Tag: sexual assault

Lord Nazir Ahmed retires days before expulsion from UK House of Lords
17Nov By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

Lord Nazir Ahmed retires days before expulsion from UK House of Lords

Amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Lord Nazir Ahmed, a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords, retired from Parliament after seeing a conduct report recommending that he be expelled for sexually exploiting a vulnerable woman.Lord Ahmed resigned from the House of Lords on 14 November but the report, which was agreed by the House of Lords Conduct Committee and seen by Lord Ahmed before that date, recommends that he should have been expelled.In 2019, Lord Nazir Ahmed was accused of exploiting his position to pursue sex with vulnerable women who asked him for help. As per media reports, Lord Ahmed emotionally and sexually exploited Tahira Zaman, who came to him for help in 2017."...Lord Ahmed breached the Code of Conduct by failing to act on his personal honour in the disch
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Female protester accuses Hong Kong Police officer of sexual assault
29Jun By Yusara AskariNo Comments
Asia

Female protester accuses Hong Kong Police officer of sexual assault

The infamous pro-China Hong Kong police now has another stain on its reputation with a minor student alleging that a Hong Kong police officer sexually assaulted her during a protest last September.The 17-year-old student, known as "Student K", was quoted as saying that she was arrested on September 25 last year at Sha Tin MTR station under the suspicion of unlawful assembly and assaulting a police officer.She said that a female officer had squeezed her breasts several times and used derogatory language to "harass" her.She also alleged that her requests to use the bathroom were repeatedly denied for more than an hour by the police officer."Human rights are based on your freedom. You are an arrested person so you do not enjoy that freedom," she quoted the police officer.On the accusation tha...
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