Investigations underway on reports of mishandling of sexual assault complaints in Alaska Guard
The Anchorage Daily News reports: Two investigations are underway of the Alaska National Guard over reports that sexual assault complaints...
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[AUDIO] Despite increased reporting of sexual assaults, DoD still struggles to tackle issue
Protect Our Defenders Board of Directors Member Paula Coughlin is interviewed by Federal News Radio: Twenty-three years ago, Paula Coughlin,...
Lawmaker Moves To Remove Military Sex Assault Claims From Chain Of Command
CBS Los Angeles reports: State lawmakers Monday voted to approve legislation aimed at curbing a sharp rise in the number...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Pentagon Report on Sexual Harassment in the Military
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2013
Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT ***
PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO PENTAGON REPORT...
Pentagon punished nearly 500 for sexual harassment
The Associated Press reports: The U.S. military says it fired or disciplined nearly 500 workers for sexual harassment in a...
Pentagon’s pathetic victory lap: Why its supposed military rape “solution” is just spin
Salon reports: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel recently grabbed the kind of massive media attention normally reserved for celebrity scandals....
Gillibrand Calls on Obama to Back Military Sexual-Assault Bill
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she will keep pressuring President Barack Obama to support her proposal...
Kirsten Gillibrand Wants Meeting With Obama To Revive Military Sexual Assault Bill
The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who spearheaded a ferocious, ultimately unsuccessful public fight to revamp how sexual...
San Antonio Express-News wins national reporting award for ‘Twice Betrayed’ series
A big congratulations to the San Antonio Express-News: The San Antonio Express-News won the American Bar Association’s 2014 Silver Gavel...
House of Cards Boss Beau Willimon Answers Vulture Readers’ Questions
Vulture interviews House of Cards creator Beau Willimon who discusses his inspiration behind the series’ military sexual assault storyline: We...
Female veterans, service members not seeking needed services
The Bangor Daily News reports: Maine — If you’ve served in the military, that makes you a veteran, right? Right,...
Stop tolerating rape
An op-ed from the Baltimore Sun: At every Washington Capitals home game, hockey fans at the Verizon Center — including...
Blog Post: Elected Leaders Stand With Victims, Progress Made Towards Fundamental Reform
Last week, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted to adopt three military sexual assault reform provisions proposed by Protect...
[VIDEO] Paula Coughlin on Al Jazeera America
Watch Paula Coughlin on Al Jazeera America here.
Bill pushes military on sexual assault prosecution
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: California appears poised to pass first-in-the-nation legislation that would require the National Guard to turn...
STATEMENT: House Armed Services Committee Almost Passes Amendment to Remove Prosecution of Sexual Assaults from Chain of Command, Adopts Additional Provisions Proposed by Protect Our Defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, Brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ALMOST PASSES AMENDMENT...
[VIDEO] Local veteran speaks out about military sexual assault
KAIT-TV reports: Sexual assaults in the U.S. military are up by 50 percent from the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year,...
‘Clear threat’: Reports of military sexual assault leap 50 percent
The Deseret News reports: The report was released on the heels of a Pentagon campaign to get victims to come...
House Panel Backs Pentagon On Military Sexual Assault Cases
The Associated Press reports: The Pentagon posted a narrow win Wednesday as a House panel endorsed leaving the authority to...
Blog Post: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Reporter Annys Shin’s Portrayal of Alleged Sex Offenders
The Naval Academy Case was “heartbreaking,” “devastat[ing],” “the toughest six months of my life.” Reading these words, one would think...