June, 2015
Judge says ‘cultural context’ should be considered when investigating allegations of parental child abuse
June 11, 2015 · By EMILY DUGAN for www.independent.co.uk
A High Court judge has enraged child protection experts after saying that “cultural context” should be taken into account when investigating allegations of parental child abuse. Mrs Justice Pauffley said that within “many communities newly arrived” in Britain, children were “slapped and hit” for misbehaviour in a way which “at first excites the interest of […]
Read More...THE INJUSTICE OF IT ALL
June 10, 2015 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
THE INJUSTICE OF IT ALL 5 June 2015 What is the state of justice in the Philippines? Has corruption eroded the once noble profession, is justice really for sale. There are just and honest judges, lawyers and prosecutors but many more are corrupt bribe takers. A Judge in Olongapo City was suspended recently for allegedly […]
Read More...Political pedophile to be investigated in UK.
June 10, 2015 · By CHRIS GREENWOOD, CRIME CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL for www.dailymail.co.uk
New Zealand High Court judge Justice Lowell Goddard arrives at Portcullis House in central London on February 11, 2015. Justice Lowell Goddard is to lead a troubled inquiry into historic child sex abuse allegations, she has been picked from 150 candidates to chair the mammoth probe, which includes investigating an alleged political paedophile ring. DOCUMENTS […]
Read More...Ops to exhume remains of human trafficking ends today
June 10, 2015 · By www.themalaymailonline.com
WANG KELIAN, June 9 — Operations to exhume and remove the skeletal remains of victims of human trafficking that began on May 25 came to an end today. Malaysian police said seven more shrouded bodies were found in seven graves at Bukit Genting Perah around 2.10pm and were brought down at 5.55pm today via Felcra […]
Read More...Philippines police to mount strong case against accused Australian paedophile
June 9, 2015 · By Melissa Davey for www.theguardian.com
Melbourne man alleged to have operated a global paedophile ring faces court on charges of child sex abuse, human trafficking and murder Philippine police say they will be seeking the maximum penalty of life in prison for Melbourne man Peter Scully who is alleged to have sexually abused at least eight girls over a three-year […]
Read More...CBCP chief: End political dynasties, reject corrupt
June 9, 2015 · By Tina G. Santos for newsinfo.inquirer.net
Archbishop Socrates Villegas,head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Friday urged Filipinos to use their votes to “end political dynasties” and reject “the notoriously corrupt” in next year’s national election. In a statement marking the early start of the Church’s voters education campaign, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the […]
Read More...Asia’s horrific human trafficking network is going out of business
June 8, 2015 · By AUBREY BELFORD for www.businessinsider.com.au
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – The rickety internet huts have fallen silent in the crowded camps of displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, no one comes anymore to bargain for the release of loved ones being held for ransom in Thailand and Malaysia. “Before, every day at least 10 to 15 people would come here to […]
Read More...Name of Scotch College teacher accused of child molestation used to support youth education
June 8, 2015 · By Steve Lillebuen for www.theage.com.au
Disadvantaged youth and children’s charities have benefited from a trust fund named after an alleged child molester at one of Australia’s top secondary schools. Michael Achurch was a respected and popular geography teacher at Melbourne’s Scotch College in the 1960s and 1970s, but he drove his car into a pole, killing himself, on the day […]
Read More...UN chief orders review of handling of claims of child abuse by French soldiers.
June 6, 2015 · By Credit to( Theguardian.com )
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has made a dramatic intervention in the scandal of French peacekeepers allegedly abusing children in Africa by announcing an independent external review of how his organisation handled the affair. The move is the first public intervention by the secretary general into what has become a growing controversy for […]
Read More...Connecticut National Guardsman Charged With Producing Child Pornography.
June 6, 2015 ·
A member of the U.S. National Guard based in Connecticut was arrested Tuesday on federal charges accusing him of possessing, distributing and producing child pornography. The Federal Bureau of Investigation received information in January that Keith Haessly, 45, of East Hampton, was sharing child pornography images online and had participated in sexually explicit chats about […]
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