KYIV — An 18-year old Ukrainian girl died Thursday almost three weeks after suffering a gang rape attack by youths which has become one of the country's most notorious crimes of recent years.Oksana Makar was raped by three young men, strangled, burned alive and then left for dead in the attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv on March 10, prosecutors have said.The victim was found by a passer-by after she was dumped by her attackers, reportedly at a construction site. She was hospitalized with 55 per cent burns in a critical condition which forced the amputation of her feet, an >>>

KYIV: An 18-year old Ukrainian girl died today almost three weeks after suffering a gang rape attack by youths which has become one of the country’s most notorious crimes of recent years. Oksana Makar (pic) was raped by three young men, strangled, burned alive and then left for dead in the attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv on March 10, prosecutors have said. The victim was found by a passer-by after she was dumped by her attackers, reportedly at a construction site. She was hospitalised with 55% burns in a critical >>>

By Anna Khripunkova (AFP) – 12 hours ago  DONETSK, Ukraine — A Ukrainian teenage girl died Thursday three weeks after being set on fire in a gang rape attack by youths which shocked the nation and raised doubts about the competence of police.Oksana Makar, 18, was raped by three men in their early 20s, strangled with a cord, burned and left for dead in an attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, investigators have said.The victim was found by a passer-by after she was dumped by her attackers at an abandoned construction site. She was hospitalised in a critical condition with >>>

View Point: When bazookas beat bombs: Topless to stop abuse While surfing the Internet recently, I came across titillating images of several nubile, long-legged and bare-breasted beauties. Had I — like Arifinto, the former PKS (Prosperous Justice Party) legislator who got caught watching pornography on his tablet computer at the House — “accidentally” opened a porn file? Nope! It was a news report containing images of four activists from FEMEN, a Ukrainian feminist organization, who on March 8, International Women’s Day, staged their trademark bare-breast protests against >>>

Oksana Makar Mykolayiv,Uraine. The consciousness of a nation is put on trial as politicians, womens groups and locals ponder the savagery of one crime that casts reticence that women at the end of the day are still perceived as nothing more than sexual objects to be brutally disposed of without fear of repercussion. Lying from her hospital bed after being at death’s door, it is a testament to the spirit of the human condition that a 18 year old Ukrainian Oksana Makar has vowed that she will ultimately live through the tragedy that has beset her. This is as she looks on forlorn >>>

Topless protesters recently rallied in front of the General Prosecutors Office of Ukraine in the capital city of Kyiv chanting “Death to the Sadists!” and “Execute the bastards!” reported ABC News. The women’s rights group Femen, who stages topless protests against prostitution and sex trafficking, organized the demonstration in response to the handling of a case involving the rape of 18 year old Oksana Makra. Makra was discovered the day after she was gang-raped by three men, choked until she passed out, wrapped in a sheet, lit on fire and >>>

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A young woman who was allegedly gang-raped, strangled, set on fire and left for dead in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv seems to be improving. But Ukrainian women’s rights group Femen says their protests will not stop until her attackers are brought to justice, ABC News reports. A police officer detains topless activists from the group Femen during their protest action in support of Oksana Makar. (Efrem Lukatsky - AP) “Death for sadists!” chanted members of Femen, a group known for its topless demonstrations, in front of the general prosecutors office in >>>

Washington, March 19 (ANI): A group young women bared their breasts in the front of the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine in the capital, Kyiv, this week in protest against the handling of the case of a young woman who was raped, dumped in a ditch and set on fire. They were also carrying signs saying "Death to Rapists" and "The Country Wants Vengeance." The demonstration in support of Oksana Makar, whose case has horrified Ukraine, is just the latest for the topless activists from the women's group Femen, which protests against prostitution, sex trafficking and violence against >>>

Investigation may have found 12-time serial rapist (NEWSER) - When cops arrested Aaron Thomas and charged him with being the infamous East Coast Rapist, the 39-year-old unemployed truck driver apparently had one question: "What took you so long to get me?" A prosecutor says Thomas has admitted his “involvement in numerous, alleged rapes,” while in custody. He was in court today in Connecticut, reports the New Haven Register , where he faced charges in the rapes of two trick-or-treating teenagers in Virginia, a Connecticut woman assaulted in front of >>>