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[Link] Cops Covered Up Sex Trafficking Ring to Receive Free Sex Acts, Lawsuit Says
Read: 23/12/2021 www.vice.com
Top cops for a local department in Virginia actively hindered a sex trafficking investigation for almost four years in exchange for free sex acts from the victimized women, according to a recently updated federal lawsuit.
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[Link] Man charged over string of historical sexual assaults in inner-west Sydney
Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
More than 15 years after “the inner-west rapist” terrified Sydney, attacking women in their own homes, a DNA breakthrough has led to a man being charged. NSW police arrested a 51-year-old man at dawn in Panania, in Sydney’s south on Monday and charged him with four historical sexual assaults.
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[Link] Tonga’s drug crisis: Why a tiny Pacific island is struggling with a meth epidemic
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
After more than four decades spent living in New Zealand, Ned Cook knew it was time to return to his home country of Tonga. His country was in the grip of a methamphetamine epidemic that was ripping families apart and overrunning the country’s hospitals and jails.
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[Link] Thailand Is Sweeping Sexual Abuse in Its Schools Under the Rug
Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com
Nalinrat Thuthubthim was in high school when the attack happened. She’d often stay on campus after school had ended, working on drafts of speeches with her male teacher for upcoming contests.
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[Link] The deadly new risk Afghan women face: It starts with a strange phone call and can end with murder
Read: 22/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Her body was found riddled with bullets alongside three other women who had also been killed. Ms Ayoubi is a journalist and activist who left Afghanistan over concerns for her own safety.
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[Link] Man Sentenced to Death for Setting His TikToker Ex-Wife on Fire During a Livestream
Read: 15/10/2021 www.vice.com
The case infuriated Chinese women after media reports suggested that Lhamo had been suffering from Tang’s frequent beatings since the two married a few years ago. Her older sister said Lhamo called the police at least twice, but officers refused to interfere because it was a “family matter.
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[Link] Domestic violence services still waiting on ‘landmark’ federal funding months after it was promised
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Promised domestic violence funding to help combat a rise in demand for services during the pandemic is yet to be released more than four months after it was announced by the federal government with fanfare.
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[Link] The Social Impact That Deepfake Porn Has On Its Victims
Read: 23/8/2021 hackernoon.com
The amalgamation of deep learning and fake, deepfake technology lets people create content where the face of a person superimposes on the other person’s body for realistic-looking fake visuals. This AI-driven technology did more harm than good.
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[Link] Social networks struggle to crack down on ‘incel’ movement
Read: 18/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Despite years of strict moderation from major social networks, the “incel” community remains as influential as it was in 2014, when an English 22-year-old killed seven people on the streets of Isla Vista, California, motivated by his hatred of women.
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[Link] This Taliban directive is a stark warning of what lies ahead for Afghan women and girls
Read: 16/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Since the withdrawal of American and NATO forces from Afghanistan in July, the Taliban have swiftly taken control of large parts of the country. The president has fled and the government has fallen.
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[Link] As Taliban Forces Close In, Women Journalists Fear For Their Lives
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Her voice cracked during the call every so often, but Zahra Joya carried on. “Sorry about the connection. The war, it seems, has impacted our phone connections and internet,” the 28-year-old journalist said over a call from Kabul.
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[Link] South Korean Men Who Jizz on Women’s Things May Soon Be Charged With ‘Semen Terrorism’
Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com
Most men who perpetrated these acts walked away with fines, partly because ejaculating or smearing one’s semen onto someone’s belongings does not classify as a sex crime in South Korea.
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[Link] Adelaide man arrested for allegedly stalking woman he met on dating app
Read: 11/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
A man from Adelaide's northern suburbs has been arrested for stalking offences after a victim he met on a dating app contacted police fearing for her safety. Detectives went to the man's Andrews Farm address on Tuesday and found evidence including mail in different women's names.
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[Link] Vigil held in London park for murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman
Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Large crowds lit candles and laid flowers at a vigil to remember murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman on Tuesday evening on what would have been Nicole’s 29th birthday.
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