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Tbilisi clinic defends nurse over ‘joke’ advocating date rape 

The Aleksandre Aladashvili Clinic has stood behind a nurse who joked about raping women who did not want to have sex with him.

Tbilisi clinic defends nurse over ‘joke’ advocating date rape 

The Aleksandre Aladashvili Clinic has stood behind a nurse who joked about raping women who did not want to have sex with him.

After one year of inaction, alleged rapist of young Azerbaijani activist arrested

A recent post by Sanay Yaghmur, the alleged victim of the assault, has sparked an outcry about the authorities’ handling of the case.

After one year of inaction, alleged rapist of young Azerbaijani activist arrested

A recent post by Sanay Yaghmur, the alleged victim of the assault, has sparked an outcry about the authorities’ handling of the case.

‘Systemic inaction’ to blame for suicide of 14-year-old alleged rape victim

A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with rape a day after her suicide, over half a year after the alleged incident took place.

‘Systemic inaction’ to blame for suicide of 14-year-old alleged rape victim

A 23-year-old man was arrested and charged with rape a day after her suicide, over half a year after the alleged incident took place.

Parents of 14-year-old rape victim ‘tortured into testifying’ in Daghestan

A couple in Khasavyurt District have accused police of torturing them into incriminating an innocent man for the rape of their 14-year-old daughter.

Parents of 14-year-old rape victim ‘tortured into testifying’ in Daghestan

A couple in Khasavyurt District have accused police of torturing them into incriminating an innocent man for the rape of their 14-year-old daughter.

Sexual violence in the family: a taboo topic in Armenia

Cultural taboos and shaming of victims means that women subjected to sexual violence at home often do not come forward.

Sexual violence in the family: a taboo topic in Armenia

By Armine Avetisyan

Cultural taboos and shaming of victims means that women subjected to sexual violence at home often do not come forward.

Voice from Tbilisi | ‘He would marry me if I withdrew the charges’

Salome Zandukeli, 22, talks of how she dealt with her rape, and the reaction of society and of those around her.

Voice from Tbilisi | ‘He would marry me if I withdrew the charges’

Salome Zandukeli, 22, talks of how she dealt with her rape, and the reaction of society and of those around her.