April, 2001
Going overboard with 'Live Show'
April 13, 2001 ·
THE PROBLEM with Conrado de Quiros and other liberal writers is that they tend to go overboard when interpreting the much-abused principle of “suppression of freedom of expression.” Ultra-liberals dismiss the conservatives’ opposition to immorality in public entertainment as an invasion by moral terrorists. Their attacks become more acrimonious when the Christian churches condemn the […]
Read More...Carpet Slaves: Stolen Children Of India – A Film
April 7, 2001 ·
Cinemax’s latest Reel Life documentary, “The Carpet Slaves: Stolen Children of India”, is a film by British Filmmakers, Kate Blewett and Brian Woods that documents an extreme form of child slavery — carpet making in northern India. Carpet slaves tells the story of one man’s search for his missing son against the backdrop of intractable […]
Read More...COSTA RICAN CONGRESS DISALLOWED CHANGES TO A CURRENT LAW
April 6, 2001 ·
The Costa Rican Congress disallowed changes to a current law that would have allowed for telephone interventions in cases related to the production and distribution of child pornography, trafficking of children’s organs and the sexual exploitation of children. Costa Rica has been heavily criticised both by the United Nations and NGOs for the growing levels […]
Read More...Anti-Pimping Bill Gets Final House Approval – Georgia
April 5, 2001 ·
Legislation making it a felony to pimp children for sex move closer to final passage following unanimous approval in the House. The main bill, SB 33, sponsored by Sen. Donzella James (D-Atlanta), makes pimping any child 18 and younger a felony; sets prison sentences between five and 20 years and impose fines of $2,500 to […]
Read More...CHILD PORN BUSTERS
April 4, 2001 ·
No longer content with rescuing child prostitutes off the streets, child-rights groups in the Philippines have turned to fighting paedophiles in court. Their main aim is to make sure foreign paedophiles serve term in jail. So even if suspected paedophiles manage to win their criminal case, these groups are prepared to fight them in a […]
Read More...Japan Pushes For Ratification Of Ilo Treaty
April 3, 2001 ·
Japan is pushing to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s treaty banning the worst forms of child labour during its current session of Parliament, which would make it the 68th country to ratify the 1999 pact. The ILO treaty bans forced labour of children and prevents employers from using children for prostitution, the production of pornography […]
Read More...Program Assists In Removing Children Working In Trash Dumps
April 2, 2001 ·
UNICEF released a report showing that through its program “Children in the Dump Never Again,” 13,230 children have been removed from working in city trash dumps. The program gives income assistance to the parents of the children so that the children can go to school. The program also helps set up after-school programs to keep […]
Read More...16,000 CHILDREN SEXUALLY EXPLOITED, UNICEF SAYS
April 1, 2001 ·
Some 16,000 children in Mexico are sexually exploited through networks involving military, police, government and business officials and foreigners, UNICEF reports, revealing that child trafficking yields $7 billion in profits annually. The “weakness of legal controls” and poverty have made Mexico a paradise of prostitution and child pornography, according to a recent UNICEF report produced […]
Read More...UK: Talks to Tackle Net Paedophiles
April 1, 2001 ·
Children’s charities and internet service providers in the UK are to meetwith the police and the home secretary to discuss how to fight internet paedophiles. The talks with Home Secretary Jack Straw on Wednesday follow last week’s report by the Internet Crime Forum, which highlighted the need for vigilance over the use of internet chatrooms.
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