Rapist Asks For Forgiveness Decades Later Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
Dumisani Rebombo, 49 had participated in a gang rape when he was a teenager. Rapes in South Africa have become epidemic with 1 in 4 males admitting that have raped someone. Rebombo is working on changing that. He also went to the woman he raped so many years ago and sought forgiveness.
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Rape victim forced to pay for rape kit - now dealing with nasty collection agents Posted: 7 months ago by bernardblack
A 44-year old woman is raped by a 15-year old. A rape kit is done to obtain evidence, evidence which helped convict the rapist. Although the woman was assured she wouldn't be billed for the kit, she was and is. After being a victim of rape, she is now being asked to cough up almost $2000
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Corrective Rape Posted: 3 months ago by pocksucket
Two words that do not belong together. Their very juxtaposition in the headline should give you shudders. In South Africa the "cure" for lesbians is rape.
Further information here
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"Corrective" Rape of Lesbian Girls in South African Schools Posted: 2 years ago by deepcleanfun
Corrective rape, where a male pupil rapes a female lesbian pupil to "make her heterosexual", was a growing phenomenon in schools, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said in a report released on Wednesday.
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South Carolina Working on Abortion Ultrasound Bill Posted: 3 years ago by escaflowne
Lawmakers in South Carolina are trying to pass a law where women looking to get an abortion will have to view ultrasound images of their fetus before going ahead with the abortion. This will include women who have been the victims of rape and incest.
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Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
In 1993, Amy Biehl was chased down and killed by an angry mob looking to kill random whites. Today 2 of those killers are working for Amy's parents and for the foundation named after her. This is a tale of forgiveness and reconciliation.
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South Africa deny part in Plot. Posted: 2 years ago by thenegativeone
South Africa has rejected "with contempt" claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.
Background here
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Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Nuclear Facility in South Africa attacked. Four armed men broke into the control room of the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Center, shooting "a senior emergency officer" in the process. The government nuclear agency Necsa insisted the paper not run this story.
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Rape epidemic in Congo. Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Now there are two words I thought, no, I prayed would never be said together. Rape Epidemic. Read this, be beware that it is heartbreaking.
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Italy arrests a 'Fritzl' monster - Mongelli Posted: 8 months ago by equinox
A Turin man, Michele Mongelli has been arrested under charges of imprisoning and raping his daughter for 25 years. Allegations are he also taught his son Giuseppe, now 41, to rape the woman and his own four children also. The daughter, now 34 escaped 15 years ago to complain of abuse but her claim was dismissed because she was considered "disturbed". more
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Rape Webstreamed Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
Phoenix police arrested Johnathon Richard Hock on charges of rape. He was drinking with a girl at a party. When the girl went to sleep he went into her room, turned his laptop on and proceeded to rape her while streaming the crime. She never woke up during the ordeal.
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Mass. court: Sex by fraud is not rape Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Massachusetts' highest court says a man who impersonated his brother to have sex with the brother's girlfriend cannot be convicted of rape.
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Penguin turns up in South Africa Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Animal rehabilitation officials are trying to find a home for a king penguin that turned up in Cape St. Francis, South Africa.
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The story of a rape victim and the man she wrongly accused Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino was certain that Ronald Cotton raped her. She picked him out of a line up and based on her accusation he was convicted for life plus 50 years. 11 years later he was exonerated due to DNA evidence. Amazingly he forgave her and they are traveling together promoting a reform of eyewitness identification methods.
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Big Brother South Africa allows one contestant to rape another and broadcasts it live! Posted: 2 years ago by coldbladed
Millions were watching and now even more are protesting that it was allowed to happen. It wasn't until after other house-mates pulled the rapist off of the unconscious woman that producers sent in help.
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Five years' jail for 'religion' rape Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Man who raped a Muslim woman because she expressed an interest in Christianity will do at least 5 years in prison thanks to a Sydney court. Also here.
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Transvestite lizard discovered Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Young male lizards in South Africa imitate females to fool aggressive older males into leaving them alone, in an example of transvestism in the natural world, researchers have found.
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Oprah opens school in South Africa Posted: 3 years ago by LatueOfStiberty
US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has opened a $US40 million school for disadvantaged South African girls
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US soldier gets 110 years for rape/murder of Iraq girl Posted: 2 years ago by kxmk
A soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager and her family was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in prison.
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Supreme Court to consider death penalty for child rape Posted: 2 years ago by JDRucker
The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears arguments about whether the death penalty can be imposed for child rape, taking up for the first time in more than 30 years whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution.
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The Anti-Rape Condom Posted: 2 years ago by DrNothing
RAPEX is a new product that was developed to empower women to defend themselves against rapists. It's a device used by women to prevent rape and to identify the rapist. The RAPEX prototype was launched on 31 August 2005, at Kleinmond, Cape Province, South Africa.
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