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(Aug. 23) -- As many as 200 women were systematically gang-raped by Rwandan and Congolese rebels over a four-day period last month less than 20 miles from a U.N. peacekeeping base in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations and aid groups... Woman Claimed Gang Rape to Hide Affair, Police Say By David LohrJul 30th 2010 – 5:39PM Courtesy Conyers Police (July 30) -- Police in Georgia have arrested a woman for allegedly filing a false sexual assault report to cover up an affair she was having behind her boyfriend's back.Amanda Little of Oxford, 26, filed her report with the Conyers Police Department late last month, alleging she had been abducted from a Wal-Mart parking...}

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Did NY Times Get Rape Coverage Right the Second Time Around?

When an 11-year-old girl said she was raped multiple times by more than a dozen men in an abandoned trailer in Texas, the story made national headlines. Just how the story of her alleged rape should be told, however, has proved to be an explosive issue, one that has exposed critical fault lines in the way society thinks...

In 2 Gang Rape Cases, Communities Blame 11-Year-Old Victims

Authorities in Texas have arrested more than a dozen suspects in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl. There is outrage and there is anger -- but much of it is being directed at the victim. Something similar has also happened in Michigan, where another 11-year-old was gang raped. "People have a tendency to say, 'Boys...

As Many as 200 Women, Babies Gang-Raped in Congo

.article .writerProfile a img{display:none;} (Aug. 23) -- As many as 200 women were systematically gang-raped by Rwandan and Congolese rebels over a four-day period last month less than 20 miles from a U.N. peacekeeping base in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations and aid groups...

Woman Claimed Gang Rape to Hide Affair, Police Say

(July 30) -- Police in Georgia have arrested a woman for allegedly filing a false sexual assault report to cover up an affair she was having behind her boyfriend's back. Amanda Little of Oxford, 26, filed her report with the Conyers Police Department late last month, alleging she had been abducted from a Wal-Mart parking...

Background on gang rape

Rape can be categorized in different ways: for example, by reference to the situation in which it occurs, by the identity or characteristics of the victim, and/or by the identity or characteristics of the perpetrator.

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