November, 2017
Ratko Mladic: Who is the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ and what has the former Serb general been charged with?
November 27, 2017 · By Samuel Osborne for www.independent.co.uk
UN tribunal says 74-year-old ‘significantly contributed’ to genocide in Srebrenica and ‘personally directed’ bombardment of Sarajevo Two decades ago, Ratko Mladic was seen as the brash general leading nationalist Bosnian Serbs towards a seemingly sweeping victory in Bosnia’s war. Now, he was reduced to an ailing old man trying in vain to delay a United […]
Read More...Duterte to bring police back to drug war
November 27, 2017 · By Pia Ranada for www.rappler.com
President Rodrigo Duterte says the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency may not be able to implement the drug war on its own NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday, November 22, that he has no choice but to bring back the Philippine National Police (PNP) to his drug war. Speaking to soldiers of […]
Read More...YouTube child abuse reporting system ‘flawed’
November 24, 2017 · By Elizabeth Cassin, Anisa Subedar and Mike Wendling for www.bbc.com
Part of YouTube’s system for reporting sexualised comments left on children’s videos has not been functioning correctly for more than a year, say volunteer moderators. They say there could be up to 100,000 predatory accounts leaving indecent comments on videos. A BBC Trending investigation has discovered a flaw in a tool that enables the public […]
Read More...Las Vegas couple arrested in California in child abuse case
November 24, 2017 · By Blake Apgar Las Vegas Review-Journal for www.reviewjournal.com
A couple wanted by Las Vegas police for child abuse was arrested by federal law enforcement officers near San Diego on Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested Mallory Purnell, 23, and Brandon Kellermeier, 29, after they were stopped for vehicle inspection, the agency said in a statement. The officers ran the couple’s fingerprints […]
Read More...Rugby league legend Graeme Langlands faces child sexual abuse charges
November 24, 2017 · By www.abc.net.au
Rugby league “immortal” Graeme Langlands has been charged with child sexual abuse offences. Police have charged the 76-year-old with six counts of indecent dealings with a girl under 16. Police prosecutors allege the offences took place on the Gold Coast in the 1980s. Langlands was charged on November 3 and was not present when the […]
Read More...Human Traffickers Supply Children to the Sex Business
November 24, 2017 ·
Human Traffickers Supply Children to the Sex Business Fr.Shay Cullen 22 November 2017 The greatest pain for families is when the parents fight, argue, create a violent home, scold and beat the children and then separate. It has happened thousands of times and that is just what happened to mother and father of 12-year old […]
Read More...Ratko Mladić convicted of war crimes and genocide at UN tribunal
November 23, 2017 · By Owen Bowcott and Julian Borgerfor www.theguardian.com
Former Bosnian Serb army commander sentenced to life imprisonment more than 20 years after Srebrenica massacre The former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, nicknamed the ‘butcher of Bosnia’, has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. More than 20 years after the Srebrenica massacre, Mladic was […]
Read More...Alleged rape of teenage girl results in charges for 24-year-old man
November 23, 2017 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for www.dailytelegraph.com.au
A man will face court today after a girl was allegedly raped in Bankstown earlier this year. The 24-year-old man has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl known to him. Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Child Abuse Squad commenced an investigation following reports the girl had been […]
Read More...Rawang childcare centre caretakers arrested over suspected child abuse
November 23, 2017 · By FAISAL ASYRAF for www.nst.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Two caretakers of a childcare centre in Rawang have been arrested over the alleged abuse of a 12-year-old boy. The case came to light when the boy’s cousin, 21, lodged a police report on the matter on Tuesday. According to her report, the boy was allegedly chained up and punched on the mouth […]
Read More...Man indicted on numerous charges following Albion child abuse case: Report
November 23, 2017 · By www.syracuse.com
ALBION, N.Y. — A man at the center of what Oswego County deputies have described as one of the county’s worst-ever child abuse cases has been formally indicted on a slew of charges, according to Oswego County News Now. Shawn Whaley, 24, initially faced a single assault charge for his alleged role in what deputies […]
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