Tag: RAPE

Documenting and counting all of the rapes and sexual assaults occurring in Haiti is difficult, if not impossible. The U.N. has estimated that as many as 50-percent of the women living in the country's shantytowns have been subject to assault -- although some critics (including the Telegraph's Brendan O'Neill) have claimed that figure is a vast overstatement. The trouble is though, the crimes ...

A Pennsylvania teenager has admitted to raping an intoxicated woman, and to soliciting the services of a hitman on Facebook. Corey Christian Adams, a 19-year old from West Chester, was arrested last July after a woman accused him of raping her following a party. The victim, whose name has not been released, reportedly got a ride home with Adams after the party, but passed out on the way. When ...

A court in London has granted bail to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, just a few days after the elusive Australian turned himself in to the authorities. The 39-year old is facing allegations of rape, molestation and illegal use of force, stemming from separate alleged incidents in Stockholm reported over the summer. Assange came to British police last week in response to a European arrest ...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested this morning in London, on a Swedish warrant first issued in November. The 39-year-old Australian will now head to a British court, where authorities will have 21 days to decide whether or not to extradite him to Sweden. According to the extradition arrest warrant, Assange is suspected of one count of rape, two counts of molestation and one count of ...

Already under pressure from the Pentagon, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange woke up Saturday morning facing charges of rape and molestation in Sweden. A few hours later, however, the rape charge was dropped, after Swedish authorities determined that accusations against the mysterious Australian were bogus. "We can confirm that he's wanted. He was charged last night -- the allegation is ...

Thanks to Apple's rabid PR push and to media coverage, almost every little detail of the iPhone 4 has been documented -- except for one minor factoid, that is. The phone, like several other luxury electronics on the market, may contain minerals supplied by bloodthirsty Congolese paramilitary groups. Most of us should recall the controversy over the origins of so-called "blood diamonds," or ...

You can learn a lot in college. Apparently, though, courses in common sense and decency aren't offered at the all-male St. Paul's College at the University of Sydney in Australia. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, authorities and experts are in an uproar over a highly offensive Facebook group called "Define Statutory," which was created by a number of current and former students. The ...

The movie 'Blood Diamond' helped alert the world to the horrors of the illegal diamond trade, which predominately occurs in war-torn African countries where the proceeds benefit terrorists and militias. Eve Ensler, a playwright most widely known for 'The Vagina Monologues,' is now trying to warn the world of another product produced amid conflict and strife. Ensler contended during an interview ...

Often, when a woman accuses a man of rape, there's little proof beyond he-said-she-said, and, in many cases, that's enough to put the man away, whether he's guilty or not. The onus definitely falls upon the accused to prove his innocence in most of these cases. In the recent case of Gary Taylor, a 41-year-old businessman, the defendant was able to prove his innocence, according to a report in the ...

Online retailer Amazon.com has recently removed listings for a Japanese computer game called 'Rapelay' in which the player stalks and rapes young girls. The game was not sold directly through Amazon, but was available for purchase through the site's third-party merchant program. Patty Smith, an Amazon spokesperson, told the AFP, "We determined that we did not want to be selling this particular ...

Many (including Apple) see the prevalence of smut on the Internet as a problem that needs to be stopped, or at least stemmed, for the good of society. Columnist Bob Dyer at Ohio's Beacon Journal, however, has a rather different idea, thinking that perhaps it is responsible for a notable decrease in instances of violent rape across the last 15 years. Statistics have shown that, in the period ...

We joke about how gaming, especially online first person shooters (in this case 'Halo'), are the domain of basement dwelling uber-dorks and sociopaths. Sadly every once in a while someone has to go and do something that gives the entire online gaming community a bad name. The emotionally unbalanced loon in question this time is Joshua Stetar. Stetar, 20, was arrested last week in Spokane, ...

This week, during his runway show at Milan Fashion Week, Giorgio Armani unveiled a designer phone that packs some pretty high-tech, advanced features. The handset, which is manufactured by Samsung, boasts a massive 2.6-inch touchscreen, 50 Megabytes of built-in storage, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3.0 Megapixel camera. The touchscreen is rumored to employ haptic feedback technology, which vibrates the ...

This week's tale of completely inappropriate behavior comes from Kuwait, that tiny gulf state just south of quagmire. The story goes something like this: A man, Haggag Al Saadi, is accused of raping 18 childred in the town of Hawali. Among the local press, he is referred to as the "Monster of Hawali." What really makes this tale stand out is a Kuwaiti company that started a race to whip up ...