Latest items for GEW-PRACTICE-1
April 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"’Millions of children in Sudan are at risk of rape and other forms of sexual violence, which is being used as a tactic of war. This is an abhorrent violation of international law and could constitute a war crime. It must stop’" (para 5). "‘Other UN investigations have blamed the majority of rapes on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), saying RSF fighters had a pattern of using sexual violence to terrorize civilians and suppress opposition to their advances,' the BBC noted on Tuesday. ‘According to evidence presented by international human rights groups, victims in the RSF’s stronghold of Darfur were often targeted because they were black African rather than...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"’Millions of children in Sudan are at risk of rape and other forms of sexual violence, which is being used as a tactic of war. This is an abhorrent violation of international law and could constitute a war crime. It must stop’" (para 5). "‘Other UN investigations have blamed the majority of rapes on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), saying RSF fighters had a pattern of using sexual violence to terrorize civilians and suppress opposition to their advances,' the BBC noted on Tuesday. ‘According to evidence presented by international human rights groups, victims in the RSF’s stronghold of Darfur were often targeted because they were black African rather than...more
March 24, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'The Myanmar military has, for decades, used sexual and gender-based violence as a targeted weapon,' Radhakrishnan [Akila Radhakrishnan, president of the Global Justice Center] told CNN. 'Women and women’s bodies are really viewed in a very narrow mindset by the military, and that reflects on the acts that they perpetrate against women, whether that is physical violence, whether that is other types of violence, the latest being the use of technology'" (para 37). "Linn – CNN is not using her full name out of concern for her safety – is a social activist who has been vocal about human rights violations and women’s rights in Myanmar since 2017. She was...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'The Myanmar military has, for decades, used sexual and gender-based violence as a targeted weapon,' Radhakrishnan [Akila Radhakrishnan, president of the Global Justice Center] told CNN. 'Women and women’s bodies are really viewed in a very narrow mindset by the military, and that reflects on the acts that they perpetrate against women, whether that is physical violence, whether that is other types of violence, the latest being the use of technology'" (para 37). "Linn – CNN is not using her full name out of concern for her safety – is a social activist who has been vocal about human rights violations and women’s rights in Myanmar since 2017. She was...more
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Iranian police officers are gang-raping imprisoned female protesters and then cutting out their uteruses to cover up the horrific torture – before shipping their lifeless bodies home to their families, according to a shocking new report" (para 1). "Prisoners suspected of participating in the nationwide anti-regime demonstrations that shook the nation last month are being terrorized, raped, and slaughtered daily by groups of militant police officers behind bars, an Iranian source told News Nation" (para 2). "'They [the Islamic Republic militants] are raping men and women in jail. They are being raped every day by [a] group of police. We are not people to [the regime]. People are getting raped...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Two nurses working in a Tehran hospital who treated wounded protesters during the nationwide uprising in January were tortured and repeatedly gang raped by security agents while in custody, people familiar with the matter told Iran International" (para 1). "One of the nurses, a 33-year-old woman, was repeatedly abused and raped during detention, according to informed sources who spoke with Iran International. Sources said agents subjected her to various forms of sexual torture. In addition to assaulting her with their fingers, agents raped her in groups of two or three over consecutive days. They also raped her by inserting a foreign object into her anus, causing severe bleeding, the sources...more
March 11, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"... Our [the researchers' team] findings show how adolescent girls are disproportionately at the greatest risk. Girls face acute danger that families often can’t easily prevent. Armed groups raid homes and camps, abducting girls or seizing them on roads and at checkpoints. Girls are singled out and subjected to sexual harassment and rape. Parents may try to travel in groups, change routes, or hide their daughters, but when men with guns stop a bus or enter a village at night, their protection options are limited. These risks intensify as poverty deepens and safe transport is scarce. These conditions leave girls visible, isolated, and at risk. One woman told us how...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"... Our [the researchers' team] findings show how adolescent girls are disproportionately at the greatest risk. Girls face acute danger that families often can’t easily prevent. Armed groups raid homes and camps, abducting girls or seizing them on roads and at checkpoints. Girls are singled out and subjected to sexual harassment and rape. Parents may try to travel in groups, change routes, or hide their daughters, but when men with guns stop a bus or enter a village at night, their protection options are limited. These risks intensify as poverty deepens and safe transport is scarce. These conditions leave girls visible, isolated, and at risk. One woman told us how...more
March 11, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Michel Abdollahi [German-Iranian journalist] has spoken of stories from inside Iran, claiming women are being abducted before being 'raped and mutilated' to prevent them from protesting against the regime" (para 1). This information shows that women are abducted and raped to deter protest, indicating that regime security forces, including the IRGC, use kidnapping and sexual violence as tools of political repression(MR-CODER COMMENT). "Mr Abdollahi [German-Iranian journalist] said: 'No women's bodies [refering to female protesters in Iran] are turning up, or very few. And that's because, according to eyewitness accounts, they are being raped, their uteruses removed, their scalps ripped off along with their hair and their bodies covered in cigarette...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Michel Abdollahi [German-Iranian journalist] has spoken of stories from inside Iran, claiming women are being abducted before being 'raped and mutilated' to prevent them from protesting against the regime" (para 1). This information shows that women are abducted and raped to deter protest, indicating that regime security forces, including the IRGC, use kidnapping and sexual violence as tools of political repression(MR-CODER COMMENT). "Mr Abdollahi [German-Iranian journalist] said: 'No women's bodies [refering to female protesters in Iran] are turning up, or very few. And that's because, according to eyewitness accounts, they are being raped, their uteruses removed, their scalps ripped off along with their hair and their bodies covered in cigarette...more
March 11, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"According to the regime-affiliated Tasnim News Agency, a 22-year-old woman named Saghare Etemadi was severely injured during protests in Farsan, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. She was shot multiple times in the head with pellet bullets and is currently hospitalized in intensive care" (para 7). "In Mashhad, Donya Sabouri (20) and Yekta Darzadeh (20) were arrested during protests on January 2. Elham Gharekhani (33) was arrested by security forces in Mashhad and has been held incommunicado, with no official information about her whereabouts or physical condition. Hasti Karimi (16) was abducted by plainclothes agents near Palestine Square in Mashhad. Raheleh Zardkouhi, mother of a 7-year-old girl, was also arrested" (para...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"According to the regime-affiliated Tasnim News Agency, a 22-year-old woman named Saghare Etemadi was severely injured during protests in Farsan, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. She was shot multiple times in the head with pellet bullets and is currently hospitalized in intensive care" (para 7). "In Mashhad, Donya Sabouri (20) and Yekta Darzadeh (20) were arrested during protests on January 2. Elham Gharekhani (33) was arrested by security forces in Mashhad and has been held incommunicado, with no official information about her whereabouts or physical condition. Hasti Karimi (16) was abducted by plainclothes agents near Palestine Square in Mashhad. Raheleh Zardkouhi, mother of a 7-year-old girl, was also arrested" (para...more
March 9, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Citing 'reliable and well-documented sources inside Iran,' the committee said Mohammadi [Iranian human rights activist] was violently apprehended in December while attending the funeral of a human-rights lawyer and was subject to physical abuse and ongoing life-threatening mistreatment" (para 4). "The Nobel Committee in a statement on Wednesday said the laureate [Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist] was subject to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in violation of international human rights law. 'Mohammadi's ordeal is yet another grim example of the brutal repression that has followed the mass protests in Iran, where countless women and men have risked their lives to demand freedom, equality and basic human rights,' it said"...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Citing 'reliable and well-documented sources inside Iran,' the committee said Mohammadi [Iranian human rights activist] was violently apprehended in December while attending the funeral of a human-rights lawyer and was subject to physical abuse and ongoing life-threatening mistreatment" (para 4). "The Nobel Committee in a statement on Wednesday said the laureate [Narges Mohammadi, Iranian human rights activist] was subject to cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment in violation of international human rights law. 'Mohammadi's ordeal is yet another grim example of the brutal repression that has followed the mass protests in Iran, where countless women and men have risked their lives to demand freedom, equality and basic human rights,' it said"...more
March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Dr. Sheyda Riyahi, a doctor at Seyedoshohada hospital in Isfahan, was arrested by the IRGC forces in her house on January 9th. There has not been any contact or news about her well-being since the arrest. While arresting her, the IRGC forces told her family the charges were because she was actively involved in treating wounded protesters who were brought to the hospital" (para 1). This information suggests that detention is being used as a tool of repression against women engaged in civic and humanitarian roles. It also raises concerns that detained women may be instrumentalized by the regime as leverage or strategic tools in the context of escalating tensions...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Dr. Sheyda Riyahi, a doctor at Seyedoshohada hospital in Isfahan, was arrested by the IRGC forces in her house on January 9th. There has not been any contact or news about her well-being since the arrest. While arresting her, the IRGC forces told her family the charges were because she was actively involved in treating wounded protesters who were brought to the hospital" (para 1). This information suggests that detention is being used as a tool of repression against women engaged in civic and humanitarian roles. It also raises concerns that detained women may be instrumentalized by the regime as leverage or strategic tools in the context of escalating tensions...more
March 1, 2026, 8:51 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Hundreds of Ukrainian women and girls have reported sexual violence by Russian troops during the nearly four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities and aid groups. The actual number of victims, advocates say, is most likely far higher... Others have told of being forced to serve as sex slaves for entire companies of Russian troops" (para 1-2). "The Kremlin has said that many reports by Ukrainian women of sexual violence were groundless. It did not respond to a request for comment" (para 5). "On March 7, 2022, two weeks into Russia’s invasion, Lesya, a 53-year-old economist, and her husband, Sasha, heard a knock on their door,...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Hundreds of Ukrainian women and girls have reported sexual violence by Russian troops during the nearly four years of full-scale war in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities and aid groups. The actual number of victims, advocates say, is most likely far higher... Others have told of being forced to serve as sex slaves for entire companies of Russian troops" (para 1-2). "The Kremlin has said that many reports by Ukrainian women of sexual violence were groundless. It did not respond to a request for comment" (para 5). "On March 7, 2022, two weeks into Russia’s invasion, Lesya, a 53-year-old economist, and her husband, Sasha, heard a knock on their door,...more
Feb. 22, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"More than half of the patients being treated at the Pran Men'm clinic, which opened a decade ago in Port-au-Prince, were attacked by multiple members of armed groups, the charity, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, said in a new report. 'Over 100 individuals were attacked by 10 or more perpetrators at a time,' it said, noting an average of three perpetrators per case. The clinic has treated nearly 17,000 patients in the past decade, including 2,300 alone in the first nine months of last year. More than 350 of those patients are boys and men, MSF said" (para 4-6). "Gangs control an estimated 90 per cent of...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"More than half of the patients being treated at the Pran Men'm clinic, which opened a decade ago in Port-au-Prince, were attacked by multiple members of armed groups, the charity, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, said in a new report. 'Over 100 individuals were attacked by 10 or more perpetrators at a time,' it said, noting an average of three perpetrators per case. The clinic has treated nearly 17,000 patients in the past decade, including 2,300 alone in the first nine months of last year. More than 350 of those patients are boys and men, MSF said" (para 4-6). "Gangs control an estimated 90 per cent of...more
Feb. 7, 2026, 3:43 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"For two years, Tseneat [Ethiopian woman] carried her rape inside her. The agony never faded. It attacked her from the inside out. The remnants of the attack stayed in Tseneat’s womb – not as a memory or metaphor, but a set of physical objects: Eight rusted screws. A steel pair of nail clippers. A note, written in ballpoint pen and wrapped in plastic. 'Sons of Eritrea, we are brave,' the note reads. 'We have committed ourselves to this, and we will continue doing it. We will make Tigrayan females infertile.' The objects, revealed by X-ray and surgically extracted by doctors more than two years later, were forced inside Tseneat as...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"For two years, Tseneat [Ethiopian woman] carried her rape inside her. The agony never faded. It attacked her from the inside out. The remnants of the attack stayed in Tseneat’s womb – not as a memory or metaphor, but a set of physical objects: Eight rusted screws. A steel pair of nail clippers. A note, written in ballpoint pen and wrapped in plastic. 'Sons of Eritrea, we are brave,' the note reads. 'We have committed ourselves to this, and we will continue doing it. We will make Tigrayan females infertile.' The objects, revealed by X-ray and surgically extracted by doctors more than two years later, were forced inside Tseneat as...more
Feb. 4, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Argentinian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Argentina was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Argentina during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Argentinian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Argentina was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Argentina during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 4, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Angolan government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Angola was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Angolan government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Angola was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 4, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Algerian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Algeria was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Algerian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Algeria was not involved in an armed conflict. The insurgent group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) may have had a small presence in the country between 2020 and 2025, though reporting on their activities is scarce and no reports have been made regarding their use of sexual violence as a weapon of war during that time. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Feb. 4, 2026, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Albanian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Albania was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Albania during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
There is no evidence that the Albanian government facilitated or was accepting of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war between the years 2020-2025. During that period, Albania was not involved in an armed conflict. Rebel groups/armed insurgencies did not exist in Albania during that period. (NAC - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 26, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban, who enforces a harsh interpretation of Sharia, impose draconian restrictions on women and girls. Their rule is marked by arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, widespread gender-based violence, unlawful killings, obstruction of humanitarian aid, and public executions...Hazara women and girls exist at a triple axis of persecution of their ethnic identity, religious affiliation, and gender" (2). The Hazara are a religious minority in Afghanistan subject to targeted attacks by the Taliban. While this article does not directly describe their kidnapping and/or rape by Taliban forces, it can reasonably be assumed that these actions (which are being undertaken against non-minority Afghan women) are also being used against the Hazara, perhaps at...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The Taliban, who enforces a harsh interpretation of Sharia, impose draconian restrictions on women and girls. Their rule is marked by arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, widespread gender-based violence, unlawful killings, obstruction of humanitarian aid, and public executions...Hazara women and girls exist at a triple axis of persecution of their ethnic identity, religious affiliation, and gender" (2). The Hazara are a religious minority in Afghanistan subject to targeted attacks by the Taliban. While this article does not directly describe their kidnapping and/or rape by Taliban forces, it can reasonably be assumed that these actions (which are being undertaken against non-minority Afghan women) are also being used against the Hazara, perhaps at...more
Jan. 26, 2026, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Men styling themselves God’s soldiers are using sexual violence on captive women to inflict punishment not just on individuals but to intimidate all Afghan women from any role in society...At least 10 women in separate interviews told Afghanistan International they were subjected to sexual assault or harassment by members of the Taliban during detention...[One detainee] remembers being taken to another room multiple times, where she was whipped on her back, thighs, and legs and gang-raped" (2,3,5).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Men styling themselves God’s soldiers are using sexual violence on captive women to inflict punishment not just on individuals but to intimidate all Afghan women from any role in society...At least 10 women in separate interviews told Afghanistan International they were subjected to sexual assault or harassment by members of the Taliban during detention...[One detainee] remembers being taken to another room multiple times, where she was whipped on her back, thighs, and legs and gang-raped" (2,3,5).
Jan. 5, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"It would be no surprise for a Taliban official to feel free to inflict forced marriage, rape, assault, nonconsensual filming, and blackmail. The question is how many such cases go unheard. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, they systematically dismantled structures to combat violence against women and girls. These include shelters, legal assistance programs, and specialized prosecution units and courts tasked with enforcing the country’s 2009 Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women. All of that is gone now. Journalist Ruchi Kumar corroborated facts about Elaha’s case and said Taliban officials have similarly targeted female relatives of other former government officials with violence to punish their male...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"It would be no surprise for a Taliban official to feel free to inflict forced marriage, rape, assault, nonconsensual filming, and blackmail. The question is how many such cases go unheard. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, they systematically dismantled structures to combat violence against women and girls. These include shelters, legal assistance programs, and specialized prosecution units and courts tasked with enforcing the country’s 2009 Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women. All of that is gone now. Journalist Ruchi Kumar corroborated facts about Elaha’s case and said Taliban officials have similarly targeted female relatives of other former government officials with violence to punish their male...more
Jan. 5, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"In August the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan reported cases of women detainees being sexually abused and assaulted by the Taliban. Similarly, Afghan Witness and the media reported that the Taliban initiated a campaign in January to arrest women and girls for non-compliance with mandatory hijab rules. This resulted in the arrest and detention of dozens of women and girls during the year, “with many reporting degrading treatments, torture, and even rape”.There were continued reports of a sharp increase in gender-based violence as well as forced and early marriage. Between January 2022 and June 2024, Afghan Witness recorded 840 incidents of gender-based violence against...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"In August the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan reported cases of women detainees being sexually abused and assaulted by the Taliban. Similarly, Afghan Witness and the media reported that the Taliban initiated a campaign in January to arrest women and girls for non-compliance with mandatory hijab rules. This resulted in the arrest and detention of dozens of women and girls during the year, “with many reporting degrading treatments, torture, and even rape”.There were continued reports of a sharp increase in gender-based violence as well as forced and early marriage. Between January 2022 and June 2024, Afghan Witness recorded 840 incidents of gender-based violence against...more
Oct. 27, 2025, 9:11 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A devastating Amnesty International report reveals harrowing testimonies of sexual violence, torture and extrajudicial killings carried out between March and May of this year [by warring groups of rebels from Congo and Rwanda]" (para. 2). "Within the latest Amnesty report, one woman said she was raped by five M23 fighters inside a military camp in Bukavu: 'When I see someone in a military uniform, I'm traumatised. Since that day, I do not go out. When I see them, I feel pain in my heart. It's like a heart palpitation'" (para. 22)."In total, Amnesty interviewed 14 survivors of sexual violence – eight were raped by M23, five by Wazalendo, and one...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A devastating Amnesty International report reveals harrowing testimonies of sexual violence, torture and extrajudicial killings carried out between March and May of this year [by warring groups of rebels from Congo and Rwanda]" (para. 2). "Within the latest Amnesty report, one woman said she was raped by five M23 fighters inside a military camp in Bukavu: 'When I see someone in a military uniform, I'm traumatised. Since that day, I do not go out. When I see them, I feel pain in my heart. It's like a heart palpitation'" (para. 22)."In total, Amnesty interviewed 14 survivors of sexual violence – eight were raped by M23, five by Wazalendo, and one...more
Oct. 24, 2025, 11:43 p.m.
Countries: Colombia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Valeria says she has not received any state support and does not trust the situation to improve. “The authorities do nothing here. They are scared of the guerillas. The government has lost control,” she said. “No woman is safe.” Colombia, which has faced one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, is battling a nationwide surge in violence, forcing more than 130,000 people to flee, leaving hundreds dead and trapping tens of thousands in their homes this year alone. Vera says the “state is in denial about what is happening here”. “We’ve reported more than 450 cases of human trafficking and sexual violence since 2020. And there has been no response, no...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Valeria says she has not received any state support and does not trust the situation to improve. “The authorities do nothing here. They are scared of the guerillas. The government has lost control,” she said. “No woman is safe.” Colombia, which has faced one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, is battling a nationwide surge in violence, forcing more than 130,000 people to flee, leaving hundreds dead and trapping tens of thousands in their homes this year alone. Vera says the “state is in denial about what is happening here”. “We’ve reported more than 450 cases of human trafficking and sexual violence since 2020. And there has been no response, no...more
Aug. 20, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed conflict in the Central African Republic had led to many cases of gender-based violence and exposed a great number of women and girls to sexually transmitted infections" (Page 3).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Armed conflict in the Central African Republic had led to many cases of gender-based violence and exposed a great number of women and girls to sexually transmitted infections" (Page 3).
Aug. 16, 2025, 8:55 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he military junta, which routinely uses rape as a weapon of war and form of punishment" (Para 4).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he military junta, which routinely uses rape as a weapon of war and form of punishment" (Para 4).
July 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"During the Bosnian War in the early 1990s, the combatant Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) adopted a policy of genocidal rape and forced pregnancy to “plant the seeds” of ethnic Serbs in Bosnia and weaken the ethnic Bosniak bloodline (Weitsman, 2008). In response to this crime, the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court formally recognized genocidal rape and forced pregnancy during conflict as a crime against humanity" (Para 7).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"During the Bosnian War in the early 1990s, the combatant Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) adopted a policy of genocidal rape and forced pregnancy to “plant the seeds” of ethnic Serbs in Bosnia and weaken the ethnic Bosniak bloodline (Weitsman, 2008). In response to this crime, the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court formally recognized genocidal rape and forced pregnancy during conflict as a crime against humanity" (Para 7).
May 1, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team have actively encouraged the West to plunder their war-torn country, inking an investment partnership with the global asset management firm Blackrock, stripping workers of labor protections, and handing state owned companies over to private firms. Yet Ukraine’s surrogacy industry has fallen under the radar, despite pumping over $1.5 billion into the country’s economy in 2018 alone. Since then, the global market for surrogate babies has more than doubled. The industry was valued at over $14 billion in 2022, and is projected to grow by around 25% annually in coming years, according to an analysis by Global Market Insights" (par. 3-4).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team have actively encouraged the West to plunder their war-torn country, inking an investment partnership with the global asset management firm Blackrock, stripping workers of labor protections, and handing state owned companies over to private firms. Yet Ukraine’s surrogacy industry has fallen under the radar, despite pumping over $1.5 billion into the country’s economy in 2018 alone. Since then, the global market for surrogate babies has more than doubled. The industry was valued at over $14 billion in 2022, and is projected to grow by around 25% annually in coming years, according to an analysis by Global Market Insights" (par. 3-4).
April 29, 2025, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The violence carried out by the Myanmar military, which has been described as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by the UN, saw entire villages razed, tens of thousands killed and women and children gang-raped" (par. 7). "Among the survivors was Fatima Khatun, 24, who has been living in the squalid Kutupalong camp in the Bangladeshi port of Cox’s Bazar ever since. She still has nightmares about what happened to her in the summer of 2017. Khatun had been hiding in the forest after her house was burned down by the Myanmar military when two soldiers found her. One pinned her down while the other brutally raped her. 'They held...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"The violence carried out by the Myanmar military, which has been described as a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by the UN, saw entire villages razed, tens of thousands killed and women and children gang-raped" (par. 7). "Among the survivors was Fatima Khatun, 24, who has been living in the squalid Kutupalong camp in the Bangladeshi port of Cox’s Bazar ever since. She still has nightmares about what happened to her in the summer of 2017. Khatun had been hiding in the forest after her house was burned down by the Myanmar military when two soldiers found her. One pinned her down while the other brutally raped her. 'They held...more
April 1, 2025, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Nataliya can never forget what happened that night: how the Russian soldiers invaded her home, pinned her to the bed and took it in turns to rape her at gunpoint in front of her terrified six-year-old daughter. She remembers screaming at them afterwards, fighting them to leave her sobbing daughter alone, clawing at their faces before they beat her with a gun and she fell to the ground. Nataliya, not her real name, couldn't stop them as they stumbled towards her frightened little girl and subjected her to the same horrific abuse. In another house thirty minutes down the road, Maria remembers the sound of the Russian soldiers breaking down...more
April 1, 2025, 7:44 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Russia is continuing to commit serious rights violations and war crimes in Ukraine, including 'systematic' torture and rape, United Nations investigators said on Friday. The high-level Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the rights situation in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, said that it had found fresh evidence of widespread abuses" (para 1-2). "The team found that Russia's treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war was 'horrific'. 'The report documents incidents of rape and other sexual violence committed against women in circumstances which also amount to torture. It also details incidents of torture with a sexualised dimension and threats of rape against male prisoners of war'" (para 9-11).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-DATA-1
"Russia is continuing to commit serious rights violations and war crimes in Ukraine, including 'systematic' torture and rape, United Nations investigators said on Friday. The high-level Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the rights situation in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, said that it had found fresh evidence of widespread abuses" (para 1-2). "The team found that Russia's treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war was 'horrific'. 'The report documents incidents of rape and other sexual violence committed against women in circumstances which also amount to torture. It also details incidents of torture with a sexualised dimension and threats of rape against male prisoners of war'" (para 9-11).
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Reports of rape in Bouar are not new. When rebels from the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), an alliance of CAR’s armed groups formed to disrupt the country’s presidential election four years ago, captured the town in December 2020, they carried out a campaign of sexual assault, the UN says in a report" (para 22).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Reports of rape in Bouar are not new. When rebels from the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), an alliance of CAR’s armed groups formed to disrupt the country’s presidential election four years ago, captured the town in December 2020, they carried out a campaign of sexual assault, the UN says in a report" (para 22).