A British woman, 19, who claimed she had been raped by a group of Israeli men and later recanted is now alleging she had been...
British woman’s lawyer says disseminating sex video was a worse offence (Updated)
The lawyer for a British woman 19, has allegedly falsely claimed that 12 Israeli tourists gang-raped her said on Tuesday the dissemination of the video...
British woman who claimed gang-rape taken to court, hearing postponed (Update 2)
A British woman, 19, was taken to the Famagusta district court on Monday morning where police were to seek a remand order against her but...
Seven rape case suspects held for another 6 days
Seven of the 12 suspects initially detained in connection with the alleged rape of a 19-year-old British tourist in Ayia Napa were remanded for another...
Authorities release five of 12 Israeli rape suspects, seven due in court Friday
Authorities on Thursday released five of the 12 Israeli nationals arrested last week on suspicion of gang-raping a 19-year-old female British tourist in Ayia Napa....
Rape suspects look set to go through police line-up
The British woman who claims she was raped by 12 men in Ayia Napa last Wednesday will be asked to identify the rapists in a...
Spain to outlaw sex without explicit consent after outcry
Spain is to introduce a new rape law that will criminalise sex without explicit mutual consent after a public outcry over the assault of a...
Anti-trafficking campaigners abducted and raped in India
Five Indian anti trafficking campaigners were gang-raped at gunpoint during an awareness programme they were organising in a village, police said on Friday. Unidentified men picked...
Indian woman battered to death with bricks after being gang-raped
An Indian woman was gang-raped and then brutally murdered by men who smashed her skull with bricks after she had threatened to inform authorities, police...
Indian home minister to investigate rape documentary (Update 3)
By Aditya Kalra India’s home minister said on Wednesday he would investigate how a film crew managed to interview a death row convict who expressed...
Afghanistan hangs five men over gang rape, despite concerns of rights groups
By Mirwais Harooni Afghanistan hanged five men on Wednesday over a gang rape that had shocked the country, officials said, despite requests from human rights...
Four men found guilty of gang-rape in Mumbai
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Shyamantha Asokan Four men were found guilty on Thursday of the gang-rape of a photojournalist last year in Mumbai, an attack that...
Son of Chinese army singers gets 10 years’ jail for gang rape
By Sui-Lee Wee A Chinese court jailed the teenage son of two celebrity army singers for ten years on Thursday for gang-raping a woman in...
Indian police make second arrest in Mumbai rape case
By Matthias Williams Indian police arrested a second man in connection with the gang-rape of a journalist in Mumbai, an official said on Saturday, in...
Gang rape of photo journalist shocks Indian financial city Mumbai
By Mumbai Bureau and Shyamantha Asokan and Aditya Kalra in New Delhi A photo journalist was gang-raped in the Indian city of Mumbai, police said...