Marital rape

The Brazilian footballer will be temporarily released despite being found guilty of rape, with financial support once again provided by his former teammate

The US State Department's global human rights report for 2022, published on Monday, said that in the majority of south-east European countries, perpetrators of domestic violence and rape often receive lenient sentences.

In some countries, the authorities also fail to properly investigate spousal rape cases, according to the State Department report.

His wife has left the marital home

The Croatian government sent a package of laws to parliament on Thursday, toughening the penalties for sexual violence.

Amnesty International on Thursday applauded the amendment of Article 336 in the new criminal code redefining what constitutes rape after a public outcry over the previous much more lenient definition.

The government should take preventive measures with amendments to the Penal Code to prevent violence against women and children. This is one of the demands that hundreds of citizens made at protest against gender-based violence at Eagles Bridge in Sofia.

Lebanon's parliament abolished on Aug. 16 a law that absolves rapists if they marry their victims, joining other Arab states that have repealed "marry-your-rapist" laws in recent weeks.

Lawmaker Elie Kayrouz, who backed ending the law - article 522 of the penal code - said other clauses also required change to protect women and children. 

A report by Equality Now revealed some shocking findings regarding rape laws in different countries across the world. In Greece, Serbia, Thailand and Russia sexual offenders may be legally exempt from punishment under certain conditions, for example of the victim is deemed too young to consent.

The legal definitions of rape in different US states vary. But the interpretation, and subsequent ruling on a case in Oklahoma given to forced oral sex by a court is off the charts. According to the decision by the state’s criminal appeals court it does not constitute rape if victim has oral sex with the offender while the prior is completely unconscious due to alcohol intoxication!

A woman appears on a video struggling her elderly mother-in-law and beating her with a brick.

Sangeeta Jain was filmed entering the room of 70-year-old Rajrani Jain and wrapping a scarf around her neck while the helpless pensioner was trying to escape. Then, she returns with a brick and smashes the sick woman over the head repeatedly.