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    Robinho must serve his nine-year jail sentence for rape in his native Brazil

    Brazilian Justice Rules Robinho Will Serve Italian Nine-year Rape Sentence in Brazil

    Brazilian judges have ruled to uphold former footballer Robinho’s Italian rape conviction, adding that ...

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    March against abortion in Brasília - Valter Campanato/ABr

    Brazil Congress Might Ban All Abortions Even When Mother’s Life Is in Danger

    More pregnant women could die in Brazil if it passes a law banning all ...

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    Karla Mendes
    Women at Avenida Paulista protest rape - Rovena Rosa/ABr

    São Paulo Joins New Delhi as World’s Worst Megacity for Women Rape

    Five years after the fatal gang rape of a student on a bus in ...

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    Nita Bhalla and Karla Mendes
    60 percent of attackers are current or ex-partners of victims

    Every Minute 8 Women Are Victims of Violence in Brazil

    Details from DataFolha’s latest study, “Visible and Invisible: The Mistreatment of Women in Brazil,” ...

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    Rape and the Basic Unfairness of Brazil’s Society

    In late March, the brutal gang rape of an American tourist in a transit ...

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    Jennifer Bisgaier

    Brazilian Indian Women Raped While Waiting to Get Land Back

    Two old Indian women from the Guarani people, in Brazil, were raped by security ...

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    Would-be Rapist in Brazil Takes Check Instead and Lets Woman Go

    The Brazilian police have arrested a man who attacked a woman in her own ...

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    José Wilson Miranda

    These Kid Rapists Shocked Brazil and Got Stiff Jail Sentences. Guess What

    In August 2003, six City Council members and six businessmen were arrested and later ...

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    Joanne Blaney