Immigration

Germany 'grossly' failing female refugees on sexual violence: report

A investigation by news service Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) carried out in Berlin’s refugee camps has found that women in the camps face "grossly inadequate protection from sexual and gender-based violence."

rape

Woman accused of false rape allegation at Cologne NYE

One of the women who claimed to have been raped on New Year's Eve in Cologne was not telling the truth, media reports suggest.

Crime

Sexual assaults reported at Berlin street festival

Two women were sexually assaulted and mugged by a group of around ten men during Berlin's Carnival of Cultures, an annual street parade celebrating the diversity of the German capital.

sexual

Court jails 'peeping Tom' dentist

A German court on Friday jailed a dentist for two years and four months for secretly filming his female staff while they were changing clothes.