Tag: exams

08 JUL

Grueling diets, 12-hour training days, and monthly exams: Here’s what it takes to be a pop star in China

China’s latest pop band is called “Rocket Girls,” and is made up of 11 young females chosen from a reality TV contest. The path to stardom in the country is not easy, and requires months of intense training and dieting. Take a look at what it takes to be a star in China. China’s latest […]

24 SEP

Tunisia bans ‘inhuman’ anal exams of ‘suspected’ homosexuals

Published time: 24 Sep, 2017 09:30 Tunisia will finally ban forced anal examinations of men the authorities suspect of being homosexuals, the country’s minister for human rights said. Homosexuality is illegal in the North African state, carrying a prison sentence of up to three years. Now, the practice of forcing men to undergo an anal […]

03 AUG

Nebraska Patrol accused of forcing female candidates to undergo vaginal exams

Female recruits for the Nebraska State Patrol were forced to undergo exams that were “medically unnecessary and sexually invasive” before being hired, according to a lawsuit filed by one trooper. State Trooper Brienne Splittgerber, 37, filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Nebraska State Patrol, the state of Nebraska, two former patrol heads and various […]