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Jan
12
2024
By The African Mirror
Polish priest arrested, charged with sex crimes after alleged orgy

Polish priest arrested, charged with sex crimes after alleged orgy

WORLD
A Polish priest was arrested and charged with sex and drug crimes as well as failure to assist a person at medical risk after media reports that a man collapsed at a sex party at his home, state news agency PAP said. The diocese in southwest Poland has been engulfed in scandal since reports emerged last September of an orgy at the home of a priest in the town of Dabrowa Gornicza. The priest, referred to as Tomasz Z due to Polish privacy laws, was placed in pre-trial detention after his arrest on Monday. He could face up to 10…
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Feb
24
2023
By The African Mirror
R. Kelly’s 2nd conviction extends earlier 30-year sentence by a year

R. Kelly’s 2nd conviction extends earlier 30-year sentence by a year

WORLD
BRENDAN O'BRIEN A federal judge in Chicago sentenced R. Kelly to one additional year in prison for his conviction on sex crimes, extending a 30-year sentence handed to the Grammy-winning R&B singer after an earlier trial in New York, local media reported. At a 90-minute hearing, Judge Harry Leinenweber of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago also ordered Kelly to serve 19 years simultaneously with the previous sentence, a local CBS affiliate and other media reported. In September, Kelly - whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly - was convicted in federal court of felony sexual exploitation…
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Apr
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Egyptian student jailed for 8 years for sex crimes

Egyptian student jailed for 8 years for sex crimes

NEWS
AN Egyptian Instagram activist welcomed a court decision on Sunday to jail a former university student for eight years for sex crimes after her campaign against his abuse and harassment of women sparked a MeToo movement in her country. Ahmed Bassam Zaki, aged in his early 20s and from a wealthy family, was detained last July after the Instagram campaign and referred to trial on charges of indecent assault and blackmail of at least three women, all under 18, between 2016 and 2020. A Cairo Criminal Court sentenced him to eight years in prison on Sunday, the women's lawyer Ahmed…
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Feb
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Ugandan rebel commander convicted for sex crimes, forced pregnancy

Ugandan rebel commander convicted for sex crimes, forced pregnancy

NEWS
FORMER Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen was today convicted of widespread sexual crimes, including rape and forced marriage, in a ruling at the International Criminal Court. Ongwen, once a commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, faces 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and could be imprisoned for life if convicted. Judges will not address sentencing on Thursday. Presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt said the evidence in Ongwen's case showed that sexual crimes were systemic and institutional under his command and in a legal first convicted him of the crime of forced pregnancy.
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Oct
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt court starts sex crimes trial of student in #MeToo case

Egypt court starts sex crimes trial of student in #MeToo case

NEWS
MENNA A. FAROUK A former Cairo university student appeared in court charged with blackmail and indecent assault of at least three women in a closely-watched case prompted by social media that opened up a rare public debate on sex crimes. Ahmed Bassam Zaki, aged in his early 20s and a former student at the American University in Cairo, attended a closed session with the trial adjourned to November 7, a lawyer from the defence team, Ahmed Ragheb, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. In September, the public prosecutor referred Zaki to the criminal court on charges of "sexually assaulting three girls…
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Sep
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s #MeToo crusader fights sex crimes via Instagram

Egypt’s #MeToo crusader fights sex crimes via Instagram

NEWS
MENNA A. FAROUK AFTER exposing two major sexual assaults in her first two months as an Instagram activist, and spurring Egypt to bring in a law to protect victims' identities, Nadeen Ashraf has bigger plans. The 22-year-old student wants to turn her #MeToo-style Instagram account Assault Police, which has emboldened hundreds of Egyptian women to speak out about violence, into an advocacy group that can win justice for sexual assault survivors. "I want to create an entity on a wide scale where women can go to when they experience any violence to help them get their rights," Ashraf told the…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt detains suspect in high-profile rape case

Egypt detains suspect in high-profile rape case

NEWS
EGYPTIAN public prosecutors ordered the detention of a man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 for four days pending investigation, they have announced in a statement. The man, who is also a suspect in other similar cases, was arrested by police on Wednesday as he tried to flee abroad like seven other suspects in the case, which has been the focus of an online campaign against sexual assault in Egypt, they said. The seven suspects fled the country between July 27 and July 29 after claims against them started to…
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Aug
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt orders arrests after Instagram account exposes gang rape

Egypt orders arrests after Instagram account exposes gang rape

NEWS
MENNA A FAROUK EGYPTIAN authorities have ordered the arrests of a group of men accused of being involved in a gang rape at a Cairo hotel amid a rare debate about sex crimes that started on social media and has fuelled a growing #MeToo movement. Lack of action over the 2014 incident, that was reported to have involved six men from powerful families, caused an uproar after being disclosed in July by an Instagram account with more than 180,000 followers that aims to expose sex attackers. The case came after the same Instagram account, Assault Police, named a university student…
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Aug
19
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt passes law shielding sex crime victims’ identities

Egypt passes law shielding sex crime victims’ identities

NEWS
EGYPT's parliament has given its final approval to a law protecting the identity of victims of sexual harassment and assault, aimed at encouraging women who fear social stigma to report such crimes. The measure was proposed by the government after a rare public debate about sex crimes, which followed a social media campaign that led to the arrest of a suspected sex offender. A new article added to the Criminal Procedure Law would ban investigative authorities from disclosing information about victims in such crimes, except to defendants or their lawyers. It will take effect once approved by President Abdel Fattah…
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