November, 2017
Oxfam says it has sacked 22 staff in a year over sexual abuse allegations
November 8, 2017 · By Holly Watt for www.theguardian.com
Aid charity says it dealt with 87 claims of sexual exploitation and abuse involving its workers, 36% more than in previous year Oxfam has dismissed 22 members of staff over allegations of sexual abuse in the last year, according to figures released by the aid charity. Two staff members resigned before investigations were complete, with […]
Read More...Child sexual abuse victims to be granted compensation following criticism
November 6, 2017 · By Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent for www.theguardian.comu
Exclusive: no victim will be denied compensation on grounds of alleged consent after previous guidelines on grooming were heavily criticised Fresh guidelines have been issued to ensure that child victims of sexual abuse are not denied compensation on the mistaken grounds that they consented to a relationship. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA), which has […]
Read More...Undas 2017: Pray for the ‘living dead,’ bishop says
November 3, 2017 · By Paterno Esmaquel II for www.rappler.com
Bishop Pablo Virgilio David hits drug war killings as Filipinos remember the dead: ‘Dapat matigil na ang kahibangang ito!’ MANILA, Philippines – Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David criticized “the living dead” who either perpetrate or condone extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. David called for prayers for these people with “dead […]
Read More...Irish priest calls for anti-terror style travel ban on paedophiles and sex offenders
November 3, 2017 · By Ed Carty for www.independent.ie
A four-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee has called on developed countries to ban paedophiles and suspected sex offenders from foreign travel in the same way as suspected terrorists. Father Shay Cullen, an Irish missionary who has been rescuing street children in the Philippines since 1974, said hundreds of thousands of sex tourists travel to the […]
Read More...The True Confession
November 3, 2017 ·
The True Confession Fr. Shay Cullen 3 November 2017 Imagine Juan, a barangay official in the Philippines as he sat in the church alone. He was waiting for the priest and when Father Pepito came into the sanctuary, he noticed Juan looking distressed and he went to him and he asked in Tagalog, “Can I […]
Read More...North Wales Police investigate over 100 slavery cases
November 3, 2017 · By Wales for www.bbc.com
Modern slavery and human trafficking are “despicable crimes” and a police priority, according to one officer. North Wales Police recorded over 100 offences in 2015-16, the fifth highest compared with other police forces in Wales and England, a report has found. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary said forces were failing to recognise the scale of […]
Read More...China lawyer recounts torture under Xi’s ‘war on law’
November 2, 2017 · By www.bbc.com
For Xie Yanyi it was not the physical abuse that was the hardest to endure – although his list of the deliberate cruelties inflicted upon him is long. He was kept in a stress position, crouched on a low stool, from 06:00 in the morning until 22:00 at night. After 15 days like this, he […]
Read More...South Korea professor ‘mentally stressed’ comfort women
November 2, 2017 · By Asia for www.bbc.com
A South Korean court has found a university professor guilty of defamation for questioning accepted views on so-called comfort women. The term is a euphemism for women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels. Park Yu-ha, of Sejong University, suggested not all the women were coerced and some formed emotional bonds with […]
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