The alleged drugging and gang rape of a 16 year old girl by leading players from the Steubenville High school american football team, and the rumoured cover up has divided the population of the Ohio town.
The death on December 29, 2012, of a 23-year-old student who was gang raped and assaulted should spur decisive action…
When US Republican Todd Akin talked about “legitimate rape” earlier this week it wasn’t just the feminist blogosphere that went on high alert.
After much anticipation, Ecuador announced it will grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Recently it was reported that British police threatened to taser a Bahraini prince for his drunken antics on a British Airways flight to Bahrain. Although headline-grabbing, the drunken antics of a prince pale in significance compared to alarming accusations leveled against Prince Nasser, the King of Bahrain’s son. He is accused by a number of opposition figures of actively carrying out torture during last year’s demonstrations. He is not, however, the first prince in Bahrain to be accused of abhorrent behavior, and it is interesting to delve into the history books to compare Nasser’s behavior with that of a ‘prince’ who lived 100 years ago. I am in fact, talking about the infamous Sheikh Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa