April, 2017
6-month-old NC girl in critical condition; parents charged with child abuse
April 11, 2017 · By WEB STAFF for myfox8.com
SHELBY, N.C. – The parents of a 6-month-old girl, who is in critical condition at Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, have been charged with child abuse, according to WSOC. Investigators said the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office was called March 24 to Carolinas Medical Center to investigate what doctors believed to be a case of child […]
Read More...PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES?
April 11, 2017 · By kodao.org
NOORDWIJK, The Netherlands—The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) announced today their agreement on an interim joint ceasefire. In a formal ceremony presided by the Royal Norwegian Government facilitator Elisabeth Slattum, the parties signed the document entitled Agreement on an Interim Joint Ceasefire they […]
Read More...Germany cracks down on foreign child marriages
April 11, 2017 · By Agence France-Presse for news.abs-cbn.com
BERLIN – Germany’s cabinet on Wednesday plans to agree a ban on child marriages after the recent mass refugee influx brought in many couples where one or both partners were aged under 18. The new law, set to receive parliamentary approval by July, is seen as a protective move especially for girls by annulling foreign […]
Read More...How Fake Documents Trap Children In The Web Of Human Trafficking
April 10, 2017 · By Thomson Reuters Foundation for everylifecounts.ndtv.com
Mumbai/Chennai: Corrupt doctors and village leaders are helping traffickers to obtain fake documents to pass child victims off as adults and evade justice for crimes affecting thousands of minors, a rights group said. More than 9,000 children were victims of trafficking in India in 2016, up 27 per cent on the previous year, according to […]
Read More...Police bust alleged child trafficking ring at San Gabriel motel; 3 girls rescued, 3 suspects jailed
April 10, 2017 · By Brian Day for www.pasadenastarnews.com
SAN GABRIEL >> A multi-agency task force checking up on felons who are on probation under the terms of AB 109 dismantled a child prostitution ring operating out of a San Gabriel motel on Thursday, officials said. Three girls between the ages of 14 and 17 were rescued and three suspects were jailed following the […]
Read More...11 men, 1 woman arrested amid human trafficking investigation in Rockford
April 10, 2017 · By Kristen Zambo for www.rrstar.com
ROCKFORD — Eleven men have been arrested for prostitution-related offenses after Rockford police began investigating reports of human trafficking. Investigators for the past several weeks received complaints about prostitution occurring in the area of Seventh Street and Broadway, as well as at several undisclosed hotels in Rockford, police said. Police and the Winnebago County State’s […]
Read More...INVESTIGATION ACCUSES 25 FRENCH BISHOPS OF HIDING ABUSE
April 10, 2017 · By Tom Heneghan for www.thetablet.co.uk
The French Bishops’ Conference spokesman has expressed his profound shame after a television documentary accused 25 bishops — five of them still in office — of shielding 32 priests guilty of sexual abuse from justice and moving them around France and other countries to keep their past out of the spotlight. Conference president Archbishop Georges […]
Read More...To kids, Duterte promises death for criminals
April 10, 2017 · By Pia Ranada for www.rappler.comu
‘Talagang pumapatay ako ng tao, ‘pag ginalaw ninyo ang mga anak namin,’ the President tells an audience of kids as young as 4 years old MANILA, Philippines – The presence of children as young as 4 years old did not stop President Rodrigo Duterte from issuing forceful threats of death to criminals and drug addicts. […]
Read More...Missouri attorney general acts to fight human trafficking
April 7, 2017 · By Katie Kull, Associated Press for www.news-leader.com
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced several measures on Monday that he says will help combat human trafficking in the state. Hawley’s initiatives include issuing new consumer protection rules, creating a new anti-trafficking unit under the attorney general’s office and establishing an anti-trafficking task force to combat commercial sex and forced […]
Read More...The Children are the First to Die
April 7, 2017 ·
The Children are the First to Die Father Shay Cullen 06 April 2017 The children of Khan Sheikhoun were the first to suffer as the suspected nerve gas sarin, a deadly, fast-killing agent, caused the children to suffocate their damaged lungs caused racking pain. As they tried to breath with damaged lungs, they started to […]
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