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Domestic violence cases jump 30% during lockdown in France
France's interior minister says that reports of domestic violence across the country have jumped by more than 30% since the country went into lockdown on March 17th
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Nirbhaya case: Four Indian men executed for 2012 Delhi bus rape and murder
The victim died from her injuries days after being raped by six men on a moving bus. The incident caused outrage and led to new anti-rape laws in India
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New Zealand passes law decriminalising abortion
Voting to remove the procedure from the country's Crimes Act changes a law that has been in force since 1977
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COVID-19 isolation could create ‘fertile ground for domestic violence’
“The crisis that we are going through and the quarantine could unfortunately create a fertile ground of domestic violence,” read a statement from France’s Secretary of State in charge of Gender Equality, Marlène Schiappa