Libyan guards accused of sexually assaulting minors
She and four other Somali teenagers undergoing similar abuses are pleading to be released from the Shara al-Zawiya detention center. It is one of a network of centers run by Libya’s Department for Combating Illegal Immigration, or DCIM, which is…
British police officer pleads guilty to rape, kidnapping case that spurred protests in March
A British police officer has pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of a woman as she walked home in south London and whose body was found a week later in woodland.
New report details sexual assault, racism at Virginia Military Institute
Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam and other state officials ordered an investigation after The Washington Post reported that Black cadets and alumni faced "relentless racism."…
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How personal experience is guiding this military corp’s attempt to combat sexual assault
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a commission that will investigate sexual assault and harassment in the military. Nick Schifrin reports on how sexual assault and harassment infects the military’s most prominent units and how members of one corps are trying…
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joins Judy Woodruff to discuss solutions for what she believes is an "epidemic" in the military - sexual assault. Gillibrand says the best way to reduce sexual assault cases in the military, on top of training, is…
For a decade, advocates have argued commanders should be removed from deciding the fate of those accused of sexual assault in the U.S. military. But military victim advocates now say they too should be removed from the chain of command.
A video posted by a female U.S. Marine about sexual assault in the military rocketed across the internet and into a Pentagon press-briefing room Friday. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin promised to take additional steps to stop such violence. But…
The family is demanding Congress pass legislation that would change the way the military addresses sexual assault and harassment claims within its ranks.
A judge concluded last month in a written decision that President Donald Trump’s June 19 statements about columnist E. Jean Carroll didn’t constitute an official act of the presidency and were outside the scope of his employment as president.
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