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Delhi Court Orders Prosecution Of Senior Army Doctor For Alleged Rape
A senior Army doctor will now be prosecuted for the offence of rape following a Delhi court order after a protracted legal battle by an Afghan woman who came to India in 2009 and claimed the accused had married her in Kabul.
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2 Afghans Arrested For Raping Kazakh Woman In South Delhi: Police
Two Afghanistan nationals were arrested after a woman from Kazakhstan accused them of raping her in south Delhi, police said on Wednesday.
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ISIS Rape Survivor Among Nobel Peace Prize Candidates
A woman who champions the rights of Islamic State rape victims, Pope Francis and the Afghan women's cycling team are among the known candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the nomination window was set to close Monday.
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ISIS Victims' Advocate, Pontiff Among Nobel Peace Prize Names
A woman who champions the rights of ISIS rape victims, Pope Francis and the Afghan women's cycling team are among the known candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the nomination window was set to close on Monday.
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Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape forced into jail: Report
For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. Running away is considered a "moral crime" for women in Afghanistan while some rape victims are also imprisoned, because se...
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Jailed Afghan woman freed but urged to marry rapist
When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many women here whose lives have been ground down by the Afghan justice system.
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Delhi Court Orders Prosecution Of Senior Army Doctor For Alleged Rape
A senior Army doctor will now be prosecuted for the offence of rape following a Delhi court order after a protracted legal battle by an Afghan woman who came to India in 2009 and claimed the accused had married her in Kabul.
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2 Afghans Arrested For Raping Kazakh Woman In South Delhi: Police
Two Afghanistan nationals were arrested after a woman from Kazakhstan accused them of raping her in south Delhi, police said on Wednesday.
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ISIS Rape Survivor Among Nobel Peace Prize Candidates
A woman who champions the rights of Islamic State rape victims, Pope Francis and the Afghan women's cycling team are among the known candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the nomination window was set to close Monday.
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ISIS Victims' Advocate, Pontiff Among Nobel Peace Prize Names
A woman who champions the rights of ISIS rape victims, Pope Francis and the Afghan women's cycling team are among the known candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the nomination window was set to close on Monday.
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Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape forced into jail: Report
For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. Running away is considered a "moral crime" for women in Afghanistan while some rape victims are also imprisoned, because se...
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Jailed Afghan woman freed but urged to marry rapist
When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many women here whose lives have been ground down by the Afghan justice system.
