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'No Matter The Price', Amal Clooney Seeks Justice For Yazidi Sex Slaves
ISIS terrorists who have enslaved, murdered and raped Yazidi women and children must be brought to justice, no matter the price, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney said on Monday.
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French Prime Minister Backs Local Burkini Bans, Urges Calm
France's prime minister is expressing support for local bans of burkini swimsuits, saying the swimwear is based on the "enslavement of women" and therefore not compatible with French values.
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Guatemala Convicts Ex-Officer, Paramilitary In Slavery Case
In a historic ruling, a Guatemalan court on Friday convicted a retired army officer and a former paramilitary for the sexual enslavement of women during the country's civil war. It sentenced them to 120 years and 240 years in prison respectively.
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Some Islamic State's Former Sex Slaves Were Forced To Have 'Virginity Tests' After Escaping
Some women enslaved by the Islamic State were forced to undergo grim procedures even after they escaped the jihadists' clutches.
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ISIS Ruling Aims To Settle Who Can Have Sex With Female Slaves
ISIS theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.
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After Nepal Quake, Search for Jobs Led Them to Gurgaon and Disaster
Months ago, two women from Nepal had left their homes, flattened by the powerful earthquake, in search of better life outside. Little did they know the journey would take them through captivity, sexual assault, torture and starvation -- from Jeddah to Millennium City.
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Women Rescued from Saudi Diplomat's Gurgaon Home. Allege Torture, Sexual Assault
Two women who alleged that they had been tortured, sexually assaulted and kept in bondage for months, were rescued from the Gurgaon home of a diplomat from Saudi Arabia. The women, aged 50 and 20, who are from Nepal, had been employed as domestic helps.
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Meet the Young Wife Who Removed Her Mangalsutra
27-year-old Sangeetha removed her mangalsutra - a sacred thread worn around the neck by married women - after eight years of marriage. "Why don't men wear mangalsutra? Why should women be enslaved this way?" she asked.
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Indian-Origin Man Charged For Enslaving 3 Women Appears in UK Court
A 74-year-old Indian-origin man, charged with 25 offences, including rape and child cruelty, appeared today in a UK court.
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Islamic State Jihadists Boast of Enslaving Yazidis
The Islamic State jihadist group says that it has given Yazidi women and children captured in northern Iraq to its fighters as spoils of war, boasting it had revived slavery.
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Islamic State Magazine Says Group Enslaved Yazidis
Islamic State group militants captured, enslaved and sold Yazidi women and children, the latest issue of a magazine purportedly published by the extremists claimed on Sunday, the group's first public confirmation of the allegations.
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Agony of Pakistani Women Enslaved by Dubai Sex Trade
Zunera once dreamed of becoming a computer engineer. Instead, aged 16, the bright-eyed Pakistani girl was tricked into prostitution in the UAE, beginning a four-year nightmare of cruelty, violence and rape.
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Indian-origin UK slave owner claimed he was Jesus
The Indian-origin head of an extremist Maoist sect, accused of enslaving three women in his home in London for 30 years, tried to convince his British followers he was Jesus Christ.
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Women enslaved in London joined a 'collective' with captors: police
Three women enslaved in London for 30 years lived in some kind of "collective" where they were controlled by their captors - a couple now in their 60s - through brainwashing and beatings, police said on Saturday.
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'No Matter The Price', Amal Clooney Seeks Justice For Yazidi Sex Slaves
ISIS terrorists who have enslaved, murdered and raped Yazidi women and children must be brought to justice, no matter the price, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney said on Monday.
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French Prime Minister Backs Local Burkini Bans, Urges Calm
France's prime minister is expressing support for local bans of burkini swimsuits, saying the swimwear is based on the "enslavement of women" and therefore not compatible with French values.
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Guatemala Convicts Ex-Officer, Paramilitary In Slavery Case
In a historic ruling, a Guatemalan court on Friday convicted a retired army officer and a former paramilitary for the sexual enslavement of women during the country's civil war. It sentenced them to 120 years and 240 years in prison respectively.
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Some Islamic State's Former Sex Slaves Were Forced To Have 'Virginity Tests' After Escaping
Some women enslaved by the Islamic State were forced to undergo grim procedures even after they escaped the jihadists' clutches.
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ISIS Ruling Aims To Settle Who Can Have Sex With Female Slaves
ISIS theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when "owners" of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captured females.
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After Nepal Quake, Search for Jobs Led Them to Gurgaon and Disaster
Months ago, two women from Nepal had left their homes, flattened by the powerful earthquake, in search of better life outside. Little did they know the journey would take them through captivity, sexual assault, torture and starvation -- from Jeddah to Millennium City.
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Women Rescued from Saudi Diplomat's Gurgaon Home. Allege Torture, Sexual Assault
Two women who alleged that they had been tortured, sexually assaulted and kept in bondage for months, were rescued from the Gurgaon home of a diplomat from Saudi Arabia. The women, aged 50 and 20, who are from Nepal, had been employed as domestic helps.
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Meet the Young Wife Who Removed Her Mangalsutra
27-year-old Sangeetha removed her mangalsutra - a sacred thread worn around the neck by married women - after eight years of marriage. "Why don't men wear mangalsutra? Why should women be enslaved this way?" she asked.
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Indian-Origin Man Charged For Enslaving 3 Women Appears in UK Court
A 74-year-old Indian-origin man, charged with 25 offences, including rape and child cruelty, appeared today in a UK court.
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Islamic State Jihadists Boast of Enslaving Yazidis
The Islamic State jihadist group says that it has given Yazidi women and children captured in northern Iraq to its fighters as spoils of war, boasting it had revived slavery.
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Islamic State Magazine Says Group Enslaved Yazidis
Islamic State group militants captured, enslaved and sold Yazidi women and children, the latest issue of a magazine purportedly published by the extremists claimed on Sunday, the group's first public confirmation of the allegations.
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Agony of Pakistani Women Enslaved by Dubai Sex Trade
Zunera once dreamed of becoming a computer engineer. Instead, aged 16, the bright-eyed Pakistani girl was tricked into prostitution in the UAE, beginning a four-year nightmare of cruelty, violence and rape.
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Indian-origin UK slave owner claimed he was Jesus
The Indian-origin head of an extremist Maoist sect, accused of enslaving three women in his home in London for 30 years, tried to convince his British followers he was Jesus Christ.
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Women enslaved in London joined a 'collective' with captors: police
Three women enslaved in London for 30 years lived in some kind of "collective" where they were controlled by their captors - a couple now in their 60s - through brainwashing and beatings, police said on Saturday.
