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Egypt: Military Impunity for Violence Against Women - TrustLaw
The victim, a 34-year-old woman from the United Kingdom who did not wish to be identified, was in a shared taxi on May 14, 2011, in Sinai when military officers stopped the taxi at a checkpoint before al-Arish, told the woman to get out, ...
U.S. picks public health expert for World Bank job - TrustLaw
President Barack Obama will nominate Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and former director of the Department of HIV/AIDS at the World Health Organization, a senior administration official said on Fri day.
Brazil's Rousseff tries to heal ties after defeat - TrustLaw
She expressed her regret to Temer for the outcome of the vote, a government official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe the conversation. Rousseff has found it difficult to pass major legislation since taking office in January 2011.
Underreporting Leaves Girls Vulnerable to Rape in Cameroon - TrustLaw
BUEA, CAMEROON - A 35-year-old mother, who declined to be named to avoid stigmatization of her family, says she was raped when she was 7. Her daughter was also raped at at age 3 and infected with syphilis. She says this is the first time she has told ...
Urban Women Confront Old Attitudes Toward Education and Employment in India - TrustLaw
She declined to give her name because she says that society would chastise her for her views. "Virginity is a personal choice, but in India it is related to define the character of the girl or woman," says the woman, who pursued women's studies in ...
The man behind Europe's debt downgrades=2 - TrustLaw
7 and they made it very clear then that there would be downgrades of several euro zone countries, including Italy, unless something very unexpected happened in terms of euro zone governance," one top Italian treasury official who requested anonymity, ...
Zimbabwe Strengthens Laws Against Rape, Sensitizes Reporting Process for Victims - TrustLaw
Three months later, the quiet woman was shocked when she discovered that she was pregnant with his baby, says one of her sisters, who declined to be named. Mbvuto is a member of the African Apostolic Church, commonly known in Zimbabwe as "Mapositori," ...
Pilot Project in Argentina Assists Victims in Reporting Rape - TrustLaw
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - An Argentine woman, who declined to be named, says she was 23 when a stranger raped her in the full light of day in Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital. It was close to 5 pm when she boarded a bus to return home from university. ...
Program fights against stigma for Zimbabwe rape victims - TrustLaw
“I don't want to make a report because the perpetrator lives in my community,” says a 30-year-old victim at the clinic who declined to be named. “It will just cause trouble for me and my family if it is known that I have spoken to the police. ...
Indian state turns corrupt officials' homes into schools - TrustLaw
... (TrustLaw) - Authorities in eastern India are confiscating the homes of corrupt officials and turning them into schools in an attempt to stamp out graft and solve the region's lack of educational infrastructure, a senior government official said. ...
EXCLUSIVE-Finmeccanica boss may quit this week-sources - TrustLaw
The sources said Guarguaglini would probably be replaced by veteran board member Guido Venturoni, while chief executive Giuseppe Orsi, who has clashed with Guarguaglini over strategy, would see his powers strengthened. Telecom Italia < TLIT. ...
Impoverished Women Without Identity Documents Turn to Prostitution in Sri Lanka - TrustLaw
The man, 43, who declined to give his name, is from southern Sri Lanka, is a former soldier, now unemployed. He says Marry supports him through her prostitution. "Now I do not have a job," he says. "Marry is supporting me. Both of us need someone to ...
Kenyan woman recalls horrors of backstreet abortion - TrustLaw
She has asked to remain anonymous. “I had sex with my first boyfriend when I was 19. He was 23. He promised me that he will marry me after school. I was so excited that I've got a man who is interested in me. When we were having sex, he pretended he ...
Jamaican education minister in line for top job - TrustLaw
"It is a foregone conclusion," said the Jamaica Labour Party official, who asked not to be named since the nomination process was still open. He said leading members of the party had all thrown their support behind Holness, 39, since Golding's surprise ...
Police visit India's JSW Steel plant; shares hit 2-year low - TrustLaw
"All this is sentimentally dampening for the company," said a sector analyst with a local brokerage who did not wish to be identified. "If CBI probes further and finds any irregularities then it will really take the stock down. ...
Vietnam under pressure from international anti-corruption laws to act - TrustLaw
The court verdict also showed the inability of the Vietnamese official to answer a lot of questions," said a lawyer who asked not to be named. While it remains to be seen how the UK Bribery Act will affect Vietnam, lawyers said the extra-territorial ...
ANALYSIS-Greece's race to catch up on reforms seems doomed - TrustLaw
"Instead of a coach, we have a referee," said an economist who requested anonymity. "Papandreou has dumped it all on Venizelos. During the disastrous troika negotiations in Athens, the prime minister was attending a Libya conference in Paris. ...
Murdoch's London lawyers study new U.K. bribery law - TrustLaw
The second source briefed on the matter said some senior executives on News International's editorial staff had already been contacted by the lawyers about the bribery issue. A representative for News International declined to comment. ...
Gaza: Stop Harassing Activists - TrustLaw
The students asked not to be named. The Hamas education minister cited "social and cultural reasons" for its decision, said the students and a statement by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. The students said they will lose their scholarships if ...
EU executive to recommend Croatia accession-source - TrustLaw
BRUSSELS, June 7 (Reuters) - The European Commission is set to recommend on Friday that EU member governments finalise accession talks with Croatia, clearing an important hurdle on Zagreb's path to joining the 27-strong bloc, a source said. ...
SNAP ANALYSIS-Pressure mounts on Iran's hardline president - TrustLaw
"The establishment needs a scapegoat if the Arab world crisis spreads into Iran, and a weakened Ahmadinejad is the best choice," said a political analyst who asked not to be named. Ahmadinejad dismissed Mirkazemi, the oil minister, and two other ...
Ugandan Women Appeal to U.N. Over Police Violence - TrustLaw
"The state is obliged to respect, promote, protect and fulfill the rights of its citizens as enshrined in the 1995 constitution and other regional and international treaties to which Uganda is signatory," says one lawyer, who declined to give her name ...
Omani youths vow protests over slow job creation - TrustLaw
But a government official said some jobless were being choosy over the jobs they accept while others left lower paid private work for more lucrative government jobs. "We have some who would not accept jobs in places such as the armed forces, ...
Oman arrests six as protesters demand more jobs - TrustLaw
"They went mad and started kicking doors and windows of buildings," said one witness, who did not want to be identified. Sultan Qaboos bin Said, a US ally who has ruled Oman for 40 years, promised a $2.6 billion spending package last month after nearly ...
INTERVIEW-Indonesia govt hopes for land acquisition bill by mid-2011 - TrustLaw
... draft land acquisition bill, seen as crucial to improving the country's infrastructure, has got the go ahead from most political parties and could be approved by parliament by the middle of the year, a government official said on Thursday. ...