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  1. FFS

    Judge declares a #mistrial in #HarveyWeinstein’s #rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

    While the former #Hollywood mogul has
    been convicted of other #SexCrimes on 2 US coasts & remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the NY rape charge in limbo after 3 trials.

    A majority-#male Manhattan #jury had been weighing whether #HarveyWeinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist & actor, in 2013.

    #law #MeToo #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapeCulture
    apnews.com/article/harvey-wein

  2. FFS

    Judge declares a #mistrial in #HarveyWeinstein’s #rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

    While the former #Hollywood mogul has
    been convicted of other #SexCrimes on 2 US coasts & remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the NY rape charge in limbo after 3 trials.

    A majority-#male Manhattan #jury had been weighing whether #HarveyWeinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist & actor, in 2013.

    #law #MeToo #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapeCulture
    apnews.com/article/harvey-wein

  3. FFS

    Judge declares a #mistrial in #HarveyWeinstein’s #rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

    While the former #Hollywood mogul has
    been convicted of other #SexCrimes on 2 US coasts & remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the NY rape charge in limbo after 3 trials.

    A majority-#male Manhattan #jury had been weighing whether #HarveyWeinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist & actor, in 2013.

    #law #MeToo #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapeCulture
    apnews.com/article/harvey-wein

  4. FFS

    Judge declares a #mistrial in #HarveyWeinstein’s #rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

    While the former #Hollywood mogul has
    been convicted of other #SexCrimes on 2 US coasts & remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the NY rape charge in limbo after 3 trials.

    A majority-#male Manhattan #jury had been weighing whether #HarveyWeinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist & actor, in 2013.

    #law #MeToo #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapeCulture
    apnews.com/article/harvey-wein

  5. FFS

    Judge declares a #mistrial in #HarveyWeinstein’s #rape retrial after jury says it is deadlocked

    While the former #Hollywood mogul has
    been convicted of other #SexCrimes on 2 US coasts & remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the NY rape charge in limbo after 3 trials.

    A majority-#male Manhattan #jury had been weighing whether #HarveyWeinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist & actor, in 2013.

    #law #MeToo #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapeCulture
    apnews.com/article/harvey-wein

  6. The third and final instalment of our "Letters from Prison" series is now available. This letter comes from palliative care, where Ky Walsh has been moved after a diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer. It is a stark, unvarnished look at his final thoughts.

    medium.com/@chribonn/0aaa0d386

    #CriminalJusticeReform #VictimsRights #PrisonReform #WealthInequality #Writing #Fiction #SocialJustice #Feudalism #ViolenceAgainstWomen #NonProfitTransparency #WomensAdvocacy #TTMO

  7. Ky Walsh was recently moved to palliative care with stage IV pancreatic cancer, and he does not expect to live much longer. Dictating his words to a volunteer scribe through bone-deep exhaustion, Walsh has shared his final reflections on life, loss, and society.

    alanbonnici.com/2026/03/life-w

    #CriminalJusticeReform #VictimsRights #PrisonReform #WealthInequality #SocialJustice #Feudalism #ViolenceAgainstWomen #NonProfitTransparency #WomensAdvocacy #TTMO

  8. Our lives aren't sad stories to pity, they're powerful tales of resistance and empowerment, and it's time we rose up. Let's do it together. #SheMatters #femicide #violenceagainstwomen #domesticviolenceawareness #maleviolence

  9. 14 women - so far. Last year, it was 102 women. That's why, tomorrow, thousands will be gathering in cities across the country to commemorate the lives of women killed in Australia's ongoing femicide epidemic. #SheMatters #femicide #violenceagainstwomen #domesticviolenceawareness #maleviolence

  10. “I am deeply sorry to my family, staff, & constituents for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” #EricSwalwell said on social media. “I will fight the serious false allegation made against me. However, I must take responsibility & ownership for the mistakes I did make.”

    #Congress #law #criminal #rape #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #ViolenceAgainstWomen

  11. CW: Sexual Violence in British Military

    The Ongoing Horrors of Sexual Violence in the British Military

    Sian Norris & Ian Overton catalogue the allegations against, and arrests and convictions for, sexual offenders in the British military, a year after its leaders promised change

    @BylineTimes

    #Sexualassault #SexualViolence #violenceagainstwomen #BritishMilitary #military

    bylinetimes.com/2022/11/28/wha

  12. “Documents that are listed, which should be included, which are referenced in other documents, are not in the files,” Rep #RobertGarcia said. He added that the #DOJ had also NOT provided them to the #Oversight Cmte, which issued a #subpoena last year for all of the DOJ’s investigative material regarding #Epstein.

    #EpsteinFiles #Congress #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapistInChief #CoverUp

  13. Queensland police scrap specialist unit providing support for domestic and family violence cases

    Change comes after 100-day review that found domestic violence case management was not ‘core’ police business

    The Queensland police service plans to disband a specialist unit that provided statewide support for domestic and family violence cases, prompting concern from frontline workers that the loss of an “important resource” would place women at greater risk.

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #QLD #QLDPol #QLDPolice #Australia #AusPol #Men #Sexism #RapeCulture #ToxicMasculinity #ViolenceAgainstWomen #VAW #GenderedViolence

  14. #DominiquePelicot found guilty in #France #MassRape trial

    Judges in France on Thurs found Dominique Pelicot, a Frenchman, guilty of all charges, including aggravated #rape, after the 72-year-old was accused of repeatedly drugging his wife & recruiting dozens of men to rape her.
    
The panel of judges in the courtroom in #Avignon told reporters that Dominique Pelicot was guilty of raping his former wife as well as a litany of other charges.

    #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen
    washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

  15. #DominiquePelicot found guilty in #France #MassRape trial

    Judges in France on Thurs found Dominique Pelicot, a Frenchman, guilty of all charges, including aggravated #rape, after the 72-year-old was accused of repeatedly drugging his wife & recruiting dozens of men to rape her.
    
The panel of judges in the courtroom in #Avignon told reporters that Dominique Pelicot was guilty of raping his former wife as well as a litany of other charges.

    #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen
    washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

  16. #DominiquePelicot found guilty in #France #MassRape trial

    Judges in France on Thurs found Dominique Pelicot, a Frenchman, guilty of all charges, including aggravated #rape, after the 72-year-old was accused of repeatedly drugging his wife & recruiting dozens of men to rape her.
    
The panel of judges in the courtroom in #Avignon told reporters that Dominique Pelicot was guilty of raping his former wife as well as a litany of other charges.

    #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen
    washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

  17. #DominiquePelicot found guilty in #France #MassRape trial

    Judges in France on Thurs found Dominique Pelicot, a Frenchman, guilty of all charges, including aggravated #rape, after the 72-year-old was accused of repeatedly drugging his wife & recruiting dozens of men to rape her.
    
The panel of judges in the courtroom in #Avignon told reporters that Dominique Pelicot was guilty of raping his former wife as well as a litany of other charges.

    #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen
    washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

  18. #DominiquePelicot found guilty in #France #MassRape trial

    Judges in France on Thurs found Dominique Pelicot, a Frenchman, guilty of all charges, including aggravated #rape, after the 72-year-old was accused of repeatedly drugging his wife & recruiting dozens of men to rape her.
    
The panel of judges in the courtroom in #Avignon told reporters that Dominique Pelicot was guilty of raping his former wife as well as a litany of other charges.

    #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen
    washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

  19. Bengaluru court rejects Bhavani Revanna’s anticipatory bail plea

    The SIT counsel had challenged Bhavani’s anticipatory bail petition on the grounds that there was proof of her involvement in the kidnapping of a woman from KR Nagara.

    #karnataka #bengaluru #hassan #BhavaniRevanna #crime #PrajwalRevanna #HDRevanna #MassRape #rape #SexualAbuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #india

    thenewsminute.com/karnataka/be

  20. Bengaluru court rejects Bhavani Revanna’s anticipatory bail plea

    The SIT counsel had challenged Bhavani’s anticipatory bail petition on the grounds that there was proof of her involvement in the kidnapping of a woman from KR Nagara.

    #karnataka #bengaluru #hassan #BhavaniRevanna #crime #PrajwalRevanna #HDRevanna #MassRape #rape #SexualAbuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #india

    thenewsminute.com/karnataka/be

  21. Bengaluru court rejects Bhavani Revanna’s anticipatory bail plea

    The SIT counsel had challenged Bhavani’s anticipatory bail petition on the grounds that there was proof of her involvement in the kidnapping of a woman from KR Nagara.

    #karnataka #bengaluru #hassan #BhavaniRevanna #crime #PrajwalRevanna #HDRevanna #MassRape #rape #SexualAbuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #india

    thenewsminute.com/karnataka/be

  22. Bengaluru court rejects Bhavani Revanna’s anticipatory bail plea

    The SIT counsel had challenged Bhavani’s anticipatory bail petition on the grounds that there was proof of her involvement in the kidnapping of a woman from KR Nagara.

    #karnataka #bengaluru #hassan #BhavaniRevanna #crime #PrajwalRevanna #HDRevanna #MassRape #rape #SexualAbuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #india

    thenewsminute.com/karnataka/be

  23. Bengaluru court rejects Bhavani Revanna’s anticipatory bail plea

    The SIT counsel had challenged Bhavani’s anticipatory bail petition on the grounds that there was proof of her involvement in the kidnapping of a woman from KR Nagara.

    #karnataka #bengaluru #hassan #BhavaniRevanna #crime #PrajwalRevanna #HDRevanna #MassRape #rape #SexualAbuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #india

    thenewsminute.com/karnataka/be

  24. SIT arrests Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna at Bengaluru airport after his return from Germany

    The 33 year-old MP was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport by the Special Investigation Team, as soon as he returned to Bengaluru from Munich.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #JDS #NDA #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/kar

  25. SIT arrests Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna at Bengaluru airport after his return from Germany

    The 33 year-old MP was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport by the Special Investigation Team, as soon as he returned to Bengaluru from Munich.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #JDS #NDA #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/kar

  26. SIT arrests Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna at Bengaluru airport after his return from Germany

    The 33 year-old MP was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport by the Special Investigation Team, as soon as he returned to Bengaluru from Munich.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #JDS #NDA #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/kar

  27. SIT arrests Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna at Bengaluru airport after his return from Germany

    The 33 year-old MP was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport by the Special Investigation Team, as soon as he returned to Bengaluru from Munich.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #JDS #NDA #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/kar

  28. SIT arrests Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna at Bengaluru airport after his return from Germany

    The 33 year-old MP was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport by the Special Investigation Team, as soon as he returned to Bengaluru from Munich.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #JDS #NDA #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/kar

  29. Thousands gather in Hassan demanding jail for Prajwal Revanna

    Terming what happened in Hassan as shameful, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Ambedkarwada) state president Mavalli Shankar urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Hassan and listen to the pain of the women instead of meditating at Kanniyakumari.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #NarendraModi #india

    thenewsminute.com/news/thousan

  30. Thousands gather in Hassan demanding jail for Prajwal Revanna

    Terming what happened in Hassan as shameful, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Ambedkarwada) state president Mavalli Shankar urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Hassan and listen to the pain of the women instead of meditating at Kanniyakumari.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #NarendraModi #india

    thenewsminute.com/news/thousan

  31. Thousands gather in Hassan demanding jail for Prajwal Revanna

    Terming what happened in Hassan as shameful, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Ambedkarwada) state president Mavalli Shankar urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Hassan and listen to the pain of the women instead of meditating at Kanniyakumari.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #NarendraModi #india

    thenewsminute.com/news/thousan

  32. Thousands gather in Hassan demanding jail for Prajwal Revanna

    Terming what happened in Hassan as shameful, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Ambedkarwada) state president Mavalli Shankar urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Hassan and listen to the pain of the women instead of meditating at Kanniyakumari.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #NarendraModi #india

    thenewsminute.com/news/thousan

  33. Thousands gather in Hassan demanding jail for Prajwal Revanna

    Terming what happened in Hassan as shameful, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Ambedkarwada) state president Mavalli Shankar urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Hassan and listen to the pain of the women instead of meditating at Kanniyakumari.

    #karnataka #hassan #PrajwalRevanna #MassRape #SexualAbuse #rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #JDS #NDA #NarendraModi #india

    thenewsminute.com/news/thousan

  34. No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

    In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.

    #manipur #ManipurUnrest #rape #MassRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SexualViolence #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #NorthEast #india

    TW: Rape

    theprint.in/ground-reports/no-

  35. No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

    In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.

    #manipur #ManipurUnrest #rape #MassRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SexualViolence #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #NorthEast #india

    TW: Rape

    theprint.in/ground-reports/no-

  36. No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

    In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.

    #manipur #ManipurUnrest #rape #MassRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SexualViolence #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #NorthEast #india

    TW: Rape

    theprint.in/ground-reports/no-

  37. No one wants to talk about rapes in Manipur. There’s a silence at the heart of the violence

    In India, communal rioting includes revenge attacks based on fake news – from Muzaffarnagar riots to Delhi riots. Manipur's ethnic clashes witnessed 'revenge rape' following a false claim.

    #manipur #ManipurUnrest #rape #MassRape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #SexualViolence #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #NorthEast #india

    TW: Rape

    theprint.in/ground-reports/no-

  38. #Republican #ViolenceAgainstWomen

    A US appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the #AbortionMedication #mifepristone to be dispensed through the #mail, significantly curtailing #access to the drug #nationwide, particularly in states that banned #abortion.

    A 3-judge panel of the ultra-#conservative #5thCircuit ruled ‌unanimously that #Louisiana was likely to prevail in its challenge to the 2023 rule adopted by President #Biden's admin.

    #law
    reuters.com/world/us-court-blo

  39. Man acquitted in the Ariyalur rape and murder is preparing for a political career

    Only one person was convicted in the Ariyalur case where a minor Dalit girl was raped and murdered. The News Minute met the family of the victim seeking justice and some of the men who have been let off.

    #TamilNadu #ariyalur #AriyalurRape #dalits #paraiyars #vanniyars #rape #ViolenceAgainstChildren #ViolenceAgainstWomen #DMK #HinduMunnani #CasteViolence #caste #india

    thenewsminute.com/long-form/ma

  40. #House #Ethics Committee makes rare public information request about #SexualMisconduct on Capitol Hill
    
The rare move comes after recent scandals raised questions from lawmakers & others about how #Congress handles [ir rather doesn’t handle] investigations involving its own members.

    #law #abuse #SexualAssault #rape #RapeCulture #misogyny #power #AbuseOfPower #ViolenceAgainstWomen
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  41. The third and final instalment of our "Letters from Prison" series is now available. This letter comes from palliative care, where Ky Walsh has been moved after a diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer. It is a stark, unvarnished look at his final thoughts.

    medium.com/@chribonn/0aaa0d386

    #CriminalJusticeReform #VictimsRights #PrisonReform #WealthInequality #Writing #Fiction #SocialJustice #Feudalism #ViolenceAgainstWomen #NonProfitTransparency #WomensAdvocacy #TTMO

  42. The third and final instalment of our "Letters from Prison" series is now available. This letter comes from palliative care, where Ky Walsh has been moved after a diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer. It is a stark, unvarnished look at his final thoughts.

    medium.com/@chribonn/0aaa0d386

    #CriminalJusticeReform #VictimsRights #PrisonReform #WealthInequality #Writing #Fiction #SocialJustice #Feudalism #ViolenceAgainstWomen #NonProfitTransparency #WomensAdvocacy #TTMO