Afghanistan’s top female official launched a sustained verbal assault on women’s shelters on Tuesday.

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Afghan Official Says Women’s Shelters Are Corrupt

Pittsburgh has fired football coach Mike Haywood, a day after he was arrested on a domestic violence charge.

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Pittsburgh Coach Fired After Arrest

Victoria Law is a longtime prison activist and the author of the 2009 book, “Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women” (PM Press). read more

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Decriminalizing Self-Defense: Victoria Law on Resisting Gender Violence Outside of the Prison-Industrial Complex

An aide whose involvement in a domestic violence case led Gov. David. A. Paterson to abandon his campaign is terminated.

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City Room: Paterson Aide Is Fired

Mayor Adam T. Bradley was found guilty of assault and harassment in the domestic violence case.

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White Plains Mayor Is Convicted and Vows to Appeal

Police officers in Northern Ireland deal with one incident of domestic violence every 21 minutes according to a new report by Criminal Justice Inspection NI.

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CJI report into domestic violence

People suspected of domestic violence could be banned from their homes for up to four weeks under plans to be trialled in England.

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Violent partners to face home ban

Alesha Dixon tells a BBC Three documentary that her mum lied to her about being the victim of domestic violence when she was a child.

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Alesha Dixon on domestic violence

Many Afghan women set themselves on fire to escape lives of servitude and abuse.

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For Afghan Wives, a Desperate, Fiery Way Out

California police said they do not intend to charge former NFL linebacker Junior Seau for driving his car off a cliff, but Seau will still face a domestic violence charge.

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Police: No charges against Seau for driving car off cliff

40% of domestic violence victims are male but a new study suggests victims are often ignored by police and there are only a handful of refuge places for abused men across the UK. Ian McNicholl was abused by a partner and told his story to BBC Breakfast

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‘If I left her, I would be killed’

Prosecutors are considering whether to bring charges against Mel Gibson in connection with a domestic violence investigation, the Los Angeles district attorney’s spokeswoman said Wednesday.

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Charges against Gibson considered