India gang rape

Indian women use smartphones to 'pin the creeps'

3 Mar 2013

With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for protection after a notorious gang-rape in New Delhi.

South African 17-year-old dies of gang-rape injuries

7 Feb 2013

A 17-year-old South African girl died of injuries inflicted in a gang-rape at the weekend, provoking rare outrage on Wednesday in a country inured to some of the world’s highest levels of sexual...

Indian panel pushes for reform of rape laws

23 Jan 2013

An Indian government panel recommended on Wednesday the strict enforcement of sexual assault laws and changes to the country’s antiquated penal code to protect women.

Six arrested in new India bus gang-rape case

13 Jan 2013

Six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a coach in India, police said on Sunday, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide...