https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The trial of a staff sergeant on a rape accusation that started Thursday has highlighted a problem that appears to be on the rise in the German army - sexual assault of female soldiers. https://www.thelocal.de/20200821/rape-trial-of-sergeant-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-assault-in-german-army Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:04:14 +0200 rape-trial-of-sergeant-shines-spotlight-on-sexual-assault-in-german-army A German actress has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein alleging the disgraced movie mogul raped her in 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival. https://www.thelocal.de/20180822/german-actress-accuses-harvey-weinstein-of-rape Wed, 22 Aug 2018 10:26:26 +0200 german-actress-accuses-harvey-weinstein-of-rape Goethe University cancelled a speech by police union head Rainer Wendt last year after students accused him of supporting racial profiling. After a string of sexual assaults against students, Wendt says his stance has been vindicated. https://www.thelocal.de/20180205/reality-check-police-union-head-criticizes-uni-after-string-of-sexual-assaults Mon, 05 Feb 2018 11:31:11 +0100 reality-check-police-union-head-criticizes-uni-after-string-of-sexual-assaults As accusations of sexual misconduct against famous men swept through the media in the Anglophone world late last year, Germany stayed silent. That changed this month when one of the country’s most famous directors was accused of rape. https://www.thelocal.de/20180116/metoo-has-arrived-in-germany-heres-why-its-so-controversial Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:27:33 +0100 metoo-has-arrived-in-germany-heres-why-its-so-controversial In wake of the global #MeToo campaign, recently launched to raise awareness of how widespread assault and harassment are, The Local spoke to people on the streets of Berlin to find out whether they had ever experienced sexual harassment before. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/video-is-sexual-harassment-a-big-problem-in-germany Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:11:27 +0200 video-is-sexual-harassment-a-big-problem-in-germany Linus Förster, a former MP for the Social Democrats (SPD) in the Bavarian state parliament was jailed on Friday for sexually assaulting several women and for the possession of child pornography. https://www.thelocal.de/20170929/ex-social-democrat-politician-jailed-for-almost-4-years-for-sexual-assault Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:01:46 +0200 ex-social-democrat-politician-jailed-for-almost-4-years-for-sexual-assault Criminal statistics in Germany have shown that asylum seekers are suspects in rape and sexual assault cases at a rate higher than their representation in society as a whole. Experts discuss the problem. https://www.thelocal.de/20170926/why-are-refugees-disproportionately-likely-to-be-suspects-in-sexual-assault-cases Tue, 26 Sep 2017 19:25:16 +0200 why-are-refugees-disproportionately-likely-to-be-suspects-in-sexual-assault-cases In the first six months of 2017 the number of recorded sex crimes in Bavaria rose by 48 percent. The revelation that asylum seekers were often suspects has opened a difficult discussion in the southern state. https://www.thelocal.de/20170920/how-a-rise-in-sex-crimes-in-bavaria-has-opened-a-debate-about-womens-rights Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:08:47 +0200 how-a-rise-in-sex-crimes-in-bavaria-has-opened-a-debate-about-womens-rights The Federal Labour Court was in no doubt that when a metal worker grabbed a colleague between the legs and told him “you’ve got big balls!” he had no sexual intent. But it still ruled that a dismissal for sexual assault was justified. https://www.thelocal.de/20170825/court-rules-that-crunching-another-mans-nuts-at-work-is-sexual-assault Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:52:14 +0200 court-rules-that-crunching-another-mans-nuts-at-work-is-sexual-assault The trial of three men accused of assaulting a young family member more than 100 times started in Bochum on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170609/three-men-on-trial-for-sexually-assaulting-six-year-old-135-times Fri, 09 Jun 2017 16:42:26 +0200 three-men-on-trial-for-sexually-assaulting-six-year-old-135-times A 32-year-old Iraqi refugee was found guilty on Tuesday of the rape of two Chinese students at a university in western Germany. The initial arrest fired off a national debate about sexual violence by asylum seekers. https://www.thelocal.de/20170516/man-jailed-for-11-years-for-rape-of-two-chinese-students Tue, 16 May 2017 18:38:04 +0200 man-jailed-for-11-years-for-rape-of-two-chinese-students Two young men have been charged for molesting teenage girls in a swimming pool in a small town in North Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170208/two-asylum-seekers-abuse-5-girls-in-swimming-pool Wed, 08 Feb 2017 10:38:22 +0100 two-asylum-seekers-abuse-5-girls-in-swimming-pool Police on Tuesday arrested a Syrian man on suspicion of belonging to terror group Isis, and of raping a woman as she attempted to flee an Isis-held area in Syria with her children, officials said. https://www.thelocal.de/20170207/germany-police-arrests-syrian-isis-suspect-accused-of-rape Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:38:09 +0100 germany-police-arrests-syrian-isis-suspect-accused-of-rape A 45-year-old woman was attacked and sexually assaulted while out running in Munich’s central park on Sunday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20161219/jogger-sexually-assaulted-in-munichs-english-garden Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:00:26 +0100 jogger-sexually-assaulted-in-munichs-english-garden A Moroccan man accused of raping a woman in a Hamburg club over the weekend was ordered to leave the country in April. But an administrative breakdown meant he stayed in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20161215/hamburg-rape-suspect-should-have-been-deported-in-summer Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:38:06 +0100 hamburg-rape-suspect-should-have-been-deported-in-summer It's been nearly a year since Cologne's now infamous New Year's Eve, when a wave of sexual assaults by immigrant men horrified Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20161215/year-after-cologne-sex-assaults-germany-frets-over-integration Thu, 15 Dec 2016 11:01:43 +0100 year-after-cologne-sex-assaults-germany-frets-over-integration City officials plan to have more than ten times the number of officers that they did last year on patrol for the upcoming New Year's Eve celebration, hoping to prevent the spate of crimes committed last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20161212/cologne-to-have-10-times-more-officers-for-new-years-eve-celebrations Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:12:45 +0100 cologne-to-have-10-times-more-officers-for-new-years-eve-celebrations Officials said on Tuesday that they had arrested a 31-year-old man living in a refugee home after two Chinese students reported being sexually assaulted in recent months near Bochum University. https://www.thelocal.de/20161206/suspect-arrested-over-sex-attacks-on-two-students-in-west-germany Tue, 06 Dec 2016 18:01:45 +0100 suspect-arrested-over-sex-attacks-on-two-students-in-west-germany German public broadcaster ARD came under fire on Tuesday, accused of having ignored a rape-murder case in which an Afghan refugee is the top suspect for fear of fueling anti-migrant sentiment. https://www.thelocal.de/20161206/public-broadcaster-refugee-rape-suspect Tue, 06 Dec 2016 16:15:15 +0100 public-broadcaster-refugee-rape-suspect Police arrested seven asylum seekers in raids on refugee shelters on Thursday on suspicion the men repeatedly raped an Iranian teenager and filmed the sexual assault. https://www.thelocal.de/20161104/police-arrest-7-accused-of-raping-teen Fri, 04 Nov 2016 10:26:54 +0100 police-arrest-7-accused-of-raping-teen