Sexual abuse victims and their supporters rallied in nine cities around Japan this week to protest against recent court acquittals of alleged rapists and urge reform of the nation’s anti-rape law. Holding flowers and placards with slogans such as “#MeToo, #WithYou”, sexual abuse survivors on Tuesday evening recounted their experiences to show the need to […]
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PFA to gather evidence of online racial abuse
LONDON: England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has called on players to submit evidence of online racial abuse they have suffered so they can highlight the problem to governing bodies. The PFA said it would also present the evidence to the Football Association and the government and had arranged meetings with social media platforms Twitter and […]
Manchester United to investigate racist abuse at Young
Manchester United said on Wednesday they are investigating the racist abuse directed at defender Ashley Young on social media after the club’s Champions League quarter-final exit in Barcelona. England international Young was targeted on Twitter after the 33-year-old full back endured a disappointing night in United’s 3-0 second-leg defeat by Barcelona on Tuesday. “Manchester United […]
NZ police arrest Trump fan over Christchurch mosque abuse
New Zealand police on Thursday arrested a man spotted in a “Trump” tee-shirt hurling abuse at worshippers outside one of the Christchurch mosques where dozens were killed in a massacre last month. Police said the 33-year-old man had “shaken” the Muslim community late Wednesday at the Al Noor mosque by shouting abuse at people. “Our […]
Catalogue of abuse: seeking justice for the Rohingya
Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to describe the night the Myanmar soldiers came. “They broke down our door. They took my husband outside and shot him,” recalled the 20-year-old, one of around 700,000 Rohingyas driven from Myanmar into […]
Catalogue of abuse: seeking justice for the Rohingya
Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to describe the night the Myanmar soldiers came. “They broke down our door. They took my husband outside and shot him,” recalled the 20-year-old, one of around 700,000 Rohingyas driven from Myanmar into […]
Ali Zafar defamation suit: court orders Meesha Shafi to reply by July 5
LAHORE: A sessions court in Lahore on Monday asked singer-cum-actor, Meesha Shafi, to respond by July 5 to a Rs1 billion defamation case that was filed, earlier, against her by singer/actor, Ali Zafar. During the hearing, headed by Additional Sessions Judge Shehzad Ahmed, Ali’s counsel, Rana Intezar Hussain, argued his point of view that Meesha […]
Ashley Judd sues Harvey Weinstein for sexual harassment, damage to her career
LOS ANGELES: On April 30, Hollywood actor Ashley Judd filed a defamation and sexual harassment lawsuit against film producer Harvey Weinstein, alleging that he damaged her movie career after she refused sexual advances that he was making towards her. The civil lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in Santa Monica, accuses Weinstein of being […]
Nobody rapes anyone in Bollywood, it’s all consensual and voluntary, says Rakhi Sawant
MUMBAI: She’s never been one who shies away from calling a spade a spade, and now she has a rather startling opinion on the ongoing debate on casting couch and sexual harassment of strugglers in the film industry. Admitting to being a victim, Rakhi said: “When I was a struggler, yes I did face the […]
#TimesUp for harassment to go unchecked, says Sanam Saeed
Ever since Meesha Shafi accused Ali Zafar of sexual harassment, a lot of celebrities have come out in the open to lend their voice on the issue, some in favour of Meesha and some in favour of Ali. In a recent post on her Instagram, Cake star Sanam Saeed spoke about the issue amongst all others. Though […]