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Sisters sentenced to be raped: International outrage at court ruling in India

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Two sisters in India have fled their home after being sentenced to rape by a village council. Amnesty International is calling for justice for two sisters sentenced to rape. Twitter/Amnesty International Source: Other Meenakshi Kumari, 23 and her 15-year-old sister […]

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Man Jailed For Assault

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A Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a man, Elijah Okoro, to one month imprisonment for assaulting a man with cutlass. Okoro, who resides at Wuse Zone 2, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for […]

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Old soldier gets life sentence for raping 10-yr-old step-daughter

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An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday sentenced a retired soldier, Alabi Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for raping his 10-year-old step-daughter and infecting her with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV. In his judgement, Justice Abiodun Akinyemi said the accused faced […]