August, 2020
Child victims of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict
August 19, 2020 · By UCANews for www.ucanews.com
Child victims of Myanmar’s ethnic conflict Scores of children are killed and maimed each year in Myanmar’s long-running ethnic wars. At least four civilians were killed and 15 injured by land mines and unexploded ordnance in restive Shan state during July alone. Radio Free Asia reports in this YouTube video.
Read More...Malaysian police raid Al Jazeera’s office, seize computers
August 19, 2020 · By Aljazeera for www.aljazeera.com
Al Jazeera condemns ‘troubling escalation’ in crackdown on press, urges authorities to immediately cease criminal probe. Malaysian police raid Al Jazeera’s office, seize computers The raid comes nearly a month after Malaysian police questioned seven of Al Jazeera’s journalists over the 101 East episode, titled Locked Up in Malaysia’s Lockdown. Since the film’s release, Al Jazeera said its staff […]
Read More...Nearly three in four child abuse survivors without support, study finds
August 18, 2020 · By Ryan Hooper for www.independent.co.uk
Nearly three in four child abuse survivors without support, study finds Child abuse survivors largely avoided using support services or faced major hurdles to get the help they needed, a study has suggested. Nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of respondents to a survey of people who experienced child abuse said they have not accessed any support services. […]
Read More...Major child sexual abuse trial begins in Germany
August 18, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Major child sexual abuse trial begins in Germany A cook has gone on trial in Cologne accused of sexually abusing his baby daughter, in Germany’s biggest post-war paedophile investigation. Police say tens of thousands of people in paedophile networks viewed the pictures that Jörg L, 43, posted on the Swiss secure messaging service Threema. A […]
Read More...Fears Modern Slavery Victims Are Falling Off Radar As Referrals See Huge Drop During Lockdown
August 17, 2020 · By Lindsey Kennedy & Nathan Paul Southern for www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
More than 10,000 people were identified as potential victims of forced labour last year. But a lack of frontline services this year has seen figures drop. It’s taken Matthew Norwood decades to recognise that he was a child victim of grooming and exploitation. He was selling drugs from the age of 13 and by 16 […]
Read More...Germany Uncovers Major Pedophile Ring With 30,000 Members
August 17, 2020 · By Jay Greenberg for neonnettle.com
Germany Uncovers Major Pedophile Ring With 30,000 Members German authorities have uncovered a major pedophile ring made up of a network of at least 30,000 child sex offenders, according to reports. Officials from the North-Rhine Westphalia cybercrime unit revealed the unprecedented extent of the child abuse ring after a nine-month cybercrime investigation. Police found adults […]
Read More...The Corporations and the Sex Slavery of Children
August 14, 2020 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Corporations and the Sex Slavery of Children Fr. Shay Cullen 14 August 2020 At no other time in the history of mankind has there been so many humans enslaved throughout the world. The population explosion in the past fifty years, the great disparity of rich and poor and the vulnerability of the impoverished youth […]
Read More...Australia reckons with an oppressive history
August 13, 2020 · By Melina Delkic for www.nytimes.com
Australia reckons with an oppressive history Thousands of South Pacific islanders were lured to Australian plantations in the 19th century through deception, force and a colonialist system that looted less-advantaged societies. The country’s prime minister recently said there had been “no slavery” in Australia, setting off a backlash. (He later apologized.) The Black Lives Matter […]
Read More...Prayer for Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr.
August 13, 2020 · By Preda News
Prayer for Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr. Shay Cullen It is the truth that can set us free from the darkness of lies the deception of intrigue, the corruption of greed and evil, and those who take that stand for truth will truly suffer as you did Lord Jesus. Give strength and courage to […]
Read More...Why do the Batanes Islands belong to the Philippines?
August 12, 2020 · By Jorge Mojarro for www.manilatimes.net
Why do the Batanes Islands belong to the Philippines? UNLESS there is a movement for independence rooted in a concrete region, which forces citizens and politicians to reflect about it and solve the problem – if solvable – people take for granted the integrity of the national territory. Most of the world borders today aren’t […]
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