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Slut Walks in Iceland
This Saturday saw Iceland join the international SlutWalk phenomenon — a reactionary parade calling for sexual assault to be blamed on the abusers and not the victims; however they choose to dress....
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Assange loses extradition appeal
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against an extradition order to face rape and sexual assault charges in Sweden, prompting his lawyer to call on the Australian government to...
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Headteacher describes rape claim as trivial
A high school headteacher in Stockholm has been reported to the Equality Ombudsman after allegedly telling a girl complaining of rape that “you have to get used to it”. According to a report filed with...
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Amager Attacker found guilty
Marcel Lychau Hansen, the so-called ‘Amager Attacker’, has been found guilty on all-but-one of the counts against him, making him modern Denmark’s worst serial rapist and murderer. The 46 year-old has...
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Life for Amager Attacker
The ‘Amager Attacker’ has been sentenced to life in jail for a series of murders and rapes spanning 23 years. Copenhagen District Court erupted in cheers, laughter and tears on 22nd December as Marcel...
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Icelandic celebrity accused of rape
A famous Icelandic author, television personality and lifestyle pin-up has been accused of rape and will likely now be charged. Egill Einarsson, otherwise known as Gillz, is accused of having raped a...
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Icelandic phone book company releases front cover covers for offended citizens
The Icelandic phone book company has released stickers people can use to remove Egill Einarsson from the cover of the current book after the celebrity was accused of two rapes. “We have made up two...
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Woman acquitted of killing husband put on trial for sex crimes
A Finnish woman, who was found guilty of murdering her husband but later acquitted, has been charged with 21 counts of sex crimes along with her ex-boyfriend. Anneli Auer is being held in custody on...
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Swedish authorities nab suspected serial rapist
Following a number of sexual assaults in the western Swedish town of Hagfors, police have arrested the prime suspect. While authorities remain unsure if the 22-year-old man was behind all of the...
View ArticleRape revenge attack lands Norwegian woman in jail
A Norwegian woman has been handed a five-month prison sentence after asking two friends to attack her then boyfriend as payback for raping her in 2013. Follo District Court heard that the woman...
View ArticleIcelandic women march in SlutWalk
Women in Iceland took to the streets of the capital Reykjavik on Saturday to take part in the annual SlutWalk against sexual violence and call for a judicial system that punishes such crimes in an...
View ArticleProtest at Police HQ Draws Hundreds
Hundreds of citizens gathered yesterday outside the police headquarters in Reykjavík to protest the management of a controversial rape case that has garnered much attention in local news and social...
View ArticleRapists Online – Woman Beware
Tinder enjoys enormous popularity in Iceland with the numbers of users rising drastically only last year and still seem to be on the rise. However in neighboring Norway there is a bleak report. Forty...
View ArticleRape victim and rapist reconcile, co-author a book and give talks (Video)
In 1996, Thordis Elva Thorvaldsdottir shared a teenage romance with Tom Stranger, an exchange student from Australia. After a school dance, Tom raped Thordis, after which they parted ways for many...
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South of Forgiveness – Forgiving rape
IceNews recently reported on the book South of Forgiveness where rape victim and rapist co-author a book and travel the world, sharing the stage, for example in this TED talk, lecturing and educating...
View ArticleMore rape last year than ever – A heart breaking record set in Iceland
The emergency ward of Landspitalinn, University Hospital of Iceland has never received as many causalities of rape seeking help as last year according to RUV’s report. The administrator of the ward...
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