November, 2017
PHL gov’t paying ‘keyboard army’ P500 a day to ‘amplify’ public support for drug war —watchdog
November 22, 2017 ·
A US-based human rights watchdog has claimed that the Philippine government has been employing what it called a “keyboard army” that is specifically paid to make it appear the Duterte administration’s controversial and deadly war on drugs has been gaining widespread public support. A study of internet freedom in 65 countries by human rights group […]
Read More...Mom charged with child abuse after children test positive for methamphetamine
November 22, 2017 · By Las Cruces Sun-News for www.lcsun-news.com
LAS CRUCES – A 27-year-old woman was arrested after police discovered her two children – an 8-year-old and a 2-year-old – tested positive for methamphetamine, according to Las Cruces police. Marissa Gomez, who has addresses in Las Cruces and Silver City, is charged with two counts of child abuse. Both charges are third-degree felony counts. […]
Read More...Delaware day care owner charged with child abuse
November 22, 2017 · By Associated Press for wjla.com
MIDDLETOWN, Del. (AP) — Police say the owner of a Delaware in-home day care has been arrested and charged with abusing children. New Castle County Police say they were “made aware” Sunday of allegations of abuse at the Primary Colors Family Daycare in Middletown and began investigating early Monday. Police say video surveillance had been […]
Read More...Dutch abbot pays tribute to Irish missionary’s battle against child abuse
November 22, 2017 · By Sarah Mac Donald for www.catholicireland.net
A prominent Benedictine abbot in the Netherlands has paid tribute to Irish missionary Fr Shay Cullen for committing his life “to the liberation, the protection and promotion of children’s rights in the Philippines”. In his Laudatio for the Columban missionary on the occasion of the awarding of the Martin Buber Humanitarian Award for the PREDA […]
Read More...Queensland magistrate jailed for child abuse
November 21, 2017 ·
Queensland magistrate William John Randall lived a double life for years, passing daily judgment on others for criminal behaviour while systematically sexually abusing a young boy. The boy was just five when the abuse started in 1990 at Randall’s home at Wynnum, on Brisbane’s bayside. It continued for almost 12 years, and the victim was […]
Read More...Cop faces raps for hitting Pasay boy with ‘tabo’
November 21, 2017 · By Philippine Daily Inquirer for newsinfo.inquirer.net
A member of the Southern Police District (SPD) is facing a complaint for child abuse after allegedly hitting a boy with a dipper (tabo) and choking him in a Pasay City alley on Wednesday. The family of the 12-year-old boy filed a complaint in the city prosecutor’s office on Thursday against PO3 Ferdinand Dotor of […]
Read More...Texas gunman: a militant atheist who beat wife and child
November 21, 2017 · By Agence France-Presse for newsinfo.inquirer.net
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States — The former Air Force airman who shot dead 26 people in a Texas church had been jailed by the military for beating his wife and child, and had ranted against God and the church on his social media pages. Devin Patrick Kelley, a white 26-year-old who was dressed head-to-toe in […]
Read More...Laudatio Fr. Shay Cullen SSC
November 20, 2017 ·
INTRODUCTION ; This speech was given by Fr. Adrian Lenglet OSB, abbot of the abbey Saint Benedictusberg, Vaals (NL) on the occasion of the awarding of the Martin Buber Plaque humanitarian award to Father Shay Cullen of the Preda Foundation.It was awarded for the work defending and protecting children from abusers.on 17 November 2017 in […]
Read More...US Troops Taught For Years Child Sex Abuse Is ‘Culturally Accepted’ In Afghanistan
November 20, 2017 · By dailycaller.com
U.S. troops deploying to Afghanistan were taught for years that child sex abuse is a “culturally accepted practice” in the country, and were provided no guidance that it constituted a violation of the law and human rights until late 2015. A new Pentagon inspector general report reveals that although troops weren’t explicitly discouraged from reporting […]
Read More...Duterte, Trump agree ‘dignity of human life essential’
November 20, 2017 · By Natashya Gutierrez for www.rappler.com
The joint statement, which refers to adherence to human rights, contradicts Philippine Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s claim that human rights was not discussed at the bilateral meeting MANILA, Philippines – After their first bilateral meeting, the United States and the Philippines – in a show of unity – released a joint statement that included a […]
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