Croatia passes law to compensate war rape victims

CROATIA'S parliament has adopted a law granting compensation to rape victims in the 1991-95 war of independence ... torn by conflict in the 1990s, parliament passed a law in 2014 that envisages ... Read More

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The Israeli war cabinet met again on Monday to discuss the strike, with some hawkish members of the prime minister’s government calling for a swift and forceful retaliation. By Cassandra ... Read More

Rape victim wins compensation battle

A rape victim yesterday won nearly four times the £7,500 she was first offered in compensation for her knifepoint ordeal. Caroline Fairfax Scott said the initial award had left her feeling ... Read More

French MPs back compensating victims of anti-gay law

France's lower house has passed ... compensation for people convicted of homosexuality between 1942 and 1982. The anti-gay law was originally introduced by the Vichy government during World War ... Read More

Senate passes stand-alone bill to extend, expand compensation for radiation victims

The Senate passed a stand-alone bill to extend and expand a 30-year-old law ... Compensation Act (RECA), first enacted in 1990, compensates Americans exposed to radiation by World War II-era ... Read More

Sexual assault victims will get info about DNA evidence under plan to expand N.J. law

The rights of sexual assault victims would ... right and give law enforcement more clarity regarding their obligation to share that information,” she said. The bill, which passed the Senate ... Read More

Saudi: Why we punished rape victim

Al-Lahim told CNN his law license was revoked last week by a judge because he spoke to the Saudi-controlled media about the case. Watch the emotional toll the crime took on the rape victim » In a ... Read More

Models Raising Awareness Of New Law To Help Sexual Assault Victims Seek Justice

A New York law creates a one-year window for adult victims of sexual assault to sue their abusers ... and it's why we are working to pass another bill, the Fashion Workers Act," Ziff describes. Read More

Iowa AG is still working on audit that's holding up contraception money for rape victims

Federal and state law ... sexual assault are covered to ensure forensic evidence is collected readily and properly. In Iowa, costs are covered by the attorney general office's crime victim ... Read More

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Military analysts are divided on whether a more direct confrontation with Iran might alter the war or affect a decision to invade the southern city of Rafah. As cases proliferate, opponents fear ... Read More

Senate passes stand-alone bill to extend, expand compensation for radiation victims

The Senate passed ... old law compensating Americans exposed to radiation by the federal government in a 69-30 vote. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), first enacted in 1990, compensates ... Read More