Indonesia passes new penal code that would make adultery and extramarital sex illegal, punishable by jail
Indonesia passes new penal code that would make adultery and extramarital sex illegal, punishable by jail
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Adultery a punishable offense in Indonesia's criminal code
Indonesia’s Parliament has unanimously passed a long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code that criminalizes extramarital sex
UN: Iraq Christians were victims of Islamic State war crimes
A U.N. team says evidence it collected in Iraq strengthens preliminary findings that Islamic State extremists committed crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Christian community after it seized about a third of the country in 2014
US Virgin Islands reach $105M settlement with Epstein estate
The U.S. Virgin Islands has reached a settlement of more than $105 million in a sex trafficking case against the estate of financier Jeffrey Epstein
Report: Many female Israeli conscripts suffer sexual abuse
A new report has found that roughly one in four women performing compulsory national service in Israel’s police force and prison service have suffered sexual abuse on the job
Ukraine first lady attends London meeting on sexual violence
Ukraine's first lady says Russian soldiers must be held accountable.
Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan
A local official says that the Taliban have lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium in central Afghanistan
Afghan official says 19 people lashed in northeast province
An Afghan Supreme Court official says 19 people were lashed in the country's northeast after being convicted of adultery, theft and running away from home
Royal Navy investigating claims women harassed on submarines
The head of Britain’s Royal Navy says he is “deeply disturbed” by allegations that female submariners were bullied and sexually harassed
French TV star scrutinized in book about sex abuse, #MeToo
Author Hélène Devynck is among dozens of women who have spoken out recently to accuse France’s most famous TV presenter of rape, sexual abuse or harassment that occurred between 1981 and 2018
Judge sides with California baker over same-sex wedding cake
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs
Official document describes scale of abuses in Ethiopia war
Dozens of women and girls have been raped and hundreds of civilians killed during fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region