Sexual Abuse

NHS’ #MeToo: How UK surgeons were sexually assaulted by their colleagues

A study has revealed that nearly one in three female surgeons in the UK’s NHS have been sexually assaulted by colleagues in the last five years. Male surgeons have also been a victim of sexual misconduct. The report also found 11 rape incidents and several cases of sexual harassment

Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times in US prison: Who is the disgraced doctor who abused US gymnasts?

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times on Sunday by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida that is experiencing staffing shortages. He is serving a prison sentence after being found guilty of sexually abusing multiple women gymnasts and possession of child pornography

‘No option but to put up and shut up’: Whistleblower report reveals accounts of sexual abuse of women in UK military

The whistleblower testimony, published on Thursday, disclosed the accounts of rape and sexual assault of eight women. The report, collected by medical teams and sent to a Commons defence committee, highlights the continuing sexual abuse in the military

Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused columnist E Jean Carroll: Will Americans still vote for him?

Former US president Donald Trump has been found liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E Jean Carroll by a New York jury. Experts believe that the verdict is not likely to affect the Republican's core electoral base but can repel swing voters

Former US President Trump faces civil trial in rape and defamation case brought by writer

Well-known former American columnist E. Jean Carroll, 79, claims that in the mid-90s, Trump sexually abused her in a dressing room at the upscale Bergdorf Goodman department store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan

'Child porn content in UK doubled in two years, children below 2 most affected'

According to the study, 81% of the pictures of abuse that were found were of young infants under the age of two. While the remainder contained 17% of those aged eleven to thirteen, 20% of those aged seven to ten, and 50% of those aged three to six

The Dirty Dance: The sexual abuse scandal rocking Kalakshetra, India’s premier classical arts academy

Hundreds of students, men and women, have complained that the faculty at Kalakshetra, known as the IIT of fine arts, has been sexually harassing them. Some have said the abuse has been rampant since 2008 and the administration did little about it. So far, one teacher has been arrested

How women in the Russian army are being forced into sex slavery in Ukraine

An investigation has revealed that Russian troops are coercing women medics into becoming ‘field wives’ and physically and sexually abusing them. The forces have been accused of sexual violence against Ukrainian civilians during the ongoing Ukrainian war in the past

EXCLUSIVE: West Bengal Dalit woman security guard alleges years of sexual abuse by St Xavier’s varsity senior official

The woman alleged that Gopal Prasad Gupta, working as a liaison officer at St Xavier's University, Newtown, Kolkata, physically and mentally abused her by threatening her of dire consequences

Harvey Weinstein found guilty in second sex crime case: What was the matter?

Harvey Weinstein, a former Hollywood tycoon, was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting an actress in 2013, but jurors found him not guilty of one charge and were unable to reach a decision on three others