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Hungary: Justice denied to victims of rape in the home

“… The difference between rape in films and marital rape is that we cannot scream, as our child might wake up in the other room. Or our child is right there next to us, her or his face distorted with terror. And another difference is that the person who does this to us is someone we used to love, someone we once trusted more than anyone else. And there is another difference, too: that others say that we invented the whole thing…”
A victim of rape in the home
“…At least 85 per cent of them are whores. They wanted to have sex, but then do not manage to come to an agreement. They are prostitutes, overtly or secretly…”
A police officer and advisor on rape issues

Two thirds of sexual crimes in Hungary are committed by people known to the victim, yet few of the perpetrators are tried for their crimes, Amnesty International said today.
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Nepal journalists attacked for critical reporting

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed by news that attacks on journalists in Nepal continue unabated.

?The nation of Nepal as a whole is working hard to try to ensure basic democratic freedoms and these attacks are slowing that process considerably,? IFJ President Christopher Warren said.
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Peso?s Gain Is OFWs? Bane

MANILA, Philippines ? In a remittance slip, there was an additional US$50 that Cesar Dimasupil?s daughter Arlene sent from London. But he remained stoic. ?That [money] would just even things out,? Dimasupil says of the dilemma that most families of overseas Filipino workers are facing under a stronger peso and a record-low inflation rate.

Dimasupil, like most Filipinos brought up in a male-as-strong society, says he doesn?t know if he should celebrate for getting the added money from something he said he shouldn?t have asked from his daughter in the first place. ?But what can I do? They say the strong peso could lead to lower prices. That hasn?t happened in the past months,? Dimasupil said.

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