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Priyanka Gandhi's Strategy For Uttar Pradesh - And The High Stakes For Her
An actress jailed for protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial citizenship law, the mother of a rape survivor, and a beauty pageant winner. These are the women leading once-dominant Congress party in Uttar Pradesh.
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Lebanese Activists Intensify Protest Against Controversial Rape Law
Lebanese activists ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, with a dramatic installation today along Beirut's sunny seaside.
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Can Have Law On Marital Rape But Women Won't Complain: Maneka Gandhi
Months after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of abuse.
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Outrage after Abu Azmi says 'women having sex outside marriage should be hanged'
Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has earned widespread criticism for his controversial comments on rape, including condemnation at home from his son and daughter in law.
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Anger as China law expert defends rape of bar waitress
A legal expert at a top Chinese university has inflamed controversy over a gang-rape case by calling the act less harmful if the victim was a bar waitress.
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Rape law ordinance: Govt rejects JS Verma panel's recommendations on marital rape, review of AFSPA
The government has brought in an ordinance to introduce stricter penalties for crimes against women, including death in extreme cases, but ignored the Justice JS Verma commission's recommendations on criminalising marital rape and reviewing controversial sections of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
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Priyanka Gandhi's Strategy For Uttar Pradesh - And The High Stakes For Her
An actress jailed for protesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial citizenship law, the mother of a rape survivor, and a beauty pageant winner. These are the women leading once-dominant Congress party in Uttar Pradesh.
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Lebanese Activists Intensify Protest Against Controversial Rape Law
Lebanese activists ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, with a dramatic installation today along Beirut's sunny seaside.
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Can Have Law On Marital Rape But Women Won't Complain: Maneka Gandhi
Months after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of abuse.
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Outrage after Abu Azmi says 'women having sex outside marriage should be hanged'
Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi has earned widespread criticism for his controversial comments on rape, including condemnation at home from his son and daughter in law.
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Anger as China law expert defends rape of bar waitress
A legal expert at a top Chinese university has inflamed controversy over a gang-rape case by calling the act less harmful if the victim was a bar waitress.
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Rape law ordinance: Govt rejects JS Verma panel's recommendations on marital rape, review of AFSPA
The government has brought in an ordinance to introduce stricter penalties for crimes against women, including death in extreme cases, but ignored the Justice JS Verma commission's recommendations on criminalising marital rape and reviewing controversial sections of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
