Rape

Ljubljana – Several hundred people marched through Ljubljana on Monday evening in support of victims of sexual violence in the aftermath of revelations of alleged rampant sexual abuse by the proprietor of the contemporary art gallery Fotopub and by a prominent artist who died recently.

Sexual assault has increased by 13 percent in the US military, according to an annual report presented to Congress by the Department of Defense.

The 2021 numbers are the highest since the US military began tracking sexual assault in 2006.

Rape is being used in conflict as a deliberate military strategy, and is feared most by women and girls when the shooting starts.

They are right to be afraid. It is vital to highlight just how shockingly common rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence have become in humanitarian settings worldwide.

Dozens of people rallied on Tuesday in Pristina's main square to express anger about the rape of an 11-year-old girl in a city park at the weekend.

Police reported on Monday evening that five people have been arrested - three of them minors - over the attack on Sunday. A Pristina court has remanded two of them in custody for 30 days.

The 24-year-old tourist complained that the young man used violence to force her into sexual acts near a bar

Ljubljana – The police have launched an investigation in the aftermath of media reports and social media testimonies concerning alleged multiple cases of sexual abuse by a prominent member of the art establishment.

The woman told the helpline that she had been raped, but didn't want that information to come to light and put an additional burden on her husband who was still fighting in Ukraine.

Police are investigating if the mother was aware of the alleged rapes

The International Foundation for Planned Parenthood (IPPF) has sent 2,880 packs of "sex pills" to Ukraine. Women and girls who have been sexually abused by the Russian army need emergency contraception. In early April, the Ombudsman of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova announced 9 officially declared cases of women who were pregnant after being raped by Russian soldiers.

A Turkish doctor who accused a woman victim of a high-profile femicide of consenting to rape before being murdered has been banned from practicing his profession for six months.