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When a female is sexually assaulted or harassed, one cannot imagine the physical and emotional ordeal she goes through. Unfortunately, while the act of rape could not have been prevented, what is inexcusable, and possibly also a crime, is when hospitals do not provide rape victims with preventive reproductive medical care, particularly emergency contraceptives...
...constitution is sacred. As such, any amendments should not be undertaken lightly,” he said. “I have no reservations in saying that the currently mooted changes in the constitution for the selfish gain of a few corrupt individuals are blatant attempts to rape it...Dictatorship awaits around the corner. This indeed is a struggle that is worth shedding blood...
...draw attention to the massacres at Racak and other killing grounds, Milosevic often successfully kept the focus on technicalities. A few months ago, when a prosecution witness described in detail the discovery of several murdered women at the bottom of a well with injuries to their pelvic areas suggesting rape, Milosevic blithely argued that the victims must have fallen and injured themselves. In caf?s from Belgrade to Bujanovac, a kind of collective amnesia is setting in. "Mass graves? People don't believe in mass graves any more," says Natasa Kandic, a human rights investigator who documented war crimes in Kosovo...
...Harvard, improving its ability to respond to complaints of sexual assault is crucial to fostering a safe atmosphere on its campus. If Harvard considers rape an issue it can sideline, choosing to squabble over legal technicalities rather than improve survivor services, the imperative within the university community to take rape seriously is lessened. Harvard should prioritize meeting the needs of its students rather than the specifications of the federal government. Those needs have been articulated quite clearly: Harvard must hear sexual assault cases in a professional and timely manner. Without doing so, the university gives the impression that the comfort...
DISMISSAL SOUGHT. Of verdicts against five black and Latino youths convicted in the beating and rape of the so-called Central Park jogger in 1989; after DNA evidence reportedly linked the crime to Matias Reyes, 31, a convicted murderer and rapist who is serving a life term in prison. Lawyers for three of the men have filed a motion seeking to overturn the conviction and plan to present their case before a judge this week...