Topic: Child Murder
Indian girl dies after being set on fire during attempted rape
August 7, 2013 ·
Sydney Morning Herald. August 5, 2013 An 11-year-old girl who was set on fire during an attempted rape has died of her injuries in eastern India. The IANS news agency reports the girl was admitted to a government-run hospital in Kolkata with critical burns after the incident in Howrah district on Wednesday. The Times of […]
Read More...Slain 6-year-old girl found in plastic bag under suspect’s bed
April 26, 2013 ·
By Carla Gomez Inquirer Visayas 5:32 pm | Monday, March 25th, 2013 BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines—The body of a six-year-old believed to have been molested was found wrapped in plastic bag beneath the bed of her suspected killer in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday. The police identified the victim as Kim Marie Cañete, […]
Read More...Killing Fields Found in Davao, Children Shot
May 6, 2011 ·
Human rights workers recently went to Davao City, Southern Philippines to investigate what is believed to be a killing field where skeletal remains of victims of the shadowy Davao Death Squads are dumped. In their investigation, FIND’s (Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance) Search and Forensic Team, with investigators from the Commission on Human Rights, […]
Read More...Philippines: UN Group Should Highlight Killings of Children
September 14, 2009 · , Press Manila to Investigate and Prosecute ‘Death Squads’ Human Rights Watch,
New York) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child should press the Philippines government to take meaningful steps to investigate death squad killings and prosecute the perpetrators, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 15, 2009, the committee is reviewing the Philippines’ compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the […]
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