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Pitcairn Island

2004 Nov 8
 Pitcairn Island selected its 1st female mayor, Brenda Christian, to fill the post until a Dec 15 election. Former Mayor Steve Christian was among the 6 men convicted of 5 rape charges.
Links: Cook Islands, Rape, Pitcairn Island     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2006 Oct 30
 In London 6 men from remote Pitcairn Island lost their final appeal against their convictions for a string of sex attacks dating back 40 years.
Links: Britain, Sex, Pitcairn Island     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2013
 The Pitcairn Islands, home to 65 descendants of the Bounty mutineers, hoped to establish a marine protected area of some 830,000 square km in its exclusive economic zone.
Links: Pitcairn Island     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 
2015 Mar
 The British government set aside 834,000 square km (322,000 square miles) of ocean for the Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve, the largest single marine protected area anywhere.
Links: Britain, Pitcairn Island     Click to see the source(s) for this event 
 



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