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Authorities in India's Uttarakhand state have arrested the husband and sister-in-law of a Dehradun schoolteacher who died by suicide within eight months of marriage, following family allegations of persistent harassment and dowry-related mistreatment.
South Korea's National Center for Digital Sexual Crime Response employs 23 women to hunt illegal AI deepfakes and sexual abuse imagery. Last year they removed 318,000 items and helped 10,600 victims, mostly women and girls.
Allianz Malaysia and the Road Safety Marshal Club conducted their ninth women's safety awareness programme in Selangor, training 200 women in crime prevention, self-defence, and emergency preparedness techniques.
Indian police have arrested 35 people for violence and vandalism during protests sparked by the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal. The case renews concerns about women's safety across India.
Singaporean actress Eswari Gunasagar has publicly denounced the creation and sharing of AI-generated intimate images of herself, while calling out what she describes as troubling public apathy towards digital violations.
A 19-year-old computer operator was stabbed multiple times in a busy market in Ujjain, India on Friday. Police have identified the suspect as Sunil Jaroliya and launched a manhunt, with harassment allegations emerging as the likely motive.