October, 2019
Police arrest hundreds over international child sexual abuse website
October 18, 2019 · By Reuters for www.theguardian.com
Hundreds of people have been arrested in a worldwide operation over a South Korea-based dark web child sexual abuse site that sold videos for digital cash. Officials from the United States, Britain and South Korea described the network as one of the largest operations they had encountered to date. Called Welcome To Video, the website relied on […]
Read More...Mindanao bishops pledge to fight destructive mining
October 18, 2019 · By ucanews reporter, South Cotabato for www.ucanews.org
Two Catholic bishops in the southern Philippines have expressed support for calls to stop mining in the region and to hold mining companies accountable for destruction of the environment. Bishops Cerilo Casicas of Marbel and Jose Colin Bagaforo of Kidapawan said destructive mining is a major concern that needs to be addressed with urgency. A […]
Read More...Police arrest over 300 suspected paedophiles across 38 countries including Britain, US and Germany after ‘dark web’ child abuse site hosting 250,000 sickening videos is shut down and South Korean ‘ringleader’ is charged
October 17, 2019 · By RICHARD SPILLETT, CRIME CORRESPONDENT FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
Police around the world have taken down a global child abuse ring in which paedophiles in at least 38 countries gained ‘loyalty points’ for uploading abuse videos to a dark web website and paid in bitcoin to download others. More than 250,000 horrific videos, stored on a computer server in South Korea and available through […]
Read More...Top Philippine cop resigns after accusation of link to drug scandal
October 17, 2019 · By Reuters for www.reuters.com
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ police chief stepped down on Monday less than a month before his retirement, after he was accused of involvement in “recycling” confiscated drugs, an allegation that could undermine the government’s anti-narcotics campaign. President Rodrigo Duterte has made a bloody war on drugs his signature campaign, to the approval of most […]
Read More...Sydney stabbing accused Mert Ney charged with possessing child abuse material
October 16, 2019 · By Australian Associated Press for www.theguardian.com
A Sydney man accused of murdering a woman, stabbing another woman and then running through the city’s CBD brandishing a bloodied knife is now charged with possessing child abuse material. Mert Ney, who was restrained with chairs and a milk crate after the alleged violent acts on 13 August, has been formally charged with possessing […]
Read More...The world cannot wait
October 16, 2019 · By Inday Espina-Varona, Manila Philippines for international.la-croix.com
A teenage tribal girl joins a protest march in Manila to call for the protection of her community in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao. (Photo by Jire Carreon) “We can’t fight to save the earth tomorrow if we ignore human rights violations in the here and now.” Benedictine nun Mary John Mananzan has intimate knowledge of […]
Read More...Kin of Philippine drug killing victims call for pope’s help
October 15, 2019 · By Inday Espina-Varona, Manila for international.la-croix.com
Family members of those who died in the Philippines “war on drugs” try to hand to Pope Francis a letter of appeal for help during the papal audience in the Vatican on Oct. 9. (Photo supplied) Braving a crowd of 50,000 in St. Peter’s Square, Marissa Lazaro and Katherine Bautista squeezed their way through to […]
Read More...In Iraq, religious ‘pleasure marriages’ are a front for child prostitution
October 15, 2019 · By Nawal Al-Maghafi for www.theguardian.com
I’m walking through the security cordon that leads into Kadhimiyah, one of Shia Islam’s holiest sites. I’m in a queue, along with dozens of pilgrims who have come from all over the world to pay their respects to the shrine of Imam Kadhim. At the gate, a female security guard pats me down and looks […]
Read More...CHR: Reviving death penalty will lead to cycle of violence in PH
October 15, 2019 · By Jodesz Gavilan for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday, October 10, urged the public to resist any move to reimpose the death penalty in the Philippines, warning that capital punishment would only lead to violence. In a statement marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty, CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez Dumpit noted the […]
Read More...Philippine military bishop backs probe into police links to drugs
October 15, 2019 · By Marilyn Campbell, QUT for www.ucanews.org
A Philippine military bishop says he backs an ongoing investigation into the alleged involvement of some police generals in the proliferation of the illegal drug trade. Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines said the truth behind the allegations must come out because “we cannot condone this.” The Department of Justice […]
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