A case involving a graduate student and her art history professor illustrates the tangled state of sexual power dynamics in Japan.
Tag: Adultery
Donald Trump’s Day in Court
The case against him is about more than Stormy Daniels.
U.A.E. Changes Laws to Attract Foreign Tourists and Investment
The United Arab Emirates is abolishing lenient sentences for so-called honor killings, loosening alcohol restrictions and lessening the sway of Islamic law over foreigners.
Taiwan Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Adultery
The decision was hailed by rights activists who said the law had disproportionately targeted women.
Ex-King of Belgium Acknowledges a Long-Dismissed Daughter
After a court-ordered DNA test, the 85-year-old King Albert II, who abdicated in 2013, conceded that he was the biological father of the artist Delphine Boël, 51.
Ex-King of Belgium Acknowledges a Long-Dismissed Daughter
After a court-ordered DNA test, the 85-year-old King Albert II, who abdicated in 2013, conceded that he was the biological father of the artist Delphine Boël, 51.
Brunei Says It Won’t Execute Gays After Protests of Stoning Law
Opponents say the shift leaves in place many other harsh provisions, meaning pressure continues to revoke the new penal code.
Facing Uproar, Brunei Says Stoning Law Is Meant to ‘Educate’ and ‘Nurture’
Its foreign minister says the country’s new criminal code — which makes adultery and gay sex punishable by stoning — is intended to deter.
Brunei Introduces Death by Stoning for Gay Sex and Adultery, Despite International Outcry
Harsh punishments based on a version of Shariah, or Islamic law, which also include amputations and whippings, have prompted an international outcry.
Brunei to Punish Adultery and Gay Sex With Death by Stoning
Statutes allowing stoning and amputation will go into effect in the sultanate beginning on April 3. That has set off an outcry from human rights groups.