March, 2017
FOR THE KIND ATTENTION OF HRH PRINCESS BAJRAKITYIABHA UN GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ON THE RULE OF LAW FOR SE ASIA
March 13, 2017 ·
FOR THE KIND ATTENTION OF HRH PRINCESS BAJRAKITIYABHA UN GOODWILL AMBASSADOR ON THE RULE OF LAW FOR S.E. ASIA Grannie Kenny Preda Board Ireland Yesterday, March 8th was International Womens Day. A day when all women supposedly celebrated their inner femininity. Not true for the majority of women here in Ireland and worldwide. Until all […]
Read More...No Charges in Sexual Abuse Case Involving French Peacekeepers
March 10, 2017 · By BENOÎT MORENNE for www.nytimes.com
PARIS — A panel of French judges has decided not to bring charges against soldiers accused of having sexually abused children while on a peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, officials said on Friday. Soldiers were sent to the country, a former French colony, in 2013 to help quell a sectarian conflict there, but […]
Read More...The Resilience of Abused Children and Women
March 10, 2017 ·
The Resilience of Abused Children and Women Fr. Shay Cullen 8 March 2017 Women are the greatest survivors, the most resilient and the most abused. Much of it starts in childhood and they carry it all their lives. Angel is a 13-year old girl, still very much a child, needing attention, care, protection therapy, […]
Read More...The Situation of Women in the World
March 9, 2017 ·
Highlights from the UN Report The Beijing Platform, a world conference on Women’s rights had the following goal. “Seeks to promote and protect the full enjoyment of all human rights and the fundamental freedoms of all women throughout their life cycle.” Beijing Declaration Since then there have been some progress but it is still a […]
Read More...Singapore anger at ‘too lenient’ child sex sentence
March 9, 2017 · By Asia for www.bbc.com
There is public anger in Singapore over what is seen as a too lenient sentence for a US child sex offender. US Mixed Martial Arts instructor Joshua Robinson, 39, was jailed for four years last week for having sex with two teenage girls and filming the acts. Officers also seized thousands of illegal pornographic films […]
Read More...Prolific paedophile Mark Frost admits to abuse in UK and Asia
March 9, 2017 · By UK for www.bbc.com
A prolific paedophile faces years in jail after admitting to 45 sex offences against children in the UK and abroad. Retired English teacher Mark Frost, 70, admitted abusing nine children in Thailand between 2009 and 2012. He pleaded guilty to 23 charges at the Old Bailey after admitting 22 charges last year. Six of the […]
Read More...Child abuse on rise, DSWD report shows
March 9, 2017 · By DJ Yap for newsinfo.inquirer.net
As many as 2,147 cases of child abuse were reported to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the first quarter of this year, more than one–fourth of which was of a sexual nature. The figure was nearly half of the total 4,374 child abuse cases reported in the entire year of 2015, […]
Read More...Australian Catholic Church has abused thousands of children, inquiry finds
March 8, 2017 · By Rachel Roberts for www.independent.co.uk
‘We hang our heads in shame’ says Francis Sullivan, head of the Catholic Church’s Truth, Justice and Healing Council The Australian Catholic Church was accused of giving “God a bad name” as it emerged that seven per cent of its priests had been accused of abuse between 1950 and 2010, but few cases were ever […]
Read More...Woman mistaken for convicted human trafficker freed by Cebu court
March 7, 2017 · By Ador Vincent S. Mayol for newsinfo.inquirer.net
CEBU CITY — A Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge has ordered the release of a female detainee who was arrested by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) after she was mistaken for a convicted human trafficker. In his order on Wednesday, Judge Jose Andal of RTC Branch 24 noted […]
Read More...UK Border Force ‘failing to identify thousands of modern slavery victims’
March 6, 2017 · By Alan Travis for www.theguardian.com
Report by two official watchdogs finds ‘significant failings’ at agency responsible for targeting traffickers and identifying victims The UK Border Force is “missing thousands of victims of modern slavery at our borders” and identified and convicted only one trafficker last year, according to a damning inquiry report by two official watchdogs. The “significant failings” by […]
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