Thai law expands definition of rape
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Gender rights activists Thursday hailed the legislature's approval of an anti-rape law that widens the definition of the crime and makes it illegal in Thailand for a husband to have sex with his wife without her consent.
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Despite nationwide protests by hard-liners, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday signed into law an amendment to the country's controversial rape statute to make it easier to prosecute sexual assault cases.
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Unscrambled child abuse pic operation leads to arrest Thai police have arrested a suspected paedophile who became the subject of an international manhunt.â¦
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(Singapore) A group that promotes AIDS awareness blasted a Singapore law that prohibits gay sex, saying it impedes efforts to educate homosexuals about the dangers of HIV transmission through unsafe sex.
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Police say excessive drinking is a factor in a rise in the number of rapes and sexual assaults over the last year.
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Pakistan's Senate on Thursday approved amendments to a controversial rape law amid protests by hard-line Muslim lawmakers who claim the legislation violates Islam.
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Thailand&#39;s Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider criminal corruption charges against toppled prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in the first case to reach court since last year&#39;s coup.
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A bill is currently in Uganda's parliament that would strengthen women's rights.
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'Offensive' video saga part 24 Thailand's powers that be are considering a new block on certain "offensive" YouTube material after last month lifting its ban on the site, Reuters reports.â¦
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Rape victims and convicted felons would have greater access to DNA testing under legislation the House passed Wednesday.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Police in Bangkok said Wednesday they are searching for a man whose tongue was bitten off by a girl he allegedly tried to rape.    A 17-year-old girl turned up at Lucksong police station with a 1-inch piece of human tongue, which she said belonged to a 19-year-old male friend she knew by the nickname Koh...
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Legislation gives police greater powers to clamp down on knife crime, sex offending and football hooliganism in Scotland.
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Nigeria should urgently overhaul its  legal system to curb widespread sexual violence against women,  including rape by security forces and police, Amnesty  International said on Tuesday.
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A Thai-Muslim woman bursts into tears after learning from the list that her family member is listed dead outside a military camp in Pattani province, southern Thailand Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004.
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Rape suspects can be forced to undergo H.I.V. testing under a law signed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
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The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has   medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is   four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she   needs to prove it.
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Parliament is expected to vote to allow evidence in rape cases other than the required four male eyewitnesses.