The British government has unveiled new vetting standards for police after a string of damaging scandals.

About 1,000 rapes and 2,336 sexual assaults were reported to have taken place in prisons since 2010.

A serving London police officer admits carrying out 24 counts of rape in a near two decade-long campaign of abuse against women.

This episode looks at the controversy sparked by the release of 11 Hindu men in India who were jailed for rang-raping.

No further action against a British royal facing rape and sexual assault allegations, says the statement released by the metropolitan police.

“The first thing I want to say to the victims and survivors... I am sorry,” said Tedros Adhanom.

Despite the Icelandic authorities’ claim of gender equality, the country is plagued by violence against women whereby one in four Icelandic women is likely to be raped or sexually assaulted during her life.

Outrage rising among human rights defenders after the British Parliament rejected any amendments to the controversial human intelligence security bill which gives undercover agents the green light to commit crimes the interest of the state.

This episode takes a look at the controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill which has passed its third reading in the British parliament causing outrage among human rights defenders.

About 150,000 rape cases are awaiting trial in India’s dysfunctional criminal justice system.