Latest items for GEW-PRACTICE-3
March 24, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"When she [Chomden, female political activist from Myanmar] saw the message, the 25-year-old said she froze “like a statue,” her phone falling from her hand. She had just been doxxed. A video of a naked Chomden – whose name has been changed to protect her identity – having sex with a former boyfriend, along with her name and Facebook profile picture, was circulating on a public channel on the messaging platform Telegram, and many of the group’s approximately 10,000 followers had begun sending her abusive messages" (para 2-3). This information shows that certain women perceived as opposing the government are targeted through gendered abuse and humiliation. This suggests the use...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"When she [Chomden, female political activist from Myanmar] saw the message, the 25-year-old said she froze “like a statue,” her phone falling from her hand. She had just been doxxed. A video of a naked Chomden – whose name has been changed to protect her identity – having sex with a former boyfriend, along with her name and Facebook profile picture, was circulating on a public channel on the messaging platform Telegram, and many of the group’s approximately 10,000 followers had begun sending her abusive messages" (para 2-3). This information shows that certain women perceived as opposing the government are targeted through gendered abuse and humiliation. This suggests the use...more
March 24, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
Following is a series of examples on the Islamic Republic targeting women protesters, singling them out, and performing special punishment or abuse on them (MR-CODER COMMENT). "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). "An Iranian refugee also told the outlet that...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
Following is a series of examples on the Islamic Republic targeting women protesters, singling them out, and performing special punishment or abuse on them (MR-CODER COMMENT). "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). "An Iranian refugee also told the outlet that...more
March 24, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Last month, Iran International reported that female protesters detained during the protests on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 were raped and sexually assaulted while in custody. Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 17, who were arrested during protests on January 8, were raped by on duty soldiers at a detention facility, local sources told Iran International" (para 39-40).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Last month, Iran International reported that female protesters detained during the protests on Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 were raped and sexually assaulted while in custody. Two teenage girls, aged 15 and 17, who were arrested during protests on January 8, were raped by on duty soldiers at a detention facility, local sources told Iran International" (para 39-40).
March 11, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Iranian women and girls, alongside other protesters, are paying a heavy price for freedom. According to reports circulating on social media, numerous young women and girls were arrested last week in different cities" (para 10-11) "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 12-15). "In Sabzevar: Saba Mahroumi (17) and Zahra Mahdavi (17)...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Iranian women and girls, alongside other protesters, are paying a heavy price for freedom. According to reports circulating on social media, numerous young women and girls were arrested last week in different cities" (para 10-11) "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 12-15). "In Sabzevar: Saba Mahroumi (17) and Zahra Mahdavi (17)...more
March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Mobina Ashouri, 18, was arrested on December 31, 2025, in Isfahan. She was reportedly severely beaten by security forces while protesting near Naghshe Jahan Square before being taken into custody. Since her arrest, her family has had no information about her whereabouts" (para 4). "Zahra Irandoust, a protester who has been detained for over 40 days, is reportedly facing severe conditions in prison. According to her mother, Zahra was threatened by fellow inmates who allegedly held a knife to her throat and said they would kill her. She began screaming for help, and the inmates reportedly told her that they had been paid by security forces to intimidate her because...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Mobina Ashouri, 18, was arrested on December 31, 2025, in Isfahan. She was reportedly severely beaten by security forces while protesting near Naghshe Jahan Square before being taken into custody. Since her arrest, her family has had no information about her whereabouts" (para 4). "Zahra Irandoust, a protester who has been detained for over 40 days, is reportedly facing severe conditions in prison. According to her mother, Zahra was threatened by fellow inmates who allegedly held a knife to her throat and said they would kill her. She began screaming for help, and the inmates reportedly told her that they had been paid by security forces to intimidate her because...more
March 9, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
The following information is an example of the government targeting women protesters, and singling them out for special punishment or abuse, followed by suppression and fear to keep their actions a secret (MR-CODER COMMENT). "According to the source, Diana [19-year-old-Iranian influencer who was killed in the protests] had taken part in the protests on the nights of January 8 and 9. The crackdown in Gorgan [where she was from] on the 9th was reportedly brutal, with security forces allegedly deploying heavy weapons, including machine guns, against protesters" (para 4). "Simultaneously with the news of her [ Diana Bahadori, 19-year-old-Iranian influencer who was killed in the protests] death, a post appeared...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
The following information is an example of the government targeting women protesters, and singling them out for special punishment or abuse, followed by suppression and fear to keep their actions a secret (MR-CODER COMMENT). "According to the source, Diana [19-year-old-Iranian influencer who was killed in the protests] had taken part in the protests on the nights of January 8 and 9. The crackdown in Gorgan [where she was from] on the 9th was reportedly brutal, with security forces allegedly deploying heavy weapons, including machine guns, against protesters" (para 4). "Simultaneously with the news of her [ Diana Bahadori, 19-year-old-Iranian influencer who was killed in the protests] death, a post appeared...more
March 4, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Medical professionals and human rights investigations have documented targeted shootings aimed at women’s faces, eyes and genitals, as well as sexualized violence during arrest and detention" (para 16). "Families seeking to recover the bodies of slain women report being forced to obtain invasive forensic certificates prior to burial" (para 17).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Medical professionals and human rights investigations have documented targeted shootings aimed at women’s faces, eyes and genitals, as well as sexualized violence during arrest and detention" (para 16). "Families seeking to recover the bodies of slain women report being forced to obtain invasive forensic certificates prior to burial" (para 17).
April 10, 2025, 10:05 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Observers believe that fake news and misinformation that began to spread across social media and WhatsApp on 3 May could have played a critical role, as fake accounts of Meitei women being raped and killed by Kuki mobs, though disproved, began to be widely circulated in a seemingly coordinated campaign. In response, it appears that Meitei mobs began to target Kuki women in 'revenge' rape attacks. Hoineilhing Sitlhou, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Hyderabad, who has been studying the cases, said she could see a 'clear link' between the systematic spread of fake news, which appeared to be circulated quickly with the deliberate purpose of stirring...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Observers believe that fake news and misinformation that began to spread across social media and WhatsApp on 3 May could have played a critical role, as fake accounts of Meitei women being raped and killed by Kuki mobs, though disproved, began to be widely circulated in a seemingly coordinated campaign. In response, it appears that Meitei mobs began to target Kuki women in 'revenge' rape attacks. Hoineilhing Sitlhou, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Hyderabad, who has been studying the cases, said she could see a 'clear link' between the systematic spread of fake news, which appeared to be circulated quickly with the deliberate purpose of stirring...more
April 1, 2025, 8:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"It's a common tactic in the war for Russian soldiers to rape women in front of their husbands and children in order to traumatise entire families, Ukrainian case workers, lawyers and researchers have all told MailOnline" (para 10). "The reason why Russian soldiers rape women in front of their families is to instil as much fear and trauma as possible so that it passes through generations, Ms Orel says. 'They want the women to fear them, they want the children to fear them,' Ms Orel explains. 'It's generational, they want generations to come to have this trauma.' 'The husbands and men in the family can often feel a huge sense...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"It's a common tactic in the war for Russian soldiers to rape women in front of their husbands and children in order to traumatise entire families, Ukrainian case workers, lawyers and researchers have all told MailOnline" (para 10). "The reason why Russian soldiers rape women in front of their families is to instil as much fear and trauma as possible so that it passes through generations, Ms Orel says. 'They want the women to fear them, they want the children to fear them,' Ms Orel explains. 'It's generational, they want generations to come to have this trauma.' 'The husbands and men in the family can often feel a huge sense...more
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Women have been targeted and sold as sexual slaves or forcibly married to ISIS fighters and have been subjected to violations including rape, physical and verbal abuse, deprivation of basic necessities, and various forms of torture" (5).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Women have been targeted and sold as sexual slaves or forcibly married to ISIS fighters and have been subjected to violations including rape, physical and verbal abuse, deprivation of basic necessities, and various forms of torture" (5).
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"During conflicts, particularly in the region of Diffa where the terrorist group Boko Haram operates, women are the most affected as they are targeted by terrorists to become hostages, suicide bombers or sex slaves" (11).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"During conflicts, particularly in the region of Diffa where the terrorist group Boko Haram operates, women are the most affected as they are targeted by terrorists to become hostages, suicide bombers or sex slaves" (11).
Feb. 28, 2025, 11:51 a.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"'A staggering 1,000-percent increase in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds,' Elder said (para 9). "'The tenfold rise, recorded from 2023 to last year, comes as armed groups inflict unimaginable horrors on children'" (para 10). "Haiti has no president or parliament and is ruled by a transitional body, which is struggling to manage extreme violence linked to criminal gangs, poverty and other challenges" (para 11).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"'A staggering 1,000-percent increase in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds,' Elder said (para 9). "'The tenfold rise, recorded from 2023 to last year, comes as armed groups inflict unimaginable horrors on children'" (para 10). "Haiti has no president or parliament and is ruled by a transitional body, which is struggling to manage extreme violence linked to criminal gangs, poverty and other challenges" (para 11).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). Both state and non-state actors instrumentalize women and girls in conflict, as seen in the Nigerian military’s forced abortion program to counter insurgent ties and Islamist militants’ use of sexual violence to spread terror and assert control. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "Fati was four months pregnant when liberated from the insurgents. Soon after,...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). Both state and non-state actors instrumentalize women and girls in conflict, as seen in the Nigerian military’s forced abortion program to counter insurgent ties and Islamist militants’ use of sexual violence to spread terror and assert control. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "Fati was four months pregnant when liberated from the insurgents. Soon after,...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"This is particularly true for the survivors that Trezor and his team have assiduously helped recover from their trauma only for them to be raped again after they reach a camp, usually by a completely different attacker. At night, the camps offer little protection. Armed gangs roam freely among the tents. The dim toilet blocks are notoriously fraught. Thousands of women are also forced to scavenge for food and firewood in the nearby Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas. There, many women are raped at gunpoint by gangs of militia" (Para 19, 20, 21). This highlights a failure of government protection, with militias using sexual violence as a...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"This is particularly true for the survivors that Trezor and his team have assiduously helped recover from their trauma only for them to be raped again after they reach a camp, usually by a completely different attacker. At night, the camps offer little protection. Armed gangs roam freely among the tents. The dim toilet blocks are notoriously fraught. Thousands of women are also forced to scavenge for food and firewood in the nearby Virunga national park, famous for its mountain gorillas. There, many women are raped at gunpoint by gangs of militia" (Para 19, 20, 21). This highlights a failure of government protection, with militias using sexual violence as a...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:10 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). Both state and non-state actors instrumentalize women and girls in conflict, as seen in the Nigerian military’s forced abortion program to counter insurgent ties and Islamist militants’ use of sexual violence to spread terror and assert control. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "Fati was four months pregnant when liberated from the insurgents. Soon after,...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). Both state and non-state actors instrumentalize women and girls in conflict, as seen in the Nigerian military’s forced abortion program to counter insurgent ties and Islamist militants’ use of sexual violence to spread terror and assert control. (UST - CODERS COMMENT) "Fati was four months pregnant when liberated from the insurgents. Soon after,...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 6:48 p.m.
Countries: Burkina Faso
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The kidnappings took place outside two villages near the northern city of Arbinda as the women were foraging for wild fruits and leaves. But on Friday, the television channel RTB said that the 62 women and girls, as well as four babies, had been found and taken to Ouagadougou, the capital. The broadcaster played footage of a group of women sitting on the ground, some clutching buckets and jerrycans, while military officers wearing fatigues stood around them. Thirty-nine of them were younger than 18, the report said" (par. 2-3). "Armed militants kidnapped the women, girls and babies in two separate groups on Thursday and Friday last week, according to the...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The kidnappings took place outside two villages near the northern city of Arbinda as the women were foraging for wild fruits and leaves. But on Friday, the television channel RTB said that the 62 women and girls, as well as four babies, had been found and taken to Ouagadougou, the capital. The broadcaster played footage of a group of women sitting on the ground, some clutching buckets and jerrycans, while military officers wearing fatigues stood around them. Thirty-nine of them were younger than 18, the report said" (par. 2-3). "Armed militants kidnapped the women, girls and babies in two separate groups on Thursday and Friday last week, according to the...more
Dec. 7, 2024, 3:45 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"In a statement, the RSF told Sky News it categorically denied the allegations. 'Our troops have strict and clear instructions to prioritise the protection of civilians and to ensure that no harm comes to them under any circumstances,' it said. 'It is important to note that we, along with our forces, have only heard of these claims through media reports. To date, no direct or credible evidence has been presented to us regarding these alleged incidents. Should there be any specific and verified information, we would encourage the parties involved to share it with us for further review. The RSF remains committed to upholding international humanitarian and human rights laws...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"In a statement, the RSF told Sky News it categorically denied the allegations. 'Our troops have strict and clear instructions to prioritise the protection of civilians and to ensure that no harm comes to them under any circumstances,' it said. 'It is important to note that we, along with our forces, have only heard of these claims through media reports. To date, no direct or credible evidence has been presented to us regarding these alleged incidents. Should there be any specific and verified information, we would encourage the parties involved to share it with us for further review. The RSF remains committed to upholding international humanitarian and human rights laws...more
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"[There is a] lack of investigations, prosecutions and sanctions imposed on the perpetrators, including those with command responsibility" (3). "[E]fforts to ensure the early identification of women and girls exploited by armed groups [are not intensified nor are these females] provide[d] with rehabilitation and reintegration services" (9). By not intensifying perpetrator punishment and victim services, the state is indirectly encouraging the exploitation of females by armed groups (MV-coder comment).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"[There is a] lack of investigations, prosecutions and sanctions imposed on the perpetrators, including those with command responsibility" (3). "[E]fforts to ensure the early identification of women and girls exploited by armed groups [are not intensified nor are these females] provide[d] with rehabilitation and reintegration services" (9). By not intensifying perpetrator punishment and victim services, the state is indirectly encouraging the exploitation of females by armed groups (MV-coder comment).
Feb. 5, 2024, 1:29 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The verdict, which is subject to appeal, comes on the heels of other successes for the SCC and Central African authorities, including the arrest of two former Central African Armed Forces members and one ex-Séléka militia general on charges of crimes against humanity. The achievements of the hybrid court model should signal that atrocities will not be tolerated" (para 2). "In convicting one perpetrator based on his responsibility for rapes committed by his subordinates, the Court concluded that the rapes in this case constituted crimes against humanity and war crimes. This holding brings vital recognition to the women who suffered these horrendous crimes, some of whom were minors at the...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The verdict, which is subject to appeal, comes on the heels of other successes for the SCC and Central African authorities, including the arrest of two former Central African Armed Forces members and one ex-Séléka militia general on charges of crimes against humanity. The achievements of the hybrid court model should signal that atrocities will not be tolerated" (para 2). "In convicting one perpetrator based on his responsibility for rapes committed by his subordinates, the Court concluded that the rapes in this case constituted crimes against humanity and war crimes. This holding brings vital recognition to the women who suffered these horrendous crimes, some of whom were minors at the...more
Nov. 3, 2023, 5 p.m.
Countries: Haiti
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). By participating in the weaponization of women's bodies, the police and by extention the government is encouraging further perpetration of these crimes (MCP - CODER COMMENT). The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue (para 17).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Compounding that is severe underreporting, making it difficult for any authority to grasp the full extent of the damage. Women fear gangs will seek revenge on them and trust Haitian police just about as much" (para 16). By participating in the weaponization of women's bodies, the police and by extention the government is encouraging further perpetration of these crimes (MCP - CODER COMMENT). The country’s current government, which many view as illegitimate, declined to comment on what it is doing to address the issue (para 17).
Aug. 25, 2023, 3:23 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The latest controversy to swirl around the Chinese telecoms company Huawei has shone a spotlight on the murky world of Chinese espionage, agent-recruitment and an ambitious programme of extending its influence across the globe" (para 1). "Recruitment methods can, according to people familiar with them, take on a far more sinister form. This can include... honeytraps set for unwary western businessmen" (para 11). "This usually entails a 'chance' encounter with an attractive woman which is then covertly recorded and used as "kompromat" - compromising material to be used as a lever" (para 12).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The latest controversy to swirl around the Chinese telecoms company Huawei has shone a spotlight on the murky world of Chinese espionage, agent-recruitment and an ambitious programme of extending its influence across the globe" (para 1). "Recruitment methods can, according to people familiar with them, take on a far more sinister form. This can include... honeytraps set for unwary western businessmen" (para 11). "This usually entails a 'chance' encounter with an attractive woman which is then covertly recorded and used as "kompromat" - compromising material to be used as a lever" (para 12).
Feb. 13, 2023, 10:57 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Bahiss said, the fight over girls education is shorthand for a broader tussle between the Taliban's hardliners and – relative – moderates for power within the movement. 'This became a battleground,' he says (Para.23). CC(Bahiss, an analyst for the International Crisis Group).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Bahiss said, the fight over girls education is shorthand for a broader tussle between the Taliban's hardliners and – relative – moderates for power within the movement. 'This became a battleground,' he says (Para.23). CC(Bahiss, an analyst for the International Crisis Group).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Olha, the Kherson woman, said that over 14 days in detention this fall she was threatened with rape and was punched and kicked in the head and chest, breaking a rib. Russians put clamps on her legs, arms and earlobes to send an electric current through her body, she said, and doused her in water to worsen the shocks. Her interrogators knew she worked with volunteers bringing aid from Ukrainian-held territory to civilians in Kherson. They demanded she film a propaganda video and distribute supplies in the name of United Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin’s governing political party." (para 36-37). "The similarity of the evidence and accounts across cities, describing...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Olha, the Kherson woman, said that over 14 days in detention this fall she was threatened with rape and was punched and kicked in the head and chest, breaking a rib. Russians put clamps on her legs, arms and earlobes to send an electric current through her body, she said, and doused her in water to worsen the shocks. Her interrogators knew she worked with volunteers bringing aid from Ukrainian-held territory to civilians in Kherson. They demanded she film a propaganda video and distribute supplies in the name of United Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin’s governing political party." (para 36-37). "The similarity of the evidence and accounts across cities, describing...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Olha, the Kherson woman, said that over 14 days in detention this fall she was threatened with rape and was punched and kicked in the head and chest, breaking a rib. Russians put clamps on her legs, arms and earlobes to send an electric current through her body, she said, and doused her in water to worsen the shocks. Her interrogators knew she worked with volunteers bringing aid from Ukrainian-held territory to civilians in Kherson. They demanded she film a propaganda video and distribute supplies in the name of United Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin’s governing political party." (para 36-37). "The similarity of the evidence and accounts across cities, describing...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Olha, the Kherson woman, said that over 14 days in detention this fall she was threatened with rape and was punched and kicked in the head and chest, breaking a rib. Russians put clamps on her legs, arms and earlobes to send an electric current through her body, she said, and doused her in water to worsen the shocks. Her interrogators knew she worked with volunteers bringing aid from Ukrainian-held territory to civilians in Kherson. They demanded she film a propaganda video and distribute supplies in the name of United Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin’s governing political party." (para 36-37). "The similarity of the evidence and accounts across cities, describing...more
Feb. 4, 2023, 6:14 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Provide for the offences of terrorism and proliferation and other offences connected or associated with terrorist or proliferation activities; to provide for measures to prevent and combat terrorist and proliferation activities. In addition, it provides for measures to give effect to the international conventions, Security Council Resolutions, instruments and best practices concerning measures to combat terrorist and proliferation activities to provide and to combat the funding of terrorist and proliferation activities. This Act protects men and women from being used as participants to carry out terrorist attacks in the country." (5).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Provide for the offences of terrorism and proliferation and other offences connected or associated with terrorist or proliferation activities; to provide for measures to prevent and combat terrorist and proliferation activities. In addition, it provides for measures to give effect to the international conventions, Security Council Resolutions, instruments and best practices concerning measures to combat terrorist and proliferation activities to provide and to combat the funding of terrorist and proliferation activities. This Act protects men and women from being used as participants to carry out terrorist attacks in the country." (5).
Jan. 6, 2022, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The government does not encourage the use of women and girls as instruments of the state" (1).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"The government does not encourage the use of women and girls as instruments of the state" (1).
July 22, 2021, 4:40 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute war crimes in the context of the conflict, as defined under the Rome Statute" (Para 15).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute war crimes in the context of the conflict, as defined under the Rome Statute" (Para 15).
June 29, 2021, 11:26 a.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"UNICEF and MONUSCO attributed some abuses of children, including mutilation of children and use of children in combat in the Kasais, to harmful traditional and religious practices. The United Nations reported that Kamuina Nsapu militias often put children, particularly young girls, on the front lines of battle, believing they have powers that could protect them as well as other fighters. For example, it reported Kamuina Nsapu militias often believed young girls could trap bullets fired at them and fling them back at attackers. The Kamuina Nsapu also reportedly slashed children’s stomachs as part of an initiation ritual to see if they would survive and how the wound would heal" (p...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"UNICEF and MONUSCO attributed some abuses of children, including mutilation of children and use of children in combat in the Kasais, to harmful traditional and religious practices. The United Nations reported that Kamuina Nsapu militias often put children, particularly young girls, on the front lines of battle, believing they have powers that could protect them as well as other fighters. For example, it reported Kamuina Nsapu militias often believed young girls could trap bullets fired at them and fling them back at attackers. The Kamuina Nsapu also reportedly slashed children’s stomachs as part of an initiation ritual to see if they would survive and how the wound would heal" (p...more
June 24, 2021, 5:40 p.m.
Countries: Eritrea
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3, GEW-DATA-1
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3, GEW-DATA-1
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
June 24, 2021, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-3
"But the attack, which also dragging in soldiers from neighbouring Eritrea, has unleashed a wave of ethnic violence that has seen civilians indiscriminately killed, with hundreds of thousands displaced and left without food...'Of the people who traveled with them, some were reportedly killed particularly youngsters, people were reportedly beaten, women were subject to rape, some were pregnant and delivered on the way losing their babies'...This week, Abiy acknowledged for the first time that atrocities such as rape had been committed and said any soldiers committing crimes would be punished. But some of the worst atrocities have been blamed on soldiers from Eritrea, meaning Abiy's ability to act against them is...more