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A Muslim woman claims she was forced to show her bloody m£nstrual pad to TSA agents A Muslim woman claims she was forced to show her  menstrual pad  to  Transportation Security Administration  agents. Zainab Merchant, a graduate student at  Harvar ohd University  and the founder and editor of the website  Zainab Rights , was  traveling  from  Boston  to  Washington,  DC, when she says TSA agents pulled her aside for extra screenings including a pat-down. After patting Merchant down, one TSA agent called for "a deeper look" and eventually forced her to show her bloodied menstrual pad, according to reports. Merchant says she has been stopped and searched extensively every time she has traveled over the last two years. The  ACLU  believes that Merchant is on a watch list and filed a complaint against the Department of Homeland Security on her behalf.  A Muslim woman claims she ...

Outrage in Florence after 'insulting' female tourist simulates s£x with treasured statue of Bacchus as officials demand harsh crackdown on disrespectful holidaymakers A female tourist has sparked outrage in Florence after clambering onto a monument to simulate sex with a famed statue.  The blonde tourist, whose nationality is not yet known, was seen climbing up to Giambologna's Bacchus in the Borgo San Jacopo area of the Italian city before pretending to kiss the bronze statue. The unnamed woman, wearing denim shorts and a black t-shirt, also stood in front of the sculpture while grinding her rear against it as a friend took photos. The second woman, in black shorts and a white t-shirt, was pictured kneeling in front of the statue, seemingly imitating a sex act. Now officials have demanded a harsh 'zero tolerance' crackdown on disrespectful holidaymakers. The blonde tourist, whose nationality is not yet known, climbed on a replica statue of Giambologna's B...

Mussolini the insatiable: He was a violent lover who demanded s£x constantly and only truly cared for one woman... the beautiful heiress doomed to die alongside him  The story begins like a romantic novel. On a glorious spring day in Rome in April 1932, stunning 20-year-old heiress Claretta Petacci and her dashing fiance, an army lieutenant, took off in their chaffeured limousine for a day at the beach. Giggling excitedly between them on the back seat of the Lancia was Claretta’s nine-year-old sister, Myriam, there as chaperone. The road to the coast was a marvel of modern engineering, a motorway built at the command of Italy’s fascist dictator — prime minister Benito Mussolini. At 49, he was at the height of his powers, adored by  Italians  who knew him as Il Duce and feted by leaders around the world. Winston Churchill called him the ‘Roman genius’, and even Mahatma Gandhi praised his ‘passionate love for his people’. Claretta Petacci idolised Il Duce, and was bes...

Making Sense of a R@pe Photograph: S*xual Violence as Social Performance on the Eastern Front, 1939-1944 THIS ARTICLE BEGINS WITH A disturbing image that has a no-less-unsettling provenance. It shows a group of fifteen young German soldiers standing in a semicircle, carousing and laughing as one of their comrades emulates a sex act with an unidentified woman who may or may not be dead. The laughter of his comrades suggests approval for the actions of the man on the ground. Although it is not clear if the photograph depicts an act of actual rape, its aftermath, or mere mimicry, what is certain is that the depicted scene ascribes the woman only one function: she is an object of amusement that mediates coercion and asymmetric power relations. (1) It is very possible that this picture was taken before or after the soldiers raped the woman. However, irrespective of whether any penetration actually occurred, the men imitated a rape scene showcasing the woman's body as a sexualize...

Crimes committed by the United States during WW2 When thinking about war crimes in World War II, the Holocaust, the Nazi Party, and the Nuremberg trials come to mind. War crimes perpetrated by the Allies are something that most are not aware of. While it can be argued that the war crimes committed by the United States were not as heinous as those of Germany, they were still devastating. Mass r@pe in Asia and Europe One of the tragic tolls of war that is often glossed over is rape. This is an odious crime, and historians agree that American soldiers raped tens of thousands of women. These rapes occurred both during the war and in its immediate aftermath. Precise estimates are impossible to obtain, but the book  Taken By Force  estimates approximately 11,000 women were raped in Germany between 1945 and 1946. While fraternization with German women was forbidden, one American commander stated that copulation without conversation was not fraternization. Germany was not ...

Moment Ugandan singer, Vinka, kicked a male fan who tried to touch her pr!vate p@rt on stage (Video) A video serving rounds on social media has captured the moment Ugandan singer, Vinka, dealt with a male fan who tried to touch her private part on stage. The mother of one Veronica Luggya better known by her stage name, Vinka was performing at a show in South Sudan when a male fan stretched his hands to touch her private part. Fuming with anger, the singer angrily gave the fan who tried to harass her on stage a brutal double-kick, before security on stage pulled her away and she continued with her performance. Watch video below,Meanwhile, netizens in reaction to the now viral video applauded the singer for ‘appropriately dealing’ with the fan who tried to misbehave with her on stage a lesson.

Sitting next to the man who r@ped and made her pregnant, Afghan victim - who was forced to MARRY attacker to avoid prison - says she gave up all her 'wishes in life to buy my daughter's future' Gulnaz fell pregnant after being attacked by a man called Asadullah in Kabul She was rejected by her family and sentenced to 12 years in prison for 'adultery by force' Although that was later quashed, the unmarried mother was left an outcast  So to give her daughter Smile a normal life, she married Asadullah In an exclusive interview with CNN, she described life with the rapist who is now her husband An Afghan woman who was forced to marry her rapist and have his baby has revealed how she gave up all of her hopes and dreams to 'buy' her daughter's future. Known only by the name Gulnaz, the Kabul-based woman was only 16-years-old when she fell pregnant with the child of her depraved attacker Asadullah - who is also married to her cousin....

The brμtal police execution of Patrick Harmon. Officers literally said in their report that it was "the most frightening moment of their life" before they shot him. Outrage as prosecutor says cops were 'justifiable' in shooting dead black man - despite video showing he was shot in the back In shocking f00tage released of a shooting this week, Patrick Harmon, 50, can be seen appearing to flee the cops Anti-police brutality groups in Utah are livid after a prosecutor determined police were legally justified in the fatal shooting Harmon was shot three times by Officer Clinton Fox in Salt Lake City , Utah Fox told investigators Harmon threatened to stab him before he fired Body camera video shows Fox shot Harmon at close range after Fox yells, 'I'll f....ing shoot you' Black Lives Matter organizers are calling for the district attorney to resign after he said the shooting was justified Anti-police brutality groups in Utah are livid after a prosecutor ...

Shocking new footage reveals what really triggered Manchester Airport violence that saw police officer 'kick and stamp on man's head' New footage from the Manchester Airport chaos shows a man appearing to punch two female police officers to the ground - just moments before another officer 'kicked and stamped on a man's head'. A clip of the 'stamp' went viral on Wednesday and sparked nights of protests and fury towards Greater Manchester Police over the treatment of Fahir and Amaad Khan. The police force has come under intense scrutiny in the days sense, with one police officer suspended pending an investigation. But a new clip has now emerged which reveals exactly what happened on the day in question - and what led to the officer kicking the man in the head. The video - obtained by Manchester Evening News - appears to show the three police officers approaching one of the young men as he used a ticket machine inside a carpark at the busy airport...

Femen women held in Arab world's first topless protest Activists from the women's movement FEMEN are arrested by plainclothes police officers while staging a protest against the jailing of a Tunisian member in Tunis, Tunisia, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Three foreign activists disrobed in front of the Ministry of Justice to protest against the jailing of a Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, quickly attracting a crowd of offended Tunisians before the three women were hustled away by police. AP Photo/Hassene Dridi Three young European women with topless protest group Femen were arrested on Wednesday after baring their breasts in Tunis, a first in the Arab world that sparked scuffles outside the Tunisian capital's main courthouse.   Standing on a wall in front of the railings outside the courthouse, the women, two French and the other German, shouted: "Free Amina," in support of a young Tunisian woman detained while protesting against hardline I...

We ended up kissing and kissing led to other things': Mother, 36, and son, 19, who fell in love when they met last year after she gave him up for adoption as a baby, say they'll go to JAIL to defend their relationship View gallery 17:15 BST 08 Aug 2016, updated 02:15 BST 11 Aug 2016By Ryan Parry, West Coast Correspondent For Dailymail.com In Clovis, New Mexico Monica Mares, 36, and her son Caleb Peterson, 19, of Clovis, New Mexico, face up to 18 months in prison if found guilty of incest The couple said that they are willing to risk everything to be together  They have decided to go public with their affair in a bid to raise awareness of Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA) relationships Mares, a mother of nine, gave birth to Peterson when she was 16 years old, and he was adopted shortly thereafter They were reunited for the first time last year after reconnecting over Facebook The couple, who live separately in Clovis, New Mexico, developed feelings for each...