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  2. Wartime sexual violence - Wikipedia

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    It is well known that brutal mass rapes were committed against German women; both during and after World War II. According to some estimates, over 100,000 women were raped by Soviet soldiers in Berlin both during and after the Battle of Berlin. The phrase "from eight to 80" was used to describe potential victims of Soviet mass-rape.

  3. Violence against women in India - Wikipedia

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    According to the National Crime Records Bureau of India, reported incidents of crime against women increased by 15.3% in 2021 compared to the year 2020. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, in 2011, there were more than 228,650 reported incidents of crime against women, while in 2021, there were 428,278 reported incidents, an 87% ...

  4. Violence against women during the Partition of India - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. During the Partition of India, violence against women occurred extensively. [1] It is estimated that during the partition between 75,000 [2] and 100,000 [3] women were kidnapped and raped. [4] The rape of women by men during this period is well documented, [5] with women sometimes also being complicit in these attacks.

  5. Rape during the Kashmir conflict - Wikipedia

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    During the raids a number of women were raped. The 'Committee for Initiative in Kashmir' which visited the Valley between 12 and 16 March 1990 interviewed the victims. Rape victim Noora (24) was forcefully dragged out of her kitchen by 20 men from the CRPF and raped, along with her sister-in-law Zaina.

  6. Collective punishment - Wikipedia

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    Against Germany. The expulsion of German speaking population groups after World War II by the Soviet Union, Poland and Czechoslovakia represent one of the greatest examples of collective punishment in terms of the number of victims. The goal was to punish the Germans; the Allies declared them collectively guilty of Nazi war crimes.

  7. Rape during the occupation of Germany - Wikipedia

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    t. e. As Allied troops entered and occupied German territory during the later stages of World War II, mass rapes of women took place both in connection with combat operations and during the subsequent occupation of Germany by soldiers from all advancing Allied armies, although a majority of scholars agree that the records show that a majority ...

  8. Allied war crimes during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Allied war crimes during World War II. During World War II, the Allies committed legally proven war crimes and violations of the laws of war against either civilians or military personnel of the Axis powers. At the end of World War II, many trials of Axis war criminals took place, most famously the Nuremberg Trials and Tokyo Trials.

  9. War crimes of the Wehrmacht - Wikipedia

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    Soviet prisoners of war were often subjected to forced marches without adequate food or water and commonly shot.. During World War II, the German Wehrmacht (combined armed forces - Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe) committed systematic war crimes, including massacres, mass rape, looting, the exploitation of forced labour, the murder of three million Soviet prisoners of war, and participated ...