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Mar
23
2024
By The African Mirror
Police arrest former soccer player Robinho in Brazil

Police arrest former soccer player Robinho in Brazil

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POLICE arrested former soccer player Robinho in the Brazilian city of Santos to serve out a nine-year prison sentence for rape, local news website G1 reported. Robinho's defence had filed a petition to Brazil's Supreme Court to avoid his arrest, but the appeal was rejected on Thursday. On Wednesday, a separate local court ruled the athlete must serve his sentence in Brazil, though he was convicted in Italy.
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Mar
05
2024
By The African Mirror
Teenage Uzbek fencer alleges she was raped by three Italian athletes

Teenage Uzbek fencer alleges she was raped by three Italian athletes

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A teenage Uzbek fencer has accused three Italian fellow athletes of raping her during a training camp in Tuscany last summer when she was a minor, her lawyer said. The alleged assault took place on the night of August 4-5, 2023 during an international camp for young fencers in Chianciano Terme, near Siena, in which the Uzbek fencer took part along with members of the Italian junior national fencing team. Three Italian fencers, including a minor, are under formal investigation but their lawyer denies wrongdoing and the Italian Fencing Federation (FIS) has not suspended them. The names of the alleged…
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Jun
29
2023
By JACK QUEEN
Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation after jury finds he sexually abused her

Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation after jury finds he sexually abused her

WORLD
FORMER U.S. President Donald Trump sued E. Jean Carroll for defamation, alleging she falsely accused him of rape after a jury in a civil trial found that he sexually abused her. Trump's counterclaim against Carroll in Manhattan federal court comes after a jury's unusual finding in May that he sexually abused and defamed but did not rape Carroll, a former Elle magazine advice columnist. Trump seeks a retraction as well as unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement that Trump's filing was "nothing more than his latest effort to delay accountability" for the jury's verdict. "Donald…
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Jun
02
2023
By EMMA FARGE
Swiss court confirms historic war crimes ruling against Liberia warlord

Swiss court confirms historic war crimes ruling against Liberia warlord

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A Swiss court upheld a guilty verdict for war crimes in the case of a former Liberian rebel commander and convicted him of crimes against humanity in a landmark case. Alieu Kosiah, who fought in the 1990s against then-President Charles Taylor's army, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June 2021 for rape, murder and cannibalism in Switzerland's first ever war crimes trial. Those charges and others were upheld by the court although he was acquitted of ordering and inflicting cruel treatment, the Swiss Federal Court's appeal bench said in a statement. Four of his acts were deemed crimes…
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Feb
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Italy asks Brazil forward Robinho to serve prison sentence in home country

Italy asks Brazil forward Robinho to serve prison sentence in home country

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ITALY has requested that former AC Milan and Brazil striker Robinho serves a 9-year prison sentence for rape in his home country, local media reported, citing Brazil's Foreign Relations Ministry. In a statement, the Brazilian ministry confirmed it has received such a request without naming the player. Robinho's defence lawyer could not be reached for comment. The request will be analyzed by the Justice Ministry's Department of Asset Repatriation and International Legal Cooperation, the ministry added. Robinho, whose full name is Robson de Souza, lives in Brazil and has always denied the charges. Earlier this week, Italy's Justice Ministry issued an international…
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Sep
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Man City defender Mendy to stay in jail

Man City defender Mendy to stay in jail

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MANCHESTER City defender Benjamin Mendy will stand trial on rape and sexual assault charges on January 24 after the Chester Crown Court set a trial date on Friday, British media reported. The 27-year-old, who was denied bail last week after he was charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, has been remanded in custody. The BBC reported that Eleanor Laws, who is defending Mendy, said there would be an application to dismiss the charges at a hearing on November 15. A co-defendant Louis Saha Matturie, 40, has also been accused of four counts of rape.…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
New sex abuse claims against aid workers exposed in Congo

New sex abuse claims against aid workers exposed in Congo

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ROBERT FLUMMERFELT and ANGE KASONGO MORE than 20 Congolese women have accused aid workers of sexual abuse in new claims that include rape and unwanted pregnancies, with United Nations investigators uncovering similar allegations of workers exploiting vulnerable women. The New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation spoke to 22 women in Butembo who said male aid workers responding to an Ebola crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo offered them jobs in exchange for sex. The claims come as donors pressure aid groups to do more to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse while assisting the world's most vulnerable, and follow a joint investigation by…
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Dec
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Liberian rebel commander shouts out at start of Swiss trial for cannibalism, rape

Liberian rebel commander shouts out at start of Swiss trial for cannibalism, rape

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EMMA FARGE A former rebel commander accused of involvement in killing civilians, rape and eating pieces of a school teacher's heart during Liberia's civil war decried his long pre-trial detention in an outburst as proceedings began in Switzerland. The trial is just one of a handful of cases brought to international courts in connection with the West African country's 1989-2003 civil war, which became a byword for savagery and killed hundreds of thousands of people. The defendant, 45-year-old Alieu Kosiah, denies the charges. His lawyer said Kosiah, who was arrested in Switzerland in 2014, was not present in the area…
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Nov
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Malawian protesters demand tougher penalties for rape

Malawian protesters demand tougher penalties for rape

NEWS
 CHARLES PESULO HUNDREDS of Malawians took to the streets on Monday to demand tougher rape penalties following months of protests over sexual abuse in the country, including a high-profile case involving the head of the public broadcaster. The demonstrators presented a petition to city authorities in Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu, calling on the government to set up a sex offenders registry, women's shelters, special courts for sexual crimes and overhaul school sex education. "Not much being done... to send an absolutely clear message to Malawian men that sexual violence will not be tolerated and the consequences of such crime will…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Bangladeshi protestors say death penalty not the answer to rise in rape

Bangladeshi protestors say death penalty not the answer to rise in rape

WORLD
NAIMUL KARIM PROTESTORS took to Dhaka's streets to demand action on rising rape cases in Bangladesh, saying a new law that expanded the use of the death penalty was not enough to bring about real change. Women's rights campaigners are demanding a root and branch reform of the legal system and more education to address what they say is a rising incidence of violence against women in Bangladesh. Earlier this month, the government changed the law to make rape committed by a single person punishable by death following protests triggered by an online video showing a group of men sexually…
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