January, 2016
The Indian girls who survived being raped
January 27, 2016 · By India for www.bbc.com
Photographer Smita Sharma has been chronicling the lives of rape victims in India for years. Helped by local health workers and non-governmental organisations, Ms Sharma has travelled the length and breadth of the country to meet survivors of rape and record their stories. The subjects of the photographs, many of them children, have not been […]
Read More...Paedophile killer Sarah Sands’ sentence extended
January 27, 2016 · By London for www.bbc.com
A woman who stabbed a paedophile to death in east London has had her three-and-a-half-year jail sentence more than doubled. Sarah Sands, 32, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Michael Pleasted, 77, after learning he had been charged with sexually assaulting young boys. He was stabbed eight times and bled to death, the trial […]
Read More...PREDA FREEDOM SONG GETS RAVE REVIEWS AND MEDIA COVERAGE.
January 22, 2016 ·
PREDA FREEDOM SONG GETS RAVE REVIEWS AND MEDIA COVERAGE. Preda News form Preda- Ireland . Excellent news- Róisín’s song just keeps on getting more publicity. American based MRCTV media posted her song last night and has received 69k views on their Facebook page in 23hours. They have a following of 2.7 million. That comes […]
Read More...Pope Francis: a not-so-clear, but very present danger
January 22, 2016 · By ncronline.org
Those who carry out vicious acts of terror in the name of the so-called Islamic State (which, despite its twisted claims, has nothing to do with God or religion) have become a major threat to our world. Every terrorist attack they, and those whom they inspire, inflict on unsuspecting citizens serves to further disrupt our […]
Read More...Sylvia, an Abused Child Rescued and Healed
January 21, 2016 ·
Sylvia, an Abused Child Rescued and Healed Fr. Shay Cullen. 21 January 2016 The fear of punishment and dire threats from the live-in partner of her mother kept 13-year old Sylvia from opening her mouth and telling that she was being repeatedly sexually abused. After four months of repeated heinous acts, she could not take […]
Read More...DoD: Training, Awareness Critical in Human Trafficking Fight
January 20, 2016 · By www.sistersagainsttrafficking.org
WASHINGTON, January 15, 2016 — The signs of human trafficking could be all around Defense Department personnel: A subcontractor withholds passports and delays payment to its employees, or a company forces potential workers to pay a large fee to obtain a contract job on a DoD installation. January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention […]
Read More...231 German boys choir members abused, three times the diocese’s reported number
January 18, 2016 · By Christa Pongratz-Lippitt for ncronline.org
Two hundred and thirty-one young members of the famous German “Regensburger Domspatzen” boys choir were abused between 1953 and 1992, three times the official number published in the diocesan report of February 2015, according to an independent lawyer. At a press conference in Regensburg on Jan. 8, Ulrich Weber, an independent lawyer called in by […]
Read More...What Philippine Officials Found in Child Detention Centers
January 15, 2016 ·
What Philippine Officials Found in Child Detention Centers Fr. Shay Cullen 15 January 2016 “Houses of Horror” is how one visitor described the centers where children are held illegally behind bars or in cages. Senior Philippine officials responsible for the protection of Filipino children at risk made spot inspections of four child detention centers around […]
Read More...Prostitution gang’s victim was beaten, sold, raped and made sleep with 10 men a day
January 14, 2016 · By The Journal for www.thejournal.ie
A HUNGARIAN GANG of seven men and four women has been jailed in London for sexually exploiting hundreds of women. Their convictions come after one of their victims escaped from a brothel in the city and told police about her ordeal. She detailed how she was sold, sexually exploited and raped for six years. Now […]
Read More...Rape and sexual torture and extensive burning of Tamils.
January 11, 2016 · By THE CITIZEN BUREAU for www.thecitizen.in
NEW DELHI: Two rights groups have alleged that Tamils, an ethnic minority in Sri Lanka who had waged a civil war in the country, continue to face torture. The allegations have come a year after President Maithripala Sirisena came to power promising reform. The two groups are the South Africa based group The International Truth […]
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