Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One in eight women alive today experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, according to new estimates released by UNICEF. The first-ever global and regional estimates on sexual violence against children published ahead of the International Day of the Girl marked on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-five-year-old house help Alice Kiiza is on remand in Luzira Prison on charges of aggravated defilement involving a four-year-old child. She appeared Wednesday before High Court Judge Isaac Muwata, where she pleaded not guilty to the charges read for her. According to the court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The court in South Africa has cleared Uganda Cranes Head Coach Milutin Sredojević-Micho of a sexual assault case. Micho was earlier convicted of sexually assaulting a waitress at the Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth on December 7, 2020, where he had gone to attend the …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Department of Defense released on Thursday the fiscal year 2021 annual report on sexual assault in the military. “Sexual assault and sexual harassment remain persistent and corrosive problems,” the top line results read. Over 8 percent of active-duty women and about 1.5 percent of …
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Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles alleges that former Olympic gold medalist and two-time world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman sexually assaulted at least two women in the 1970s, loca media reported on Friday. The two women accused Foreman of sexually abusing them when they …
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London, UK | Xinhua | In a brief statement issued on Thursday, the Buckingham Palace said that “With (Queen Elizabeth II’s) approval and agreement, the Duke of York’s military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen.” It said that Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, “will continue not …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes head coach Milutin Micho Sredojević has been found guilty of two sexual assault offences and handed a suspended five-year sentence. Micho who returned to Uganda in July this year for his second spell was tried today in the Gqeberha Regional Court, South Africa. …
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London, UK | Xinhua | At least 750 sexual misconduct accusations were made against serving police officers across Britain between the year 2016 and 2020, new data showed on Monday. According to figures obtained by PA Media’s Radar service from 31 police forces, most complaints where gender was recorded, were against …
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Washington, US | XINHUA | The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday moved to defend President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, a woman who has accused Trump of sexual assault in the mid-1990’s. Carroll, an advice columnist who wrote for Elle Magazine for years, filed a …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday emphatically denied sexually assaulting a former staffer, saying the incident she claims occurred 27 years ago “never happened.” “They aren’t true. This never happened,” Biden said in a statement regarding the accusations made by Tara Reade, a former …
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