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NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, 2013

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release March 29, 2013
NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH, 2013
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex

By Ian Duncan

The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at the jail of sleeping with gang members.

Army sergeant assigned to sex-abuse prevention being investigated for pimping, sexual assault

By Courtney Kube and Jeff Black

Just a week after an Air Force lieutenant colonel working in its sexual-assault prevention office was arrested and accused of sexual battery, a second U.S. service member assigned to a military sexual assault program is being investigated for various forms of sexual misconduct, officials revealed Tuesday.

If women don't want to be raped they shouldn't drink too much, says Hong Kong official

By Agence France-Presse in Hong Kong

Secretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok was presenting figures on crime in the city for the first quarter, which showed that rape cases soared 60 percent, when he made the comments.

"All of these (rape) cases happened between those who know each other. They are either friends, close friends or they just met a few hours ago," Mr Lai said during the presentation yesterday.

Japanese politician calls wartime sex slaves 'necessary'

By Paul Armstrong

Japanese officials have distanced themselves from comments made by a prominent nationalist politician that suggested women forced to become prostitutes to entertain Japanese troops during World War II were "necessary."

Toru Hashimoto, who serves as the Mayor of Osaka, told reporters at his weekly press conference Monday that "anyone would understand" the role of "comfort women" when soldiers were risking their lives and you wanted to give them "a rest."

Pentagon grapples with sex crimes by military recruiters

By Craig Whitlock

Military recruiters across the country have been caught in a string of sex-crime scandals over the past year, exposing another long-standing problem for the Defense Department as it grapples with a crisis of sexual assault in the ranks.

In Alaska, law enforcement officials are fuming after a military jury this month convicted a Marine Corps recruiter of first-degree sexual assault in the rape of a 23-year-old female civilian but did not sentence him to prison.

Officials Say Homophobia Motivated Rape, Murder in Russia

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South Korea’s Leader Apologizes for Aide’s Misconduct in Washington

By CHOE SANG-HUN

SEOUL, South Korea — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea struggled on Monday to contain the biggest setback of her three months in office, offering her apology over a scandal in which her main spokesman was accused of sexual abuse and indecent exposure in a Washington hotel during her visit to Washington last week.

Ariel Castro charged with kidnapping, rape of three Cleveland women

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By Yamiche Alcindor, Donna Leinwand Leger and Gary Strauss

School bus driver charged with rape, kidnapping of three young women who were held captive for years at his west Cleveland home.

CLEVELAND -- The man at whose home three women were found after a decade of captivity was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of kidnapping and rape.

Hagel: 'Outrage, disgust' as Air Force leader charged with sexual battery

By Barbara Starr and Greg Seaby

(CNN) -- An Air Force officer who served as a branch chief for the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program was arrested and charged with sexual battery over the weekend.

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, has been removed from current duty, an Air Force official said Monday. The official declined to be named because it is an ongoing law enforcement matter.