rape cases

Attempt to rape child: ASI withdrawn for assaulting father who wants justice

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has been withdrawn from Shibaloy Police Station for allegedly assaulting a man who went to police to seek justice following rape attempt on his five-year-old child in Manikganj.

Pvt university teacher arrested for molesting student at bbq party

Police have arrested a private university teacher for molesting a student at a barbecue party at the Uttara residence of the accused.

476 women raped in the last six months

What has the state done to prevent violence against women and girls?

An untold rape, life thereafter

At the tender age of 13, when she should be out playing with friends or studying, her life now revolves around tending to a son born out of rape.

Indonesia to impose castration for child rapists

Amid rampant rape cases against children, President Joko Widodo issued a regulation in lieu of law to impose more severe punishments for child rapists, which include chemical castration.

Editorial / Most rape victims are minors

A study by this paper has found that 82 percent of rape victims are under the age of 20, many of them minors. More than half of the victims were schoolgirls who were raped on their way to or from school. About twenty-two percent were sexually abused at home.

Editorial / Prompt and sensitive handling of rape cases

Rights organisations have been protesting the insensitivity and sometimes discrimination shown by law enforcers when dealing with cases of sexual assault and rape.

August 21, 2022
August 21, 2022

Attempt to rape child: ASI withdrawn for assaulting father who wants justice

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) has been withdrawn from Shibaloy Police Station for allegedly assaulting a man who went to police to seek justice following rape attempt on his five-year-old child in Manikganj.

July 8, 2022
July 8, 2022

Pvt university teacher arrested for molesting student at bbq party

Police have arrested a private university teacher for molesting a student at a barbecue party at the Uttara residence of the accused.

July 8, 2022
July 8, 2022

476 women raped in the last six months

What has the state done to prevent violence against women and girls?

March 28, 2018
March 28, 2018

An untold rape, life thereafter

At the tender age of 13, when she should be out playing with friends or studying, her life now revolves around tending to a son born out of rape.

May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016

Indonesia to impose castration for child rapists

Amid rampant rape cases against children, President Joko Widodo issued a regulation in lieu of law to impose more severe punishments for child rapists, which include chemical castration.

June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015

Most rape victims are minors

A study by this paper has found that 82 percent of rape victims are under the age of 20, many of them minors. More than half of the victims were schoolgirls who were raped on their way to or from school. About twenty-two percent were sexually abused at home.

May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015

Prompt and sensitive handling of rape cases

Rights organisations have been protesting the insensitivity and sometimes discrimination shown by law enforcers when dealing with cases of sexual assault and rape.

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