Posts in Statement/Response
RainLily responds to the passage of Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Bill

RainLily responds to the passage of mandatory reporting of child abuse legislation and hopes that professionals in various sectors will, while complying with the Ordinance, recognise that reporting cases is merely one of the post-incident measures and not the primary or sole task in protecting children and adolescents. At the same time, they should focus carefully and without making assumptions on the true needs of the victim-survivors, avoiding the notion that reporting is the only means of protecting the victim-survivors' best interests.

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ACSVAW Statement on the Passage of Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2021 in LegCo

The Legislative Council has passed the Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2021 on 30 September 2021. The amendment will patch a loophole that was prompted by the Court of Final Appeal’s 2019 ruling on the offence of ‘Access to computer with criminal or dishonest intent’ should not be applied to suspects using their own computer, and further criminalise a range of Image-Based Sexual Violence (IBSV) behaviours that involve non-consensual taking, sharing, and threatening to share intimate images.

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Joint Statement: Urgent Prevention and Support Measures for Domestic and Sexual Violence amid COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect Hong Kong and social distancing measures remain in place to limit its spread, Harmony House, RainLily and The Women's Foundation have urged the Government to urgently implement prevention and support measures to support domestic and sexual violence victims during this challenging period.

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Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's Response on the Law Reform Commission's release of Review of Substantive Sexual Offences

The Association welcomes the Law Reform Commission’s release of Review of Substantive Sexual Offences report this morning (5th December 2019). The report has offered final recommendations following years of consultation conducted by the Review of Sexual Offences Sub-committee. The Association expects these recommendations to be implemented shortly.

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Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's Statement on Police Action to Publicly Discredit Victim of Rape

The Association is shocked and deeply concerned by the recent release of information by the police about an ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of a young woman in Tsuen Wan police station. The release of the information about the investigation by police, including comment on the evidence, was clearly intended to publicly discredit the victim and her allegations. This is unprecedented and deplorable.

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Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's Statement on the recent accusations against police's use of sexual violence

The Association has issued a statement regarding a public accusation made by a female university student on the police’s use of sexual violence against her and other arrested individuals, and the police’s later social media response stating that they did not receive any related complaints and calling on victims to ‘provide concrete evidence’.

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Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women's statement on the police's use of sexual violence in arrest of protester

The Association has been made aware of a police arrest incident that involved sexual violence at the early morning on 5th August at the peripheral of Tin Shui Wai police station. Upon the arrest, the protester’s outer and inner garments was forcefully removed, the protester was then carried into the police station in a way that her private parts were exposed to the press and the public for an extended period of time. The Association considers the arrest was made with excessive force that resulted in damaging the dignity of the protestor, depriving her right to bodily autonomy, and is an act of sexual violence. We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the threat and use of sexual violence in any situation.

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