November, 2020
More Than 92,000 People Claim They Were Abused as Boy Scouts. Where Does the Organization Go From Here?
November 20, 2020 · By ELIANA DOCKTERMAN for time.com
More Than 92,000 People Claim They Were Abused as Boy Scouts. Where Does the Organization Go From Here? he Boy Scouts of America bills itself as a high-profile “values-based youth organization” aimed at molding impressionable children into upstanding citizens. But thousands of boys say they were preyed upon by the scoutmasters who were supposed to […]
Read More...Filipino Nurses ‘Are Literally Dying to Save Americans’
November 20, 2020 · By Charissa Isidro for www.thedailybeast.com
They’ve filled essential health-care roles for decades. Now, the coronavirus is killing them. A lot of our friends did not make it,” Tita Myrna told me over the phone. “A lot of nurses, their spouses.” This wasn’t the kind of chisme-filled phone call I normally might expect from an auntie. From her tight-knit community in New […]
Read More...Manchester University student ‘traumatised’ by ‘racial profiling’ incident
November 20, 2020 · By Shamaan Freeman-Powell for www.bbc.com
Manchester University student ‘traumatised’ by ‘racial profiling’ incident The University of Manchester has suspended security officers who were accused of “racially profiling” a student. It comes after footage posted online showed first-year student Zac Adan held up against a wall by security guards who demanded to see his ID. Mr Adan, 19, said he was […]
Read More...Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market
November 20, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the trafficking rings selling children for as little as £300. Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market Somewhere, Rebecca’s son is 10. He could be in Nairobi, where she lives, or he could be somewhere else. He could, she knows in her […]
Read More...Human Trafficking: A Scourge on Humanity
November 20, 2020 · By Shay Cullen
Human Trafficking: A Scourge on Humanity Shay Cullen 20 November 2020 Human trafficking and child sexual abuse is still alive and thriving in the Philippines. Online sexual abuse of children is everywhere, it seems, and more has to be done by the telecommunication corporations to stop it. That’s why this heinous crime against small children […]
Read More...Environmentalists go after Indonesia’s forest burners
November 19, 2020 · By Konradus Epa, Jakarta for www.ucanews.com
Report accuses conglomerate of being behind destruction of nearly 60,000 hectares of forest Environmentalists go after Indonesia’s forest burners Environmental groups in Indonesia are calling for action to be taken against a conglomerate and its subsidiary for allegedly destroying a huge swath of rainforest in Papua’s Merauke district to pave the way for a palm […]
Read More...Pope promises to support Philippine disaster aid workers
November 19, 2020 · By UCA News Reporter for www.ucanews.com
Typhoon Vamco killed at least 67 people and submerged several areas of capital Manila Pope promises to support Philippine disaster aid workers Pope Francis has offered support to those working to help the thousands of poor people affected by Typhoon Vamco in the Philippines while praying for those killed in the disaster. Typhoon Vamco, the […]
Read More...German government signs off on tougher child sex abuse rules
November 19, 2020 · By DW.com for www.dw.com
The German Cabinet has backed legislation that would make sexual violence against children punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The changes come after a string of horrific child abuse cases in the country. The German government on Wednesday approved a draft bill that imposes harsher jail terms for child abuse and the distribution of exploitative images […]
Read More...Court hears early details of Münster child abuse network
November 19, 2020 · By DW.com for www.dw.com
An man accused of enabling multiple abuses of his partner’s 9-year-old son is among those set to go on trial. Court hears early details of Münster child abuse network A 53-year-old man appeared at a trial opening on Tuesday, who prosecutors said had already admitted traveling to the city of Münster last August and abusing […]
Read More...Children in care ‘failed’ while some providers ‘make millions’
November 19, 2020 · By Judith Burns for www.bbc.com
Children in care ‘failed’ while some providers ‘make millions’ The most vulnerable children are being “failed by the state” and a broken residential care system, the children’s commissioner for England has said. Greater use of private provision has led to a fragmented, unco-ordinated and irrational system amid “significant profits”, said Anne Longfield. The system has […]
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