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Philippines Raises Age Of Sexual Consent To 16

March 8, 2022 7:53 am

The Philippines on Tuesday announced that she has raised the age of sexual consent to 16 after amending a near century-old law, a move child rights activists have maintained would help protect youngsters from rape and abuse.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that before the amendment, the Catholic-majority nation had one of the lowest ages of consent in the world, allowing adults to have sex with children as young as 12 if they agreed.

Under the revised law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday and made public Monday, sex with a person under 16 will be illegal and …

UNIBEN Student Raped Inside Church In Edo, Dies

May 31, 2020 9:40 am

Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100 level student of the University of Benin, from the Department of Microbiology, faculty of Life Sciences, has died from injuries sustained from rape.

The 22-year-old victim was said to have been raped on Friday 29th May near Ikpoba Hill in Benin City, at her church, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

Igbere TV gathered that the deceased had gone to the church to read as usual, in preparation for the lifting of the coronavirus-imposed shutdown of schools.

The perpetrators were said to have attacked her at the RCCG Ohovbe road branch, raped and …

Many in Myanmar still view domestic abuse as a normal part of marriage that women must endure, says lawyer and activist Hla Hla Yee

No Country For Young Women? Myanmar’s Battle Against Rape

March 2, 2020 5:31 pm

Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it is regarded as normal — and as a result — woefully underreported, says lawyer and activist Hla Hla Yee.

“Domestic abuse in Myanmar is regarded as a family matter and even if it is reported, the police fail to take action,” she explains, adding that many still view it as a normal part of marriage that women must endure.

The UN has warned violence against women and girls is a “silent emergency” in the country, with incidents spanning groping on …

Teenager Confirms Raping His 70-Year-Old Grandmother

January 31, 2020 10:52 am

The Plateau State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of an 18-year-old man, Marvellous Luka, who allegedly raped his 70-year-old grandmother.

The police officer in charge of the case, Insp. Mulleng Alex, said that Luka, lives in Dangu-gu Village, Ampang West District of Mangu, Plateau.

According to Alex, the suspect has been charged and would soon appear before the High Court in Pankshin, Plateau for trial.

The police alleged that the suspect in his ”confessional” statement, said that he attacked his grandmother in her room while sleeping.

“I was ‘sexually charged and I couldn’t help myself at that moment

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Rape: IGP Re-Opens Case Against Osun Cleric

November 25, 2019 3:28 am

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammad Abubakar Adamu has re-opened the case of an Osun State based Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Habeebullah over alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl.

Habeebullah, popularly known, as Al-Edewy in Ede area was re-arrested at the weekend after his trial before the state Magistrates’ Court was initially discharged in August, following an out-of-court settlement.

Al-Edewy was first arrested by the police on July 1 and arraigned before the court on July 4.

His arrest followed a petition written by a lawyer, A.A. Maisolati, to the state Commissioner of Police, on behalf of the teenager detailing …