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French lawmakers are set to debate a bill against gender-based and sexual violence. It aims to strengthen the entire process – from reporting crimes and investigation to protection and compensation for victims. The bill also targets online sexual abuse, including non-consensual content and AI-generated deepfakes. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports.
Mob violence is rising in Bangladesh as unchecked impunity, weak law enforcement, and social media instigations drive lethal crowd attacks, challenging institutional responses, justice delivery, and overall state accountability.
Armed men killed at least 27 people in two mass shootings in South Africa's two major cities, announced the police on Sunday in a new episode of violence in a country gangstered by crime.
Pakistan has carried out new strikes inside Afghanistan.
As war and sexual violence rage in eastern DRC, women are joining pro-government Wazalendo fighters to defend themselves
As the UN General Assembly enters its fifth day, with world leaders denouncing Israeli violence against Palestinians.
The sun set on a perfect fall evening in New York City as emerging writers, directors and producers mingled with industry giants in a rustic Greenwich Village penthouse. As hors d’oeuvres and a never-ending supply of lemon water were passed around the room, the crowd awaited the announcement of this year’s Chanel x Tribeca Through […]
Tigrayan forces say they are in a 'full-blown war' with the army.
At the end of the 19th century, the regime of Leopold II, king of the Belgians, imposed forced labour on the Congo to extract the precious rubber from the forests. An undertaking marked by violence and horror, documented by missionary Alice Seeley Harris. Discover her story.
The UN Population Fund also says there has been a "severe escalation" in the number of early and forced marriages.
A series of killings in South Africa has renewed scrutiny of efforts to combat violence against women. Activists say laws alone are not enough without effective implementation.
Violence flared in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, as Israeli forces arrested a suspected Palestinian gunman accused of killing an Israeli man. In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian driver who the military said had attempted to run them over. Nicholas Rushworth reports.
Eugene Kotlyarenko has built a career on drawing upon his widely-viewed cinephilic base of knowledge to consider more contemporary forms of hyper-online, of-the-moment provocation, and “Vintage Violence” is no exception. As with Kotlyarenko’s arguably best-known film, 2020’s “Spree,” live-streaming is key: “Vintage Violence” introduces obnoxious social media celebrity Carter (Cole Sprouse) mid-stream before quickly spinning […]
