Men As Rape Victims

A 17-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by two men, consumed a poisonous substance inside the Additional Director General of Police's office here, after an inspector termed the case as false, police said on Monday.

Three men, including the maker of Freedom 251 that was touted as the world's cheapest smartphone, were arrested for allegedly threatening a rape victim for a year in Dwarka, police said on Saturday.

At the village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras of a young Dalit woman who died days after a savage assault and alleged gang rape, upper caste men defending the four men arrested for the crime are on camera shouting threats as Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad visited the victim's family on Sunday. Videos that have surfaced online demonstrate the compl...

A 20-year-old woman, gang-raped and tortured by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras two weeks ago, died this morning at a hospital in Delhi. The woman had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis and a deep gash in her tongue in the savage assault compared by many to the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape.

A young school teacher was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by five unidentified men, posing as policemen, after they stopped the victim near Kapsi flyover in Nagpur, police said today.

Three people have been arrested in Bihar for allegedly abducting and raping a woman and her daughter as a revenge after the victim's son allegedly eloped with the sister of one of the accused, police said today.

As the five men accused of raping the 23-year-old medical student appeared in a Delhi court today, many in India are looking for answers. How can our cities be safe for women? What is it like for victims of rape elsewhere? Are there any lessons from another country? These are questions that refuse to go away.

The family of a young girl from Noida who was raped in a moving car last week says their house has been stoned. The victim's mother says that a group of five young men shouted abuses as they threw stones at her house last night. The family's address was revealed by the police last week, along with the victim's name, in gross violation of all guidel...

Police handling of an alleged case of gangrape, that of a minor in Noida close to the national capital, has caused much outrage. The 17-year-old Class X student was allegedly raped by five men in a car at midnight last week, and the Noida police compounded the child's trauma by revealing her identity. Not just that, a senior police officer suggeste...

The government is expanding its definition of rape, including men for the first time when counting the number of victims, the Obama administration announced on Friday. The expansion, which supporters say is long overdue, is important because policymakers and lawmakers use crime statistics to allocate resources for prevention and victim assistance.

A 17-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by two men, consumed a poisonous substance inside the Additional Director General of Police's office here, after an inspector termed the case as false, police said on Monday.

Three men, including the maker of Freedom 251 that was touted as the world's cheapest smartphone, were arrested for allegedly threatening a rape victim for a year in Dwarka, police said on Saturday.

At the village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras of a young Dalit woman who died days after a savage assault and alleged gang rape, upper caste men defending the four men arrested for the crime are on camera shouting threats as Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad visited the victim's family on Sunday. Videos that have surfaced online demonstrate the compl...

A 20-year-old woman, gang-raped and tortured by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras two weeks ago, died this morning at a hospital in Delhi. The woman had suffered multiple fractures, paralysis and a deep gash in her tongue in the savage assault compared by many to the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape.

A young school teacher was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by five unidentified men, posing as policemen, after they stopped the victim near Kapsi flyover in Nagpur, police said today.

Three people have been arrested in Bihar for allegedly abducting and raping a woman and her daughter as a revenge after the victim's son allegedly eloped with the sister of one of the accused, police said today.

As the five men accused of raping the 23-year-old medical student appeared in a Delhi court today, many in India are looking for answers. How can our cities be safe for women? What is it like for victims of rape elsewhere? Are there any lessons from another country? These are questions that refuse to go away.

The family of a young girl from Noida who was raped in a moving car last week says their house has been stoned. The victim's mother says that a group of five young men shouted abuses as they threw stones at her house last night. The family's address was revealed by the police last week, along with the victim's name, in gross violation of all guidel...

Police handling of an alleged case of gangrape, that of a minor in Noida close to the national capital, has caused much outrage. The 17-year-old Class X student was allegedly raped by five men in a car at midnight last week, and the Noida police compounded the child's trauma by revealing her identity. Not just that, a senior police officer suggeste...

The government is expanding its definition of rape, including men for the first time when counting the number of victims, the Obama administration announced on Friday. The expansion, which supporters say is long overdue, is important because policymakers and lawmakers use crime statistics to allocate resources for prevention and victim assistance.