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  1. Sudan: Fighters Rape Women and Girls, Hold Sex Slaves

    Dec 16, 2024 · Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in Sudan’s South Kordofan state since September …

  2. Sexual Violence | Human Rights Watch

    Jan 14, 2026 · Italy’s new draft law on sexual violence represents a serious step backward from a consent-based approach to addressing sexual abuse. Rather than consolidating consent as the …

  3. Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees - Human Rights Watch

    Apr 22, 2024 · Iran's security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing widespread protests in 2022 and 2023.

  4. “Forced to Give Up on Their Dreams” - Human Rights Watch

    Feb 18, 2025 · The 85-page report, “‘Forced to Give Up on Their Dreams’: Sexual Violence against Girls in Guatemala,” documents the numerous barriers that girls who are survivors of sexual violence face ...

  5. 日本は同意のない性交をレイプと認めるべき | Human Rights Watch

    Jun 14, 2023 · 日本の参議院に現在提出されている法案は、刑法上のレイプの定義について「不同意性交等」と改正するもので、画期的である。この法案は6月21 ...

  6. France Redefines Rape in Landmark Law - Human Rights Watch

    Oct 30, 2025 · France's Parliament has adopted a landmark law -that defines rape as any non-consensual sexual act, a significant milestone in the fight against sexual violence in the country.

  7. “They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways” - Human Rights Watch

    Jul 29, 2020 · The 77-page report, “‘They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways’: Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and Transgender Women in the Syrian Conflict,” found that men and boys have been …

  8. “All of My Body Was Pain” - Human Rights Watch

    Nov 16, 2017 · This report documents the Burmese military’s gang rape of Rohingya women and girls and further acts of violence, cruelty, and humiliation. Many women described witnessing the murders …

  9. Doctor’s Rape, Murder in India Sparks Protests - Human Rights Watch

    Aug 15, 2024 · The laws against rape and sexual abuse were strengthened after a 2012 gang rape and murder in Delhi sparked nationwide protests.

  10. Sudan: Widespread Sexual Violence in the Capital

    Jul 29, 2024 · Sudan’s warring parties, particularly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have committed widespread acts of rape, including gang rape, and forced women and girls into marriages in …