Abuse

Atlanta mayor says two officers fired in 'excessive force' arrests

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said at a news conference that she and police Chief Erika Shields made the decision after reviewing body-camera footage of a Saturday night incident that first gained attention from video online and on local news.

Bogota's supermarkets become safe spaces for women to report abuse

Across Colombia, 13 women have been murdered since the virus lockdown started, many killed by their boyfriends or husbands in their homes, government figures show.

HRW slams Kenyan police 'brutality' during virus curfew

Human Rights Watch said police had imposed the measure in a "chaotic and violent manner from the start", sometimes whipping, kicking and teargassing people to force them off the streets.

The coronavirus pandemic is a rallying cry for far-right bigots

Racist attacks and hate speech have spiked proving that right-wing extremists are exploiting the global crisis.

Women in quarantine: Danger inside and outside the home

Quarantining measures have led to a spike in domestic violence in several countries.

Coronavirus lockdown in France leads to the brutalisation of minorities

Several incidents show that French law enforcement is dealing violently with minorities under the cover of new emergency measures.

Australian court delays final verdict on Cardinal Pell appeal

Cardinal George Pell is trying to overturn a six-year sentence for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s but Australia's High Court will not make a decision for months.

Abuse and the UN | Storyteller

For over 70 years, the United Nations has functioned as a bastion for human rights and defender of the most vulnerable. But what happens when those whose task it is to protect the poor and the weak, women and children -become perpetrators themselves?

Violent anti-Semitic crimes are on the rise in the US

In New York alone, there has been a 21 percent increase in crimes targeting Jewish people in the past year.

Pakistani filmmaker says he was raped 13 years ago by media tycoon

In a series of tweets, Jami Moor shared he was raped by a powerful man he worked for and was then close to. Jami is one of the few men in Pakistan's entertainment industry who have been active in their support of the #MeToo movement there.

Intimate partner violence: the need for a cultural shift in the US

TRT World interviews Anton Tripolskii, a domestic violence expert from the Battered Women’s Justice Project, who explains how the 'credibility of victim-survivors is significantly discounted in the American court system.'

The power of the terrorist manifesto in the age of print and new media

The recent attack on a California synagogue demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between violence and media.