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Former RTÉ producer Kieran Creavan admits sex assault and exploitation of children
May 17, 2021 · By BRION HOBAN for www.breakingnews.ie
Former RTÉ producer Kieran Creavan admits sex assault and exploitation of children Former RTÉ producer Kieran Creaven has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and sexually exploiting children. Creaven (58), of Adelaide Street, Dun Laoghaire, admitted to sexually exploiting three children at an address in Ireland. He also admitted to sexually assaulting two children and sexually […]
Read More...US environmental agency releases climate report delayed by Trump
May 17, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
US environmental agency releases climate report delayed by Trump The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new report on climate change that had been delayed by the Trump White House since 2017. The Climate Change Indicators report charts the extent to which glaciers are shrinking, sea levels are rising and flooding is increasing. […]
Read More...Carbon: How calls for climate justice are shaking the world
May 17, 2021 · By Helen Briggs for www.bbc.com
Carbon: How calls for climate justice are shaking the world Young activists are breathing new life into the long-running debate over climate justice – the framing of global warming as an ethical issue rather than a purely environmental one. When world leaders took to the (virtual) stage at President Biden’s climate summit, they were given […]
Read More...Italian judge killed by Mafia put on road to sainthood
May 12, 2021 · By REUTERS for www.rappler.com
Italian judge killed by Mafia put on road to sainthood VATICAN CITY A glass box containing his bloodstained shirt is put on display as a relic Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was killed by the Mafia in Sicily in 1990, was beatified on Sunday, May 9, the last stage before possible sainthood in the Roman […]
Read More...Child Marriage, Common In The Past, Persists Today
May 12, 2021 · By Andrea Dukakis for www.cpr.org
Child Marriage, Common In The Past, Persists Today Colorado historian Nicholas Syrett’s new book “American Child Bride” is filled with anecdotes about very young women–one as young as 9–marrying much older men. The book traces the evolution of child marriage from Colonial times to today and points to poor rural areas of the country, where the […]
Read More...Amid the ‘most difficult time,’ journalists call for solidarity
May 7, 2021 · By LOREBEN TUQUERO for www.rappler.com
Amid the ‘most difficult time,’ journalists call for solidarity MANILA, PHILIPPINES ‘It’s never been as tough to be a journalist, to carry out the mission of journalism, to hold power to account,’ says Maria Ressa During the World Press Freedom Day online protest action on Monday, May 3, held by the International Association of Women […]
Read More...Myanmar junta threatens to fire striking teachers
May 7, 2021 · By UCA News for www.ucanews.com
Myanmar junta threatens to fire striking teachers More than 300,000 education workers joined Myanmar’s civil disobedience movement after the military coup in February ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government. Now the junta is threatening to fire striking teachers unless they return for the start of the school year in June. Radio Free […]
Read More...Indonesian journalists urge changes to cyber law
May 7, 2021 · By Konradus Epa, Jakarta for www.ucanews.com
Broad definitions as to what constitutes hate speech and defamation ‘are being used to gag press’ Indonesian journalists urge changes to cyber law Indonesian journalists marked World Press Freedom Day on May 3 by calling on the government and parliament to revise a law they say has been used to gag and persecute them. According […]
Read More...4 ARRESTED IN TAKEDOWN OF DARK WEB CHILD ABUSE PLATFORM WITH SOME HALF A MILLION USERS
May 6, 2021 · By Europol. Press Release for www.europol.europa.eu
Four have been arrested in a multi-agency operation sparked by a German investigation into one of Europe’s most prolific child sexual abuse platforms on the dark web. These arrests were made in Germany (3) and Paraguay (1) earlier this month. The arrested individuals – all German nationals, had various roles in relation to the site […]
Read More...Germany busts international child porn site used by 400,000
May 6, 2021 · By Associated Press for www.9news.com.au
Germany busts international child porn site used by 400,000 German prosecutors have busted one of the world’s biggest international darknet platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members. Frankfurt prosecutors said on Monday in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the “Boystown” […]
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