January, 2016
President Obama Announces Ban On Solitary Confinement For Juveniles
January 31, 2016 · By Mike Newman for nanonews.org
President Obama on Monday morning published an op-ed in the Washington Post about solitary confinement of juveniles. On Monday President Obama announced that federal prisons would no longer use solitary confinement for juveniles or for inmates serving time for low-level infractions. Last summer, I directed Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and the Justice Department to […]
Read More...Eight-year-old child held in police cell overnight, new figures reveal
January 30, 2016 · By Alexandra Sims for www.independent.co.uk
An eight-year-old was among tens of thousands of children held overnight in police cells last year, new figures have revealed. 22,795 under-18-year-old were held in police cells in 2014-2015, including one child who was held for 15 days, according to data obtained by the BBC through a Freedom of Information request. Gloucestershire Police revealed they […]
Read More...Farmers start life as owners of land.
January 29, 2016 ·
It was a new day for farmers in an estate in Quezon province who had long been struggling to own the land they were tilling. For the first time in their lives, farmers in the controversial Hacienda Matias in Quezon were able to keep the income from their harvests. Maribel Luzara, head of Kilusang […]
Read More...The Road to Justice and Equality
January 29, 2016 ·
The Road to Justice and Equality Father Shay Cullen SSC 29 January 2016 Last week Archbishop Cardinal Tagle raised eyebrows in Cebu during the International Eucharistic Congress when he spoke directly about the greed and corruption of Philippine politicians who are so much a part of the throwaway society of greed, corruption, materialism and waste. […]
Read More...Killer stepfather of schoolboy Daniel Pelka found dead in prison
January 29, 2016 · By Helen Pidd North of England editor for www.theguardian.com
Mariusz Krezolek’s death comes six months after four-year-old’s mother killed herself in jail cell The killer stepfather of schoolboy Daniel Pelka has been found dead in prison six months after his partner and Daniel’s mother, Magdelena Luczak, killed herself in her jail cell. Mariusz Krezolek, who was being held at Full Sutton prison in east […]
Read More...Papal envoy calls for ‘third world war’ on poverty
January 29, 2016 · By Joe Torres, Cebu City, Philippines for www.ucanews.com
Global hunger is genocide, Cardinal Bo tells eucharistic congress in the Philippines Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Pope Francis’ personal representative to the International Eucharistic Congress in the Philippines, has called on Christians to commit to justice and to devote time to help the poor. “[The] Eucharist calls for a third world war,” the […]
Read More...UN: Lack of accountability drives sex abuse in CAR
January 29, 2016 · By HUMANITARIAN CRISES for www.aljazeera.com
UN human rights chief says culture of impunity allows sex abuse to continue as six shocking allegations come to light. The lack of accountability and corrective action by member states on United Nations troops who commit sexual violence in conflict zones has created a culture of impunity, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has […]
Read More...Former garbage picker challenges eucharistic congress to help poor
January 29, 2016 · By Simone Orendain Catholic News Service for www.catholicnews.com
CEBU, Philippines (CNS) — Maria Georgia “Maggie” Cogtas of Cebu told of a childhood without playing, only tough work as a garbage picker at dumpsites, construction sites and on the streets. Cogtas, 21, also told more than 12,000 people at the 51st International Eucharistic Congress about the massive celebration two weeks ago commemorating the child […]
Read More...Philippines abuse: Paedophile Trevor Monk jailed.
January 28, 2016 ·
A paedophile who filmed himself abusing young girls in the Philippines has been jailed for 19-and-a-half years. Trevor Monk, 47, of south-east London, also paid nearly £15,000 to watch child sex abuse in Manila on his webcam. Police found more than 80,000 images and 1,750 indecent videos of children in a raid on his home […]
Read More...The world of Nigeria’s sex-trafficking ‘Air Lords’
January 27, 2016 · By Magazine for www.bbc.com
Last year, the BBC’s Sam Piranty was given access by the Catalan police, Mossos D’Esquadra, to an investigation into a Nigerian sex-trafficking gang. He spoke to traffickers and women rescued from sexual slavery before filming an early morning raid in November, which led to 23 arrests. He also discovered that the gang is now using […]
Read More...
