March, 2020
The Rise of the Political Extreme Right
March 6, 2020 ·
The Rise of the Political Extreme Right Fr. Shay Cullen 6 March 2020. An authoritarian tyrant whose name will live in infamy has crushed, oppressed, bombed, executed and gassed women and children, jailed and tortured his opponents and dissidents in Syria. Almost a million of them that remain in Idlib, North Western Syria are under […]
Read More...Met officer faces sack over child abuse video despite appeal
March 5, 2020 · By Vikram Dodd for www.theguardian.com
One of Britain’s most senior black female officers, who was praised for helping victims of the Grenfell disaster, faces being sacked from the Metropolitan police within days following a criminal conviction. The force has set a date of 13 March for a fast-track hearing after Supt Robyn Williams was convicted by a jury of possessing an indecent image of […]
Read More...Father beat and sexually abused children to ward off ‘bad spirits’, prosecutors say
March 5, 2020 · By Conrad Duncan for www.independent.co.uk
A father who is accused of holding six of his nine children captive for nearly a decade beat and sexually abused them as he claimed “bad spirits” would enter their bodies if they talked to outsiders, a court has heard. Gerrit-Jan van Dorsten, 67, has been charged with unlawful detention, child abuse and money laundering after police […]
Read More...How child sexual abuse became a family business in the Philippines
March 5, 2020 · By Oliver Holmes for www.theguardian.com
When Philippine police smashed into the one-bedroom house, they found three girls aged 11, seven and three lying naked on a bed. At the other end of the room stood the mother of two of the children – the third was her niece – and her eldest daughter, aged 13, who was typing on a […]
Read More...Philippine bishop calls on armed groups to leave tribal areas
March 5, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Manila for www.ucanews.com
A Philippine church official has issued an appeal calling for the immediate withdrawal of all armed groups from tribal communities and lands following a recent military incursion. Bishop Valentin Dimoc of the Episcopal Commission on Indigenous Peoples called for all state and non-state forces to leave tribal communities following reports that more than 90 tribal […]
Read More...Preda Home for Boys Helped 106 in 2019
March 5, 2020 ·
Preda Home for Boys Helped 106 in 2019 Throughout 2019 the Preda Therapeutic Home for Boys, known as Bukang-Liwayway Center located in Sitio Malipa, Nagbayan, Castillejos, served a total of 106 boys. Thirty of these boys were rescued in sub-standard local government-run Bahay Pag-Asas where they endured inhumane conditions and sometimes physical and sexual abuse. […]
Read More...Preda Boys Pass Karate Promotional Exam
March 4, 2020 · By Francis Bermido, Jr.
Preda Boys Pass Karate Promotional Exam A total of 13 boys from the Preda BukangLiwayway Center attended the Karate Promotional Examination organized by A Child’s Trust is Ours to Nurture (ACTION) Inc. at the ACTION Chikara Studio last February 29, 2020 from 1pm to 3pm. These boys are students of Karate No Chikara (Power of […]
Read More...New police team to target child trafficking gangs
March 4, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A new police team has been set up to tackle child trafficking after a major increase in the number of cases. The move follows concern about the number of Vietnamese youngsters who have sought help in Edinburgh. The officers will support the work of the National Human Trafficking Unit amid fears children are being used […]
Read More...The crisis forcing mothers to give away their babies
March 4, 2020 · By Guillermo D Olmo for www.bbc.com
“Dumping babies is forbidden,” the sign created by Eric Mejicano reads. The Venezuelan artist posted the signs on walls across Venezuela after a newborn was found in the rubbish near his apartment block in the capital, Caracas. Mejicano says that he launched the campaign to alert people to the fact that in Venezuela “something is […]
Read More...Spain plans ‘only yes means yes’ rape law
March 4, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Spain’s government has backed a proposed change to its controversial rape laws that focuses on the importance of sexual consent. A series of court cases prompted outrage when men were convicted of sexual abuse, rather than the more serious offence of sexual assault. The new law will abolish that distinction so that rape will instead […]
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