January, 2003
Ecpat: Child Sex Abuse And Social Customs [Study]
January 30, 2003 ·
A recent report released by the Bangkok-based international child protection campaign group, ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes), found that socially accepted customs are being used to shelter child sexual abuse in various countries. The report highlights that though child marriages are unlawful in many countries, they are […]
Read More...The Younger The Better: 19,250 Children Trapped In Cambodia's Sex Industry
January 30, 2003 ·
A UNICEF survey concluded that 35 percent of Cambodia’s 55,000 prostitutes are children under the age of 16. The oldest girls in the sex industry today are teenagers, says Sao Chhoeurth, who works with AFESIP, a French NGO that rescues and rehabilitates child prostitutes. With recent media attention on pedophiles such as Gary Glitter in […]
Read More...PRESS RELEASE: Viennagate
January 27, 2003 · By EURAD
The Head of Demand Reduction at the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime in Vienna last November has been forced to resign. Mike Trace (formerly Dep. Drug Tsar in the UK until his appointment as head of EMCDDA in Lisbon) was subsequently appointed to this influential post with the UN last November. However, […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 48
January 19, 2003 ·
Contents: Minor gets 12 years for drug raps Subic clubs defy ban on lewd shows Filipinas forced to work in nightclubs in Ivory Coast Subic clubs defy ban on lewd shows At least five night clubs in Barangay Calapandayan in Subic, Zambales continue to offer nude shows to their customers and employ minors despite the […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 47
January 12, 2003 ·
Contents: =Pedophile’s release spur uproar =Vietnamese call girl rings busted =Coal-fired thermal plant shuts down due to villager’s protest Pedophile’s release spur uproar Child’s rights advocate in Australia condemned the release of Dennis Ferguson, 54, and called for a change in laws to allow for life sentences against dangerous pedophiles in the said country. Ferguson […]
Read More...Consider the Children in Jail
January 6, 2003 · , Philippine Daily Inquirer
WHILE the rich politicians are celebrating with parties and pomp the birth of the child Jesus, they ignore the sub-human conditions of thousands of children in the Philippines whoa re imprisoned with criminals. This is so unworthy of the Filipino people. The media need to give more investigative coverage to the plight of these children […]
Read More...What About Children in Jail?
January 4, 2003 · , Philippine Daily Inquirer
Due to the holiday season, authorities and even courts are extending leniency to important people like former President Joseph Estrada, who was allowed by the Sandiganbayan to join a faith healing session in Caloocan City, and Rep. Mark Jimenez, who was given VIP treatment (no handcuffs) when he went to the US Embassy, escorted by […]
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