Saudi Arabia approves measure criminalizing sexual harassment
Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a measure criminalizing sexual harassment, the state news agency SPA reported. The anti-harassment measure was approved on Monday by…
Sexual harassment
Sexual harassment in Saudi Arabia
ALTHOUGH Saudi society is largely conservative and attaches great importance to religious values, acts of harassment against women are on the rise. Women get harassed…
Woman was raped by two men offering work in Dubai
A woman claims she was raped by two men pretending to be prospective employers. Prosecutors told Dubai Court of First Instance that on May 23…
Man sex attacked 9-year-old girl in Dubai
A barber has denied sexually assaulting a young girl more than once, using cats to lure her into a quiet location. Prosecutors said the Pakistani…
American passenger was sexually harassed in Dubai
The Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a three-month jail term given by a lower court to a limousine driver on charges of sexually harassing…
Sexual harassment: Displaced Yemeni women accuse villagers of abuse
For women who have had to flee Yemen’s cities, life in conservative countryside feels like ‘prison’ Afnan al-Soroori, 22, used to live a comfortable middle-class…