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Libyan Rape Accuser at Romanian Refugee Center

But UN rep won't say where Iman al-Obeidi will eventually end up

(Newser) - Iman al-Obeidi, the Libyan woman who made headlines when she claimed Moammar Gadhafi's troops raped her, is at a UN refugee center in Romania. Al-Obeidi had gone from Libya to Tunisia to Qatar, but was expelled from Qatar back to Benghazi on Thursday. A UN spokesperson confirmed that al-Obeidi...

Libya Rape Victim en Route to US

Iman al-Obeidi had been expelled from Qatar, returned to native Benghazi

(Newser) - Iman al-Obeidi, the Libyan who broke through Moammar Gadhafi's media control to accuse his troops of gang rape, is headed to the United States. Al-Obeidi had been staying in Qatar until that nation inexplicably expelled her Thursday, and she ended up back in her native Benghazi. Al-Obeidi's sister...

Jaycee: Escape Impossible After Girls Were Born

More details emerge from Dugard's grand jury testimony

(Newser) - More details from Jaycee Dugard's just-released grand jury testimony: "I was very scared," she says of when she arrived at the Antioch house where Phillip and Nancy Garrido held her for 18 years. "I didn't know who he was. I didn't know why he...

Hundreds of Women: Gadhafi Forces Raped Us

Doctor hands out survey in refugee camps; 259 women report being raped

(Newser) - The head of the International Criminal Court has said Moammar Gadhafi's forces have been using Viagra "like a machete" to rape women—and now Libyan women are confirming such suffering. Two months ago, a doctor who had been working with children traumatized by the fighting in Libya encountered...

Florida Rape Victim Tweets About Attack Until Police Ask Her to Stop
 Woman Tweets About Rape 
May 28, 2011 1:04 PM CDT

Woman Tweets About Rape

Police ask Florida victim to stop posting

(Newser) - Police in Florida had to ask a rape victim to stop tweeting about the attack, reports the St. Petersburg Times . The 24-year-old turned to Twitter about an hour after reporting the assault, which took place in the renovated bus she has been living in and blogging about: "Ybor- 6'...

Jury Clears 2 NYPD Cops of Rape Charges

Woman claimed she was assaulted while drunk

(Newser) - Two New York City cops have been cleared of rape charges in a high-profile case. Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were accused in the assault of a drunken woman in her apartment after being called to help her out of a taxi. The 29-year-old woman accused Moreno of raping...

Strauss-Kahn Pals Offered to Pay Off Accuser's Kin

Plus: IMF head allegedly told victim: 'Don't you know who I am?'

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s friends are reportedly hoping enough money can convince the maid he allegedly raped to drop the case—but because she’s in protective custody, they’ve instead made the pitch to her extended family, who live in an impoverished West African village, a French businesswoman close to...

Oscar-Winning Songwriter Dead in Apparent Suicide

Joseph Brooks was awaiting trial for rape

(Newser) - Joseph Brooks, the Academy Award-winning songwriter of "You Light Up My Life" who was awaiting trial for rape, was found dead today of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment, police said. Brooks, 73, was discovered in his Upper East Side apartment around 12:30pm by a friend with...

UK Secretary: Not All Rape Is Equal

Seeks to halve sentences, says rapes 'vary enormously'

(Newser) - British justice secretary Kenneth Clarke has sparked a furious argument today over the definition of rape after saying he believed date rapes "vary enormously," according to the AP . Clarke was discussing government proposals to halve the sentences of some rapists who plead guilty when he suggested that some...

Germaine Greer: Hail the SlutWalks
 Germaine Greer: 
 Hail the SlutWalks  
OPINION
May 13, 2011 3:00 AM CDT

Germaine Greer: Hail the SlutWalks

We're dirty sluts and we're proud, she crows

(Newser) - Get down and dirty and hail the SlutWalks. That's the advice from über feminist Germaine Greer. The global SlutWalks —organized to protest a Toronto cop's comments that women should stop dressing like sluts if they want to avoid rape—definitely feature people "taking liberties,"...

In Congo, 48 Women Raped Every Hour

New survey finds numbers even worse than thought

(Newser) - Reports of mass rape as a weapon of war have been common in Congo for years, but a new survey shows the problem to be far worse than thought. An estimated 1,152 women are raped every day, or 48 per hour, according to a study to appear in the...

Peace Corps Accused of Failing Rape Victims

Women speak out about agency's 'blame the victim' culture

(Newser) - A growing number of Peace Corps volunteers who have been raped while serving abroad are speaking out about their experiences and accusing the agency of not doing enough to help victims. Dozens of women describe a "blame the victim" culture at the government-run program and say the callous treatment...

Woman Who Made Rape Allegations Flees Libya

Iman al-Obeidi snuck into Tunisia, fearing for her life

(Newser) - The Libyan woman who drew international attention with rape allegations against Moammar Gadhafi's "thugs" has fled the country, reports CNN . Iman al-Obeidi crossed into Tunisia with a defecting military officer from Libya. European diplomats drove her from the border to Tunis and gave her sanctuary while she figures...

Gadhafi Troops Issued Viagra to Help Them Rape: US

Susan Rice makes claim at UN

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi’s forces have been issued Viagra, to help them better rape the people of Libya, US ambassador Susan Rice told several other UN diplomats at a closed-door Security Council meeting yesterday. “She spoke of Gadhafi’s soldiers targeting children, and other atrocities,” one diplomat tells Reuters...

Garridos Plead Guilty in Jaycee Dugard Kidnapping

Now Dugard and her daughters won't have to testify

(Newser) - There won’t be a trial in the Jaycee Dugard case , after all: Philip and Nancy Garrido each pleaded guilty today to kidnapping and sexual enslavement, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “I am relieved that Phillip and Nancy Garrido have finally acknowledged their guilt and confessed to their crimes...

Lawyer Likens Rape Victim's Vagina to Venus Flytrap

Bizarre question at trial of 2 NYPD cops charged with rape

(Newser) - An attorney representing two cops charged with rape asked if the accuser's vagina was like a "snapping Venus flytrap" as he questioned a medical expert yesterday. "That is a terrible example," interjected an angry judge in the New York City courtroom. The cops are charged with...

'SlutWalks' Coming to America to Protest Blame-the-Victim Sentiment on Rape
 'SlutWalks' Coming to America 
Apr 21, 2011 2:23 PM CDT

'SlutWalks' Coming to America

Feminist phenomenon spawned in Canada goes viral

(Newser) - It all started with some ill-considered advice from a Toronto policeman. To prevent rape, he told a group of law students, “Avoid dressing like sluts.” That gaffe sparked a head-turning wave of protests dubbed “SlutWalks” in cities across Canada, in which women—some dressed in plain old...

Facebook Rape Quote Ends Candidate's Run
Facebook Rape Quote
Ends Candidate's Run
NOT SO FUNNY
Apr 14, 2011 12:07 PM CDT

Facebook Rape Quote Ends Candidate's Run

'If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it!' Green Party nom wrote

(Newser) - A Green Party of Canada candidate has resigned after word broke that his “favorite quote” on Facebook was listed as, “If rape is inevitable, lie back and enjoy it!” Alan Saldanha, of Surrey, BC, has said the quote was taken out of context. He says he’d...

Passenger Raped in Denver Airport

Victims said workers didn't intervene to stop attack

(Newser) - The family of a woman raped in a Denver airport terminal earlier this week is accusing airport workers of walking by without intervening. The woman—who was in the airport late at night after missing a flight—was attacked by a stranger in the nearly deserted terminal after she refused...

Iman al-Obeidi Tells Her Story
 Iman al-Obeidi Tells Her Story 
Apr 12, 2011 7:30 AM CDT

Iman al-Obeidi Tells Her Story

Libyan woman recalls capture, brutal rapes, escape

(Newser) - Iman al-Obeidi hasn't left her house in three days. All she wants is to go to her family's home in east Libya, but she says Moammar Gadhafi's family won't let her travel. "I want my freedom," she tells NPR . More than two weeks after al-Obeidi burst into a...

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