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Human Rights Watch reports widespread acts of sexual violence in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages committed by the army and Rapid Support Forces.
2024-07-29

A court in Bangladesh sentences five men to death for the gang rape of a girl in 2012. The verdict comes amidst public outcry regarding growing sexual violence. It was the first conviction since the government this week introduced the death penalty for rape.
2020-10-15

Authorities arrest eight men after a gang rape in Freiburg, Germany on 14 October, with police seeking more men.
2018-10-26

Mexican authorities want to question American actor Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo about a secret October meeting and interview with Joaquín Guzmán, published by "Rolling Stone" magazine yesterday. Mexico Attorney General Arely Gomez says it was the Penn interview that led authorities to a Guzman hiding place.
2016-01-10

In the United States, the University of Virginia fraternity that was the subject of a "Rolling Stone" article about a brutal campus rape, filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit against the magazine and the article's writer.
2015-11-9

University of Virginia fraternity Phi Kappa Psi announces that it will "pursue all available options" against "Rolling Stone" magazine a day after the magazine withdraws "A Rape on Campus", a story alleging a student was gang-raped at a party in 2012.
2015-04-6

An America tourist is allegedly gang raped and robbed by three men in Manali, India.
2013-06-4

In Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., former University of Virginia men's lacrosse player George Huguely is found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of former UVA women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love. The jury recommends a 26-year prison sentence, with formal sentencing scheduled for April. [http:--abcnews.go.com-US-george-huguely-guilty-degree-murder-grand-larceny-story?id=157652U39#.T0WI_PL4V8F (ABC News)]date=August 2019
2012-02-22

"Rolling Stone" magazine alleges that United States Army Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell IV ordered a campaign of "psychological operations" to persuade influential people to continue support for the War in Afghanistan.
2011-02-24

Two weeks after the sacking of General Stanley A. McChrystal over comments that appeared in "Rolling Stone", a top French general is attacked for publicly criticising the United States-led war attempt on Afghanistan and questioning if the United States is controlling its allies.
2010-07-9