Tag: rape
Violence, rape and other fear mongering tactics used by Indian forces...
Taimur Khan | Torture, rape, psychological oppression, vandalizing of property and enforced disappearances are few methods of a sustained terror campaign unleashed by the state...
India, Asifa and the UN
Mustansar Hussain Tasir | It was in the Patta Rasana village of Kathua district in Indian-administered Kashmir, where an innocent Muslim nomad child, Asifa, was...
Asaram Bapu case: The Culture of Rape in South Asia
News Analysis | Asaram Bapu, an Indian spiritual guru; a religious leader with a massive fan base from around the world, has been awarded a...
Dalit groom sets off with his Baraat despite strict caste restrictions
News Analysis | A Dalit man from western Uttar Pradesh scored a significant victory over the strict caste system when he was ‘allowed’ to take...
After shamed at home, Modi welcomed by protests in London
News Analysis | Indian Premier Narendra Modi is facing a tough time at home and outside India, with recent rape cases denting his credibility and...
Crimes against Women plague India
The details of the ordeal of an eight-year-old girl held captive, starved, sedated and repeatedly raped inside a ‘devisthan’ in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua...
11-year-old girl gives birth in India after being raped by six...
News Analysis | An 11-year-old girl has given birth in India after allegedly being repeatedly raped by six men. The incident highlights the predicament of...
‘Pakistan is ready for change’: Verna star Mahira Khan
News Desk | Pakistani starlet, Mahira Khan, in her latest interview with an international publication ‘The Guardian' discussed the in-depth impact of her movie ‘Verna'...
Mahira Khan declares misogyny and sexual harassment acts of power abuse
News Desk | Mahira Khan, the champion of women empowerment has called out expressions of misogyny and sexual harassment as acts of power abuse. The...
4 Pakistanis executed for rape and murder in Saudi Arabia
AFP plus additional input from News Desk | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has executed four Pakistani men on charges of raping and murdering...
Prime suspect in Asma rape and murder case caught
News Analysis | The prime suspect in four-year-old Asma’s rape and murder case has been arrested by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police on Wednesday. The...
Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan charged with rape
AFP | Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been charged with rape, a judicial source said, following claims by two women that he assaulted them in...
Dr. Shahid Masood’s claims about Zainab’s murderer prove false
News Analysis | The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Friday, released a report in which they clarified that the accused in Zainab’s murder case...
Zainab case highlights Punjab police incompetence
News Analysis | The Zainab murder and rape case has exposed the gross incompetence, criminal negligence and deplorable ethics of the Punjab police. Zainab was...
Zainab atrocity brings to light other rape cases in the country
News Analysis | After the Zainab murder and rape case was brought to the limelight by Pakistani media, there has been an upsurge of rape...
India’s top court acquits Bollywood director of rape
AFP | India's top court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a Bollywood director accused of raping an American research scholar in a case that...
Kasur incident: What happened and what needs to be done?
News Analysis | An air of misery, rage and helplessness surrounds the city of Kasur after the dead body of a minor girl, Zainab, was...
Is society responsible for Zainab tragedy?
Shiffa Yousafzai | There is so much on my mind since last night that I can't decide where to start from. I couldn't stop myself...
Celebrities urge authorities to take action after minor’s rape in Kasur
News Desk | An eight-year-old girl named Zainab was brutally murdered after being raped in Kasur. The girl was kidnapped outside of her home and...
Massive protests break out across Kasur to condemn the rape and...
News Analysis | An eight-year-old girl was raped and killed in Kasur. She was found dead after being missing from her home for five days....
Little Zainabs will continue to be raped, murdered & dumped on...
Dr. Moeed Pirzada | As I write these lines, large crowds in Kasur, a historic city near Lahore, in the Pakistani province of Punjab are...
Harvey Weinstein hit by new sexual misconduct lawsuit
AFP | Another actress added her name Monday to the dozens accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of a litany of depraved sexual misconduct as he...
Child abuse continues unabated in Pakistan
News Analysis | A report compiled by an NGO that works against sexual abuse of children has declared that more than 1700 child abuse cases have been...
Will Mahira get her revenge in Verna?
News Desk | The trailer of Shoaib Mansoor's much-awaited 'Verna' has been released. Mahira Khan has taken the center stage as the movie is based...
India’s Apex Court rules that sex with a child bride is...
News Analysis | In a landmark ruling, on Wednesday, Indian Supreme Court has termed the Child marriage a social evil which endangers the health and...
America’s wars around the globe: Necessary and constitutional?
Jacob G. Hornberger | For 45 years, the United States was engaged in a Cold War against the Soviet Union and communism. In the 1960s,...
Finally UNHRC takes up matter of genocide against Muslims
Stephanie Nebehay | The top United Nations (UN) human rights body has agreed to send an international fact-finding mission to investigate widespread allegations of killings,...
Persecution of Rohingya Muslims: Will ASEAN countries find a solution?
Ahmad Rizky M. Umar | ASEAN’s non-intervention is aggravating the plight of ethnic Rohingya Muslims suffering widespread abuse by the Burmese military in Myanmar’s Rakhine...
