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Who is Rohit Rane? Indian man jailed for 20 years in France over child abuse network

October 10, 2026 5:41 pm

Rohit Rane, an Indian man from Pune, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Paris court over his role in the CVLT criminal network.

The silence that makes room for rape

October 04, 2026 9:01 am

What unsettles the writer is the frequency of hearing violence in a place where others are close by— and how few came forward.

Calcutta High Court POCSO father daughter life imprisonment

Stop ‘big brother’ control over trafficking survivors’ funds: Calcutta High Court to legal services

August 10, 2026 5:21 pm

Citing personal liberty, the Calcutta High Court rejected the West Bengal State Legal Services Authority’s direction locking 75% of two trafficking survivors' compensation in FDs.

UN blacklists Israel for first time over conflict zone sexual violence allegations, Russia added to list too

May 29, 2026 1:49 pm

The UN report said in 2025 the UN was able to document "patterns of sexual violence" against Palestinians detained in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, AP reports.

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When adolescant relationships become 'criminal': The urgent case for reforming POCSO

May 18, 2026 6:01 pm

The law’s current design draws no meaningful distinction between exploitative abuse and adolescent relationships, leaving courts to navigate a chasm the legislation itself does not acknowledge

Faridabad rape underscores a contradiction: We speak of consent, inequality – our institutions don't listen

December 31, 2025 8:50 pm

The state should continue to reflect on why it took massive protests to bring Ankita Bhandari’s murder to notice and send the accused to jail. Or the chilling effect of seeing Bilkis Bano's rapists be welcomed back, and those like Kuldeep Sengar getting interim bail

Sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, UN says

August 15, 2025 9:05 am

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ annual report said more than 4,600 people survived sexual violence in 2024, with armed groups carrying out the majority of the abuse but some by government forces.

Across India, sexual violence prevails, with impunity. It's not just a legal problem

July 04, 2025 12:18 pm

India has laws. But laws are only as good as the systems that uphold them—and the values that animate them. A society that tolerates impunity, blames victims and protects the powerful cannot claim to be just

International Day of Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2025: All you need to know. (Source: UNFPA)

International Day of Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2025: Know the date, theme, history, and significance

June 21, 2025 7:46 am

International Day of Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict 2025: This year will mark 11th year of the observance, falling on Thursday, June 19, 2025, under the theme of Breaking the Cycle, Healing the Scars: Addressing the Intergenerational Effects of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.

French women rally to support Gisele Pelicot, woman at the centre of a mass rape trial

September 14, 2024 10:59 pm

Feminist associations have called for some 30 gatherings in cities from Marseille to Paris, where on the Place de la Republique banners read "Support to Gisele" and "Victims we believe you".