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US Lawmaker Says Rape Can Be "Consensual". Female Colleague Corrects Him
A Republican Missouri legislator apologised on Friday for saying that some sexual assaults are "consensual rapes" during a debate over a new, restrictive antiabortion bill.
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British Lawmaker Recounts Rape Ordeal At 14 To Parliament
A British lawmaker on Thursday recounted during a parliamentary debate on violence against women how she had been raped as a 14-year-old.
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Germany Lawmakers To Debate 'No Means No' Rape Law
German lawmakers are debating a bill that would make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints.
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'Incident Condemnable, do not Politicise it,' Says Venkaiah Naidu as Nun's Rape Rocks Parliament
The rape of a 72-year-old nun in West Bengal's Ranaghat rocked Parliament this morning. As lawmakers from the opposition and treasury benches attacked the Mamata Banerjee government in the state, asking why no arrests have been made yet, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said this was not a matter to score political "brownie points".
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Too 'Ugly' to Rape: Brazil Lawmaker's Comment Sparks Fury
A debate about sexual violence in Brazil sparked by a lawmaker's comments on the floor of Congress has spread beyond government chambers, triggering a national debate about rape and sexism in the South American nation.
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US Lawmaker Says Rape Can Be "Consensual". Female Colleague Corrects Him
A Republican Missouri legislator apologised on Friday for saying that some sexual assaults are "consensual rapes" during a debate over a new, restrictive antiabortion bill.
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British Lawmaker Recounts Rape Ordeal At 14 To Parliament
A British lawmaker on Thursday recounted during a parliamentary debate on violence against women how she had been raped as a 14-year-old.
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Germany Lawmakers To Debate 'No Means No' Rape Law
German lawmakers are debating a bill that would make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints.
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'Incident Condemnable, do not Politicise it,' Says Venkaiah Naidu as Nun's Rape Rocks Parliament
The rape of a 72-year-old nun in West Bengal's Ranaghat rocked Parliament this morning. As lawmakers from the opposition and treasury benches attacked the Mamata Banerjee government in the state, asking why no arrests have been made yet, Union minister Venkaiah Naidu said this was not a matter to score political "brownie points".
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Too 'Ugly' to Rape: Brazil Lawmaker's Comment Sparks Fury
A debate about sexual violence in Brazil sparked by a lawmaker's comments on the floor of Congress has spread beyond government chambers, triggering a national debate about rape and sexism in the South American nation.
