July, 2021
Reporting Abuse Should be as Common as Making a Call
July 30, 2021 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Reporting Abuse Should be as Common as Making a Call Shay Cullen 31 July 2021 Many readers of this article are good people with a heart for child victims and want to help children to report abuse and ask how they can help. Knowing the signs is important. It is everybody’s task to be sensitive […]
Read More...Philippine Environmental Health Groups Raise Concern on Toxic Hazards from Plastic Waste Management Schemes
July 29, 2021 ·
Philippine Environmental Health Groups Raise Concern on Toxic Hazards from Plastic Waste Management Schemes 20 July 2021, Quezon City. Philippine environmental health groups EcoWaste Coalition, Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) and Mother Earth Foundation (MEF) have echoed the urgency of limiting the manufacture of plastic to essential uses and eliminating toxic chemicals in plastic […]
Read More...Study: Philippines A global Hot Spot for Online Child Abuse
July 29, 2021 · By Associated Press for www.voanews.com
Study: Philippines A global Hot Spot for Online Child Abuse MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation, and coronavirus lockdowns that restrict millions to their homes may be worsening the abuses, a U.S. official said Thursday. A new study released by the Washington-based International Justice […]
Read More...Germany Shuts Down International Child Pornography Site
July 29, 2021 · By VOA News for www.voanews.com
Germany Shuts Down International Child Pornography Site Germany has shut down “one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world” and arrested four of its members, authorities said on Monday. In a series of raids in mid-April, German police arrested three men between the ages of 40 and 64 while and another suspect […]
Read More...Fourteen children rescued in the Philippines following Australian child sexual abuse investigations
July 29, 2021 · By AFP for www.afp.gov.au
Fourteen children rescued in the Philippines following Australian child sexual abuse investigations Editor’s note: Images of the rescue and arrest can be downloaded from Hightail. Fourteen children, aged between two and 17, have been rescued from alleged child sexual abuse in the Philippines following investigations by the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The children, six girls and […]
Read More...Mistaken identity: Aetas acquitted in first known anti-terror law case
July 29, 2021 · By LIAN BUAN for www.rappler.com
Mistaken identity: Aetas acquitted in first known anti-terror law case MANILA, PHILIPPINES The lower court did not tackle the constitutionality of the highly-contested law, which is now up to the decision of the Supreme Court The Olongapo Regional Trial Court (RTC) has junked the first known anti-terror law case against Aetas Japer Gurung and Junior Ramos, ruling […]
Read More...Pegasus: Spyware sold to governments ‘targets activists’
July 28, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Pegasus: Spyware sold to governments ‘targets activists’ Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say. They are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of the company, […]
Read More...Former Labor official Peter Hansen sent ‘abhorrent’ encrypted messages about sex with children, court told
July 28, 2021 · By Paige Cockburn for www.abc.net.au
Former Labor official Peter Hansen sent ‘abhorrent’ encrypted messages about sex with children, court told A former priest and Labor official sent encrypted messages about wanting to maximise his trip to the Philippines where he paid young boys to engage in sexual acts, a court has heard The District Court in Sydney today heard Peter Hansen […]
Read More...WhatsApp to let users message without their phones
July 27, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
WhatsApp to let users message without their phones WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time. At present, WhatsApp is linked to a user’s phone. Its desktop and web apps need that device to be connected and receiving messages. But the new feature will […]
Read More...Canada residential schools: ‘Six years old, I was imprisoned here’
July 27, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Canada residential schools: ‘Six years old, I was imprisoned here’ As searches for the unmarked graves of the former students of residential schools continue across Canada, survivors like Isadore Poorman reflect on a dark legacy of those institutions. Produced by Dan Lytwyn, Barbara Plett-Usher and Joan Soley.
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