Washington: The top general in the US Armed Forces warned of a crisis of confidence in the growing ranks of women soldiers due to a rash of sexual assault cases that has prompted lawmakers to act.
The warning by Army General Martin Dempsey came hours before President Barack Obama asked military leaders at a White House meeting to get the problem of sexual assaults under control.
"We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this problem," Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said as he returned from NATO meetings in Brussels. "That's a crisis."
Obama met with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey and other military leaders at the White House to discuss sexual assaults after a series of scandals discredited efforts to stamp it out....
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07:21 AM, May 17, 2013
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is investigating a controversial video footage aired by a British Channel accusing the army of war crimes during the final phase of the battle with the LTTE. This was conveyed to European Parliament by Sri Lankan Ambassador to European Union PM Amza on Tuesday, a government statement said. The investigation is to happen irrespective of Sri Lanka's categorical rejection of the Channel-4 footage in the...
05:45 PM, May 15, 2013
Dhaka: A top leader of Bangladesh's fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was on Thursday sentenced to death for mass murder and "crimes against humanity" he committed during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan, becoming the fourth person to be convicted in the case. A special Bangladeshi tribunal handed down death penalty to Muhammad Kuamaruzzaman for collaborating in the mass murder of 164 unarmed civilians in Sohagpur village on July 25, 1971, The Daily...
04:56 PM, May 09, 2013
Filmmaker, writer Natasha Badhwar talks about the police and government apathy in the wake of recent cases of sexual crime against women. ...
01:13 PM, Apr 29, 2013
On the citizen Journalist - Agenda for change special we focus on stories of women who have survived rape and are fighting for their rights. ...
12:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Belgaum: The Belgaum Police on Sunday arrested the fiance of the girl whose mutilated body was found on a road in the district on Saturday. According to the police, the man allegedly raped his 20-year-old fiancee and killed her. The police, for the time being, however, have ruled out that the girl was gangraped. The police said that the girl had been postponing their marriage and refusing his advances and...
11:16 PM, Apr 28, 2013
How can sexual crimes against children be stopped? Anuja Gupta, executive director, RAHI Foundation, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Its very difficult to identify sexual abusers from neighborhood and relatives. So, what are the steps should we take to prevent child-abuse at home-level? Asked by: Shobana A. CSA prevention is firstly about how you relate to and treat children, the kind of bond you create...
04:58 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret. Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy job as a social worker-come-crime investigator. And so the unspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place - white beaches, blue seas and no crime. But when a disturbing video appears...
04:57 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Terming himself innocent, an accused in the December 16 gang rape Thursday moved an application before the fast track court seeking permission to undergo a lie detector test. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna asked the Delhi Police to file its reply on the plea of Vinay Sharma, one of the six accused in the case. Saying Sharma has been falsely implicated in the case, his counsel told the...
01:47 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Singapore: A 25-year-old Indian-origin teacher in Singapore has been sentenced to one year in jail for having sex with an underage girl student. Aravind S Menon had earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of consensual sexual intercourse with the 14-year-old girl between May and July 2009, reported the Channel News Asia. Menon became close to the minor when he was her teacher and they started a relationship. But when the...
08:35 PM, Apr 25, 2013
As protests continued in Delhi over the rape case of a five-year-old girl, at the centre of the storm was Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. A man who both the Opposition and activists held responsible and answerable for the increase in crimes against women in Delhi. They are demanding his resignation. ...
12:02 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Washington: Five people, including a woman, were killed in a shootout, apparently sparked by a dispute, at a Washington state apartment complex, police said on Monday. Officers responding to an emergency call on Sunday night at the apartments in Federal Way, about 32 kilometres south of Seattle, encountered a chaotic scene, with bullets flying. "When officers arrived there were still shots being fired," said Federal Way police spokeswoman Cathy Schrock....
04:05 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Chatra: A 19-year-old tribal woman was allegedly gangraped by three persons in Chatra district, police sources said on Sunday. The 19-year-old married tribal woman had come to witness the Ramnavmi procession on Friday in Chatra town when she was abducted by three youths who later allegedly gangraped her, Superintendent of Police Arun Birthery said. The SP said two persons have been arrested in this connection after a FIR was lodged...
02:16 PM, Apr 21, 2013
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when they reached a police station in Bulandshahr to file a rape complaint. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Islamabad: A 26-year-old school teacher was kidnapped and gangraped while on her way to work in Pakistan's central Punjab province. The woman was found lying in a field in Khanewal, near Multan city, on Wednesday. She was taken to a hospital in Jhang and a medico-legal examination at a nearby rural health centre confirmed she had been raped. Doctors at the centre said she might need surgery. Police registered a...
12:56 PM, Apr 11, 2013
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when they reached a police station in Bulandshahr to file a rape complaint. ...
12:11 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Datia: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by five persons, including a BJP corporator, near Dang Karera village in the district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday night, an officer from Jigna Police Station in Datia said. BJP corporator from Datia Municipal Council, Balkishen Kushwaha, has been identified as one of the five accused, police said, adding they were yet to make any arrests in the...
02:14 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognisance of the Bulandshahr minor rape case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain why a minor rape victim was locked up in the jail when she approached the police to file a complaint. The apex court has asked the state government to submit its reply by Monday. The 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when...
12:16 PM, Apr 10, 2013
In a yet another case of police brutality, a 10-year-old rape survivor was locked up in the jail when she reached a police station to file a complaint. "Mujhe thappad mara (I was slapped)," alleged the girl, who spent more than 15 hours in the jail with her mother. ...
11:09 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Thane: A 41-year-old man was arrested from the powerloom town of Bhiwandi for allegedly subjecting his mentally-challenged step-daughter to sexual abuse, police said on Thursday. "Kasim Hamid Shaikh allegedly used to rape the 14-year-old repeatedly at his house in Evai village in the district over a period of time," a police official said. He was apprehended on Wednesday after the girl lodged a complaint against Shaikh with the help of...
11:21 AM, Apr 04, 2013
