Sexual Assault

The United Nations has long been in the spotlight over allegations of child rape and other sexual abuses by its peacekeepers, especially by those based in Congo and the Central African Republic.

This week on Texas Matters —Governor Greg Abbott unveils a new border security strategy. How the state’s multi-billion-dollar border wall is failing. And a Texas town is recovering from a police chief who used his authority to sexually abuse young girls.

The suit alleges guards beat and raped Aafia Siddiqui, denied her medical care and violated her religious freedoms. Her case has also long been the subject of international controversy.

The husband of the alleged victim was heard on a recorded phone call between him and the two star officer shortly after the assault. He told him, 'Pray you don’t see me on the street.'

Jury selection for an alleged sexual assault court martial involving an Air Force two-star officer comes to a halt after being short on the number of panelists seated.

Congress has overhauled the military justice system to better protect victims of sex crimes by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command. But the reforms don’t apply as evenly to the Coast Guard.

A new play that explores the pain of sexual assault debuted on Monday, Nov. 6. The main character, Wylie, tries to recount her experience of sexual assault and understand why it happened to her.

The world-renowned countertenor and his husband were accused of drugging and raping a young singer in 2010.

A 65-year-old said she first met and was sexually assaulted by the Aerosmith frontman when she was 16, according to a new lawsuit filed under a California law that extended the statute of limitations.

#MeToo helped launch a wider examination of society's treatment of women in everyday life, at the workplace, and in Hollywood. But there remain institutional problems resistant to change.