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In Sweden, the definition of rape has been successively widened over the years, leading to an ever-larger number of sexual assaults being classified as rape. [3] [26] [27] [28] For example, in 1992 a legislative change came into force which shifted the dividing line between sexual assault and rape. This legislative change resulted in about a 25 ...
Since 2007, the centre have been operating a Government funded national helpline for women who have been subjected to threats and violence (Swedish: Kvinnofridslinjen). The telephone counseling is open 24-hour, toll-free, and the call does not appear on the telephone bill.
Prosecutors in Sweden announced Monday that they plan to reopen a rape investigation into WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange that had been officially closed in 2017.“I have today taken the decision ...
Dozens of reported sexual assaults in 2014 and 2015 at We Are Sthlm, a youth festival in the Swedish capital Stockholm, were not publicized by the police.The Stockholm police had received 38 reports of sexual harassment at We Are Sthlm in 2014 and 2015 together, from female visitors at the festival, most of whom were under 15 years of age, [1] [2] but had not publicized these reported ...
The BBC reported Wednesday that Mbappe, 25, is the subject of a Swedish police investigation into a suspected rape in Stockholm last week. The Swedish Prosecution Authority had announced Tuesday ...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The man with ties to the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature lost his appeal Monday to have his rape conviction and a two-year prison sentence reversed and ...
The accused Swedish citizen, who insisted that he had "only filmed" the crime, was jailed for 6 months on charges of not reporting rape and gross defamation. [14] The presiding judge, Nils Palbrant, stated that even if the woman had agreed to sex as they claimed, she was in a vulnerable position and hence they would be held guilty of rape.
Assange left Sweden for the UK in 27 September 2010 and a warrant for his arrest was issued in his absence the same day. [2] [3] [4] He was suspected of rape of a lesser degree, unlawful coercion and multiple cases of sexual molestation. [2] In June 2012, Assange breached bail and sought refuge at Ecuador's Embassy in London and was granted asylum.