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Hamburg 'honour killing' suspect now faces rape inquiry. The Local, Germany, 29 May 2008. The 23-year-old Afghan-German arrested in the suspected honour killing of his 16-year-old sister last week is now under investigation for rape, police said on Thursday.
A change of perspective in favour of the victims. Yemen Times, 13 March 2008. Although the genital mutilation of women and girls is condemned as grievous bodily harm in countries all over the world, it is still practised even in countries like Germany, where an estimated 30,000 women are affected. Renate Bernhard reports on an alarming case in Hamburg.
German gets 15 years for Cambodia child sex abuse. Reuters, 13 March 2008. A Cambodian court sentenced a German man to 15 years in jail on Thursday for the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, the latest foreigner to be caught in the southeast Asian nation's drive to stop child sex tourism.
Teen rape accused was out on bail. BBC News, 06 September 2007. A 14-year-old boy accused of raping a German student in a north Belfast park was out on bail at the time, the High Court has been told.
German court orders retrial of 2 brothers in 'honor killing' case. International Herald Tribune, 28 August 2007. A German federal court on Tuesday ordered a retrial for two brothers acquitted of fatally shooting their sister in what prosecutors have described as an "honor killing" meant to punish the Turkish-German woman for her Western lifestyle.

Trafficking in human beings and the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Hennig,J. ; Craggs,S. ; Laczko,F., International Organization for Migration, 2007