Witchy Woman

Indian police have filed murder charges against two individuals who allegedly set a 16-year-old girl on fire on December 23, after the victim succumbed to her injuries and passed away on New Years Eve. The two suspects are closely connected to the people accused of gang-raping the 16-year-old, who was pregnant at the time of her death, and may have burned her alive in order to punish her for going to to the police.

Happy fucking New Year.

The Metropolitan Police Sapphire team in Southwark, South London, had an active policy of “encouraging” victims to retract sex assault claims, allowing it to say no crime had occurred and raise its detection rates from 10 per cent to 31 per cent.

The scandal came to light after one man who the police refused to investigate for rape went on to murder his two children.

Denim Day

"She had a paranoia about rape."

~Agent Mulder, X-Files "Blood"

That's not paranoia, that's a reality when 1 of every 5 women is a victim of rape.

A young mother was burned alive in Papua New Guinea this week after townspeople accused her of being a witch.

According to multiple reports, Kepari Leniata, 20, was tortured and killed in front of a mob of hundreds in the town of Mount Hagen. The woman, stripped naked and covered in gasoline, was burned alive on a pile of trash by relatives of a young boy who had died earlier in the week. The relatives had accused Leniata of killing him with sorcery.

How will you continue your efforts to raise awareness about stalking throughout the year?


I will admit, I am not quite certain how to go about this.  While I try to focus on current events, serious issues deserve more than a cursory treatment before my squirrel moments take me on to something else.  The first step for me is to stop joking about looking up friends on social networking sites as "stalking."
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Stalking: Know it. Name it. Stop it.
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It is important to consider how victims may be harmed by stalkers’ use of technology.
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Victims of stalking are encouraged to keep a log of all stalking behaviors including emails, text & phone messages.

Stalkers often access information about victims that is available online. Do you know what information about you is online?
This is why I try to be careful and never use my real name online, as well as not posting my address nor phone number.  Even though most victims know their stalker, I prefer not to take any chances.

Most alarmingly, stalking also can be lethal.
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Stalking can affect a victim’s emotional, physical, and economic well-being.
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Behaviors that may seem benign to you or me may be terrorizing to a stalking victim.

Stalkers often reoffend; recidivism rates are as high as 60%.

Phones, computers, GPS, and cameras are some of the common forms of technology used by stalkers.

Most stalking victims know their stalker.

How young can stalking behavior start? Do you see stalking behaviors among high school students? Middle school students? Younger?

Rates of stalking among college students are higher than the general public.