rape

Lebanon activists ramp up pressure on reviled rape law

Beirut - Arab Today

Lebanese activists ramped up their campaign to scrap a controversial law allowing rapists who marry their victims to go free, with a dramatic installation on Saturday along Beirut’s sunny seaside. A proposal to scrap Article 522 of the penal code — which deals with rape, assault, kidnapping and forced marriage — was introduced last year and approved by a parliamentaryRead more

French Judge is convinced of Mogarad’s accusations

Casablanca - Arab Today

French judiciary referred the case of Moroccan Singer Saad Al Mogarad accused of raping a girl to the seventh circuit of French police to resume their investigations during the coming period. Mogarad’s lawyer revealed that the investigative judge is strongly convinced of the girl’s accusations against the Moroccan singer since the last seven-hour confrontation that gathered between the singer andRead more

Jordan hangs 15 death row prisoners, mostly terror convicts

Amman - Arab Today

Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners at dawn on Saturday, Information Minister Mahmud al-Momani said. The executions were a further break with the moratorium on executions the country had observed between 2006 and 2014. Momani told the official Petra news agency that 10 of those put to death had been convicted of terrorism offenses, while five were convicted of crimesRead more

Father of singer accused of rape says it is conspiracy

Beirut - Michal Hadad

Father of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred refuted the new accusations against his son, as a Moroccan girl accused him of attempting to rape her, describing then as fabricated. He added that such claims come in the framework of the conspiracy to undermine his future. The Moroccan artist Al Bashir Abdou, Lamjarred's father, said that it is not logic to believe suchRead more

Ex-Israeli rapist president to be paroled after five years

Jerusalem - ArabToday

An Israeli parole committee said Sunday it has decided to grant an early release to Israel's former president Moshe Katsav, in jail for rape, allowing him to be released after five years instead of seven. source: XinhuaRead more

New Israeli military chief rabbi under fire over rape remarks

Jerusalem - Arab Today

Israel’s military has nominated a new chief rabbi who seemed to imply in a past religious commentary that its soldiers are allowed to rape non-Jewish women in wartime. Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim’s remarks 14 years ago stirred controversy at the time and remain on an Israeli religious website today, along with a link to a clarification he published on theRead more