"You could get raped"

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A criminal assumed Randi Barber's identity on the Internet to invite men to Barber's house for sex. The 28-year-old woman did not have a computer and was not aware her address was being given to strangers on the Internet. Her father traced the on-line advertisements to a security guard she knew, and on his evidence the police made the arrest.

Author: Foote, Donna
Social aspects, Computers, Digital computers, Stalking (Criminal law), Stalking

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A song for the oppressed

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Ratna Sarumpaet, playwriter, activist, and the winner of a regional human rights awards, in her play, expresses her sympathy in her play for women of Chinese background who were raped during the May riots in Indonesia. Her experiences were apparent by her emotions and said much about how women were treated.

Author: Kearney, Marianne
Indonesia, Performances, Sarumpaet, Ratna

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A war's hidden tragedy

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A visit to the Kosovar Albanian women raped during the Kosova war is presented, focusing on their continued suffering more than a year after the event.

Author: Mendenhall, Preston, Lorch, Donatella
Personal narratives, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Rape victims, Albanians, Albanians in Yugoslavia

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Subjects list: Women, Crimes against, Crime
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