January, 2020
‘I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES’ Paedo pop star Gary Glitter being sued by Vietnamese woman he abused when she was 10
January 10, 2020 · By Daniel Hammond for www.thesun.co.uk
PAEDO pop star Gary Glitter is being sued by a woman who was aged just ten when he abused her. The Vietnamese victim, now 25, was sexually assaulted at the star’s Vung Tau home in 2005. She was forced to spend three nights in bed with Glitter after he paid her aunt £58. She told The Mail […]
Read More...The Enforced Culture of Fear and Silence
January 10, 2020 ·
The Enforced Culture of Fear and Silence Fr. Shay Cullen 9 January 2020 A case of gang rape of a 19-year old young British woman in Ayia Napa in southeastern Cyprus by 12 Israeli youth 15 to 18 years old in July 2019 has received international attention. Ayia Napa is a town described as the […]
Read More...New Vietnam decree graphically defines child molestation
January 7, 2020 · By Quoc Dat for e.vnexpress.net
A new decree on molestation of minors issued by the supreme court lays out what acts constitute child molestation. It describes forcing a sexual organ (penis or vagina), other organs (arms, legs, fingers, mouth, tongue) or sexual objects on sensitive areas (groin, thighs, buttocks, breasts, scrotum, anus) or the sexual organs of a person under […]
Read More...Vietnamese victim of Gary Glitter demands recompense
January 7, 2020 · By Sen for e.vnexpress.net
A Vietnamese woman molested by disgraced British pop star Gary Glitter aged 10 is filing for compensation. Diem, now 25, lives with her mother in the Mekong Delta. Her case is led by Preda Foundation, a Philippines-based human rights organization that supports victims of abuse and exploitation. “10-year-old Diem underwent untold trauma at the hands […]
Read More...Cardinal Tagle urges Catholics to be ‘people of hope’
January 6, 2020 · By Joe Torres, Manila for www.ucanews.org
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila has called on Catholics to be “people of hope” in his message to welcome in the new year on Jan. 1. The Manila prelate, who will soon leave for the Vatican to head up the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, reminded Filipinos that “there will be no peace […]
Read More...Ex-Google exec Ross LaJeunesse savages firm on human rights
January 6, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A former Google executive has raised concerns about the tech giant’s human rights policies as it eyes expansion in China and elsewhere. Ross LaJeunesse, the firm’s former head of global international relations, said he was “sidelined” after he pushed the company to take a stronger stance. Google defended its record in a statement, saying it […]
Read More...Poverty drives more Filipino women into early marriage
January 6, 2020 · By Mark Saludes, Tuguegarao for international.la-croix.com
Maricel Kuyog inside her house in the village of Capacuan in the northern Philippine province of Cagayan. (Photo by Mark Saludes) Maricel Kuyog wanted to share her story with someone not from her village. She had the chance when a group of humanitarian workers came for a visit. She took them to her house, which was partially damaged by a typhoon […]
Read More...Southern Baptist Convention: More than 200 ministers, deacons and others have been found guilty of sex abuse, report says
January 6, 2020 · By Corky Siemaszko for www.nbcnews.com
For more than a decade, a Baptist preacher in Oklahoma has been what he calls “a lone voice in the wilderness.” Pastor Wade Burleson called on the Southern Baptist Convention to protect its flock by creating a database that would track church workers accused of sexual abuse. Such a list was published Monday, but not by the […]
Read More...The Greater Value of Fair Trade Preda Mangos
January 3, 2020 ·
The Greater Value of Fair Trade Preda Mangos Father Shay Cullen 3 January 2020 It’s a magnificent story of turning un-saleable mangos into high-value, internationally-certified organic mango puree. In the ancestral mountainous lands of the indigenous Aeta people in Southern Zambales Province, Philippines, the Aetas are subsistent farmers. They have thousands of mango trees over […]
Read More...Blasts hit southern Philippines ahead of Christmas
January 3, 2020 · By Joe Torres, Mindanao for www.ucanews.org
A grenade blast outside the Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato on Dec. 22 wounded at least 12 people, including eight soldiers on patrol.Another explosion hurt at least six others in the nearby town of Libungan, also in Cotabato province, while two other people were wounded in another blast in Upi town. No […]
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