Topic: Child Abuse
Cheap Guns Make Kids Warriors: Study
May 30, 2000 ·
United Nations: Cheap, light weapons are helping turn children into vicious warriors in many countries, researchers said in a report released recently at the United Nations. More than 300,000 people under the age of 18 are fighting as soldiers in 34 conflicts, many of them wielding automatic weapons, according to the study commissioned by the […]
Read More...Child Labor not a Matter of Choice in East Visayas
May 25, 2000 ·
ALLAN, at 19 years old, has the withered face of a man beyond his age . It was the result of years spent at the port of Tacloban City. For fourteen years now, he has been working as a dockhand in the city’s port area. He was barely 5 years old when he was exposed to such a kind of work.
Read More...Young Child Soldiers Used as Cannon Fodder in Asia
May 24, 2000 ·
BANGKOK- Young boys and girls are increasingly being used by Asian militaries and insurgent groups as cannon fodder, according to the firstever survey on the use of child soldiers in Asia
Read More...Boy, 15, Draws Jail Term for Raping Girl, 5
May 19, 2000 ·
DAGUPAN CITY-After almost two months of marathon hearings, a judge here ordered a 15-year-old boy to suffer in jail for at least two years when he reaches 18 years old for raping a 5-year-old girl in November last year.
Read More...Court Jails Seven for Sex Crimes
May 1, 2000 ·
Cuba: A court in eastern Cuba has sentenced five Cuban men and two women to jail terms of between three and 30 years for sex offenses involving schoolgirls.
The seven were convicted by the court in Camaguey province of repeated crimes of “corruption of minors” and procuring. They were accused of forcing a group of secondary school girls to perform sex acts, using promises of money, and in some cases, threats of physical force.
Read More...Global Plan Urged Against 'Slave Trade'
April 12, 2000 ·
MANILA – The United States has called for a global plan of action to combat the multi billion-dollar slave trade of women and children for the sex industry or bonded labor, which officials say snares at least one million victims every year.
Read More...Internet a 'Safe Haven' for Child Abusers
March 26, 2000 ·
BRUSSELS – Too little is being done to combat pedophilia on the Internet, according to participants to an international conference in Brussels on child abuse.
Read More...5-month-old girl Abducted, Raped
March 8, 2000 ·
TACLOBAN, CITY – couple Eduardo and Alicia Villamor were both full of excitement as the made preparations for the baptism of their five-month-old girl on March 4.
Read More...Young Girls Sold for Sex, Flown to US
March 4, 2000 ·
Filipino girls – unless accompanied by their parents – will not be allowed to leave the country following reports that many of them are being sold to Amercian men through tour packages.
Read More...10-yr-old accused of raping 3-yr-old
March 4, 2000 ·
He’s too young to be in jail but the crime he is accused of is one for adults.
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