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Students at Cornell University staged an anti-rape protest on Monday and to voice their solidarity with ‘Jane Doe’ - the former student who was allegedly ganged raped after consuming drugs and alcohol at a frat house two years ago. Demonstrators called for an inquiry into how the university has handles the matter.
Police sources said the woman was called to the lodge on the pretext of arranging a job for her at a spa. The accused allegedly forced her to drink alcohol and consume drugs before sexually assaulting her
A lawyer for Jane Doe says she is "not doing well" amid attempts to uncover her identity.
The woman, known as Jane Doe, alleges she was raped by seven students at a fraternity house at the university in 2024.
A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100 per cent confidence I was raped”, according to a report by CBS New York, which said it obtained a transcript of her interview with investigators. The transcript, which has not been publicly released, raises new questions surrounding the local district attorney’s decision not to prosecute anyone at the time. In recent...
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, September 30: The Cornell University gang rape investigation reopens. But first: university students and prisoners protest in Iran "in a rare show of dissent". Journalist Evan Gershkovich speaks about his 16 months in Russian prison. Bonus: what can we do to be less lonely? Finally, Fat Bear Week has chosen its winner.
Police are trying to verify whether a female student was raped at Lovely Professional University (LPU).
India’s Supreme Court on Monday pushed for accountability over a recent spate of rape cases in the national capital and neighbouring districts, saying they reflected a “failure of law enforcement”, local media reported. Hundreds of students protested in Delhi last week demanding better safety for women after a teenager said she was gang-raped by three men at a city park. Protesters, most of them female, held placards and shouted slogans while marching near the crime scene. “Our body is our...
Justice Pardiwala said the alleged crime reveals the systemic failure on the part of the Government of Delhi NCR and the capital’s police to ensure basic public safety.
Student protests at an Indian university have turned violent following claims that a female student was raped on campus.
Delhi Police surveys had flagged poorly lit stretches around the park and sent deficiencies to civic agencies; 33% of 1,525 streetlights checked in southeast Delhi were found non-functional
Teacher faces POCSO, BNS charges of raping 14-year-old who subsequently died; Article 311 provisions have been repeatedly invoked by the J&K L-G to fire State employees without enquiry, but this is the first use by the State’s elected government
Society would be failing in its duty if it does not provide justice to the victim of such a heinous crime by conducting a proper investigation and bringing the real culprits to book, says top court Bench; it adds that the probe should be completed within three months and submitted in court concerned
A British man on Monday admitted repeatedly drugging and raping his wife at their home over more than two decades, just before his trial was about to begin. The man - from northern England who is in his 60s but cannot be named as it would identify his wife who is entitled to lifelong anonymity – pleaded guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to 45 charges, having previously admitted 15 offences. The man has now admitted charges including 21 counts of rape, 15 counts of assault by...
The custody of the accused will be sought for a detailed interrogation as the police suspect the involvement of more persons in the incident
The incident occurred in 2022