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Tag: Sex Crimes

Posted inOpinion

Will Pakistan’s new anti-rape law make women safer?

by Akanksha Khullar February 1, 2021February 1, 2021

In response to prolonged mass protests against gender-based violence in the country – triggered by widely reported cases including the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in 2018, and the gang rape of a woman on a highway outside Lahore in September last year – Pakistan’s federal cabinet issued stricter anti-rape legislation, the Anti-Rape […]

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Posted inOpinion

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by Asia Times staff December 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Philippines, Singapore

Man gets 12 months’ jail for having sex with underage girl

by Asia Times staff December 1, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, China, Middle East, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

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by Asia Times staff August 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

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by Asia Times staff August 10, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

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Posted inUncategorized

Japan set to revise century-old sex crime laws

by Peter Langan June 8, 2017
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