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“On the first day I was raped twice”: PCHR report exposes sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners by Israeli forces

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights has released new testimonies describing the sexual abuse of Palestinian captives by Israeli forces.

UN decries “systematic use of sexual violence as a weapon of war” in Sudan’s agricultural heartland

Widespread rapes, sexual slavery and forced marriages under torture have been reported in Sudan’s Gezira state, amid the ongoing depopulation campaign unleashed by the paramilitary RSF last month.

Left-led anti-femicide demonstrations enter third week in India’s West Bengal

Protests against the rape and killing of a woman doctor have faced massive repression and attempts by the right-rwing to infiltrate it in orde to push regressive agenda

Sexual violence and child malnutrition in Sudan’s civil war place heavy burden on women

Sudanese women activists have reported that since the civil war which broke out in 2023, sexual violence has been used as a tool of war by both sides

Israel arrests soldiers who stand accused of gang raping a Palestinian detainee

Despite recurrent calls by human rights organizations to shut down notorious Israeli clandestine prison Sde Teiman, violations against detainees have not stopped

Streets of Brazil continue to erupt in fury against the “Child Pregnancy Bill”

Thousands took to the streets in São Paulo on Saturday to protest the bill in the Chamber of Deputies that equates abortion to homicide

Feminists in Brazil mobilize against bill that equates abortion with murder

The Chamber of Deputies surprised many by pushing forward the discussion on a bill that equates abortion with murder and prohibits abortion even in cases of rape

Condemn first, ask questions never? Israeli propaganda and the crimes the West chooses to believe

Since October 7, Israel has consistently made unsubstantiated claims of atrocities committed by Hamas fighters. Uncritically repeated by the White House and western media outlets, these claims have worked to manufacture consent for Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza

Sahrawi activists Lefkir illegal confinement Moroccan agents assault former Sahrawi political prisoner Mahfouda Lefkir, besiege her house in occupied territory

A trade unionist and prominent human rights defender, Mahfouda has been unrelentingly participating in the struggle for Western Sahara’s liberation from Moroccan occupation despite torture, imprisonment, and threats of rape   

Aurat march Pakistan women's rights Thousands of women march for a better future across Pakistan

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, thousands of women carried out massive rallies across major cities demanding better wages, security, and the repeal of the sedition and criminal defamation laws that are being used to silence dissent and target marginalized communities

Myanmar mass amnesty Myanmar junta releases prisoners in mass amnesty move

The mass amnesty granted to 5,774 political prisoners including four prominent foreigners is aimed at improving the junta’s relationship with Western countries, according to observers

Aurat March Pakistan Aurat March in Pakistan completes five years, opposition launches “Modesty March”

The annual Aurat Azadi Jalsa or Women’s Freedom March held in Pakistan on International Women’s Day has successfully gathered massive global attention in the last five years, and an equal amount of opposition from conservative groups at home.