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Women tourists worried by Indian rape scandals
29/03/2013 - International report

Women tourists worried by Indian rape scandals

India has seen a spate of attacks and attempted assaults on foreign tourists. A British woman jumped out of her hotel window in the city of Agra to escape suspected attackers.

Press freedom in Somalia... not so good
02/02/2013 - African Media

Press freedom in Somalia... not so good

Somali journalist Abdiaziz Abdinor has been detained since mid-January. He's only recently been charged for interviewing a woman who alleges she was raped by security forces.

24/12/2012

African press review 24 December 2012

Newspapers in Africa are reporting on the referendum on Egypt's proposed constitution; young girls in Nigeria forced to undergo virginity tests; and the latest on Nelson Mandela's health.

19/12/2012 - France

Strauss-Kahn pimping probe to continue

A court in northern France has refused to scrap an inquiry into pimping allegations against former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

30/11/2012 - France - United States

Strauss-Kahn settles with Diallo for six million dollars, report

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has agreed to pay New York hotel chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo six million dollars (4.64 million euros) in an out-of-court settlement of the attempted rape case ...

28/11/2012 - France

French court puts off decision on Strauss-Kahn pimping trial

A French court is to rule on Wednesday on whether former International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn will face trial on pimping charges.

13/10/2012 - France

French prosecutors to appeal gang-rape verdicts

French prosecutors are to appeal against the light sentences passed on 14 men accused of repeatedly gang-raping two teenage girls in a Paris suburb.

Julian Assange durante su discurso en el balcón de la embajada de Ecuador en Londres, este 19 de agosto de 2012.
20/08/2012 - Wikileaks

Assange scolds U.S. from Ecuador Embassy

Julian Assange made his first public appearance after since June on Sunday, addressing a crowd from the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy in London.

02/08/2012

French press review 2 August 2012

President Hollande's first hundred days, the black economy and what to do about the  problems in the eurozone are all stories covered in today's French papers....

01/08/2012 - France

New sexual harassment law for France

France’s parliament unanimously adopted new legislation on Tuesday, making sexual harassment a criminal offence punishable by up to three years in prison, replacing the previous law which ...

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