Rape

Pakistani girl, 3, sold into marriage for $9,000 under 'walwar' custom, sparking int'l outrage

Police arrested the girl’s father and are searching for the 60-year-old man identified as her alleged husband as investigators examine links to the killing of her older sister.

Pakistani girl helps make bricks at a kiln during World Day Against Child Labour on the outskirts of Islamabad on June 12, 2014.
 Former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court for the retrial of his rape case on May 13, 2026, in New York City.

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years for New York sexual assault

 Rabbi Moshe Yazdi, arrested on suspicion of sexual offenses against women is brought for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on April 27, 2022.

Jerusalem Rabbi Moshe Yazdi sentenced to 18 years for rape by deception

Bob Vylan crowdsurfs in front of the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.

Israel, the DEI exception to 'everyone': How the music industry lost its moral compass - opinion


October 7 survivor testifies she was raped in 2011, says courts 'hand out gag orders like candy'

Michal Gadisman, who said she previously worked as a senior secretary for former minister Silvan Shalom, also testified, alleging he sexually assaulted her years ago. 

 Yesh Atid MK Meirav Cohen.

Haifa man arrested for repeatedly raping underage daughter over several years

The man allegedly began raping the girl when she was 7 years old and continued until she was 15, at which point the police intervened.

Israeli police tape.

Antisemitic ISIS-tied rape, kidnapping plot conspirator on bail as Toronto Jews question safety

Azizov was released on bail under court-imposed conditions after being charged in August with 19 different offenses related to kidnapping, sexual assault, firearms, and conspiracy.

Image of accused, Osman Azizov, 18

ARCCI marks 35 years amid legal gains, renewed scrutiny of sexual violence

The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel marked the anniversary by awarding the Sexual Violence Prevention Award to those whose work has advanced the rights and protection of survivors.

From left: Ahlam Daniel, retired judge Dvora Berliner, journalist Vered Pelman, Taisia Zamolowski, Orit Sulitzeanu, 'N', Hila Tzur, and Hanania Rotem.

Supreme Court upholds seven-year prison sentence in rape conviction

In a unanimous ruling, the court dismissed the defendant’s claim that the circumstances of the offense were comparatively minor and did not justify the punishment imposed.

Police station

State indicts Tel Aviv man with rape after alleged drugging at Bat Yam event

Prosecutors allege Zainab raped the complainant by vaginal penetration while exploiting the fact that her senses were “blurred” by substances and she was unable to give free consent. 

Israel Police forces seen outside the UNRWA center in Jerusalem, as part of a raid on the center, December 8, 2025

ICC sentences Darfur Janjaweed militia leader to 20 years

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted in October on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Cyril Laucci, Lead Counsel for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, a Sudanese national, waits to hear the verdict of the International Criminal Court, ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

In denying Hamas's sexual atrocities, UN's Reem Alsalem is complicit with terror - opinion

When a UN mandate-holder denies crimes so thoroughly documented, it is not a failure. It is complicity with terror.

SAYS THE WRITER: ‘From the stage of the Halifax International Security Forum, I issued a simple, painful invitation to the special rapporteur: come see. Bear witness to the evidence and heartbreaking testimonies we have been living with every day.’

Two asylum-seeking Afghan teenagers jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in England

The boys, Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both aged 17, carried out the attack in a park in Leamington Spa in May after taking the girl away from her friends, prosecutors said.

In this photo illustration, a close up of a police cordon tape is scene across a footpath, on June 28, 2025 in Weymouth, United Kingdom.

Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse; survivors demand action

The testimonies describe patterns of abuse that survivors say were organized, repeated, ideologically framed, and allegedly carried out by groups of adults.

Naama Lazimi (The Democrats) at the panel as Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse and survivors demand action December 2, 2025.