January, 2019
A major victory against children’s prisons
January 7, 2019 · By www.jeffmerkley.com
Over 15,000 immigrant children are locked up in prisons across America thanks to Donald Trump. But today we got a little good news: Thanks to our pressure, the Trump administration backed down off of one policy that has kept so many kids behind barbed wire. But it’s not enough. Help us keep up this fight until […]
Read More...Pope Francis Tells Abusive Priests And Bishops To Turn Themselves In
January 7, 2019 · By National Public Radio, NPR for www.npr.org
Updated at 12:56 p.m. ET Pope Francis is urging predator priests who have raped or molested children to turn themselves in “to human justice, and prepare for divine justice,” devoting part of his Christmas message to the abuse scandals that he said have undermined the Catholic Church in 2018. As cardinals and other church luminaries […]
Read More...70 years on, landmark UN human rights document as important as ever
January 7, 2019 · By UN News for news.un.org
Thanks to the Declaration, and States’ commitments to its principles, the dignity of millions has been uplifted, untold human suffering prevented and the foundations for a most just world have been laid. High Commissioner hails continued relevance of Declaration Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement released on Wednesday that the […]
Read More...Recognizing, helping children involved in human trafficking
January 6, 2019 · By HEALIOwww.healio.com
An estimated 40.3 million people worldwide were involved in human trafficking in 2016, according to the International Labour Organization. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, based in Virginia, reports that of the 25,000 runaways reported to the agency in 2017, one in seven were likely victims of child sex trafficking. The actual numbers […]
Read More...Warrington man charged with child pornography
January 6, 2019 · By Staff Report for www.buckscountycouriertimes.com
WARRINGTON — A township man could spend the rest of his life in prison after being arrested by federal authorities for alleged child pornography. Michael Schamach, 32, was charged with enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity and attempted manufacture of child pornography, a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia […]
Read More...Paedophile on the run for five years found behind false wall
January 6, 2019 · By Press Association 2018 for www.newsandstar.co.uk
A paedophile on the run from police for five years was finally arrested after he was found hiding behind a false wall. Brian Ward, 62, had evaded authorities since 2013 after he fled a trial for indecently assaulting a young girl, but was found by a police officer last week during a search of a […]
Read More...2018 was an Annus horribilis for human rights in South Asia
January 6, 2019 · By Biraj Patnaik for www.downtoearth.org.in
2018 has been a difficult year for human rights in South Asia. Crackdowns on the Right to Freedom of Expression intensified across the region. Enforced disappearances continued to scar communities in Pakistan and Bangladesh; civilian casualties remained at record highs in Afghanistan, civil society organisations continued to be harassed and shut down in almost every […]
Read More...Jesuit slain in Mindanao moves closer to sainthood
January 5, 2019 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.com
The bid to make a Jesuit killed in Mindanao in the 16th century a saint has moved a step closer with a Vatican declaration that the investigation into his cause for sainthood is valid. The Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the declaration on Oct. 26, but Dipolog Diocese only received the information last week. […]
Read More...UN expert ‘shocked’ by Egyptian reprisals against human rights defenders she met
January 5, 2019 · By Human Rights for news.un.org
Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Leilani Farha, said that Egypt “failed to adhere” to the assurances it provided to her, that “no person would be harassed, intimidated or subjected to reprisal for meeting or providing information” to her – or others in her official delegation – during the more than week-long visit. “I am shocked that […]
Read More...A test of will for Philippine church leaders
January 5, 2019 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for www.brisbanetimes.com.au
It was a test of will and determination to be witnesses of the Gospel despite the attacks, and even threats to the lives, of Philippine church leaders, both Catholics and Protestants. The year 2018 witnessed members of the clergy being vilified for being corrupt, for being child abusers, and even for having alleged links with […]
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