Topic: Human Rights
Palestine and Israel need an impossible dream
October 7, 2014 ·
The Palestinian death toll had reached 1,360 by the end of July, mostly civilians, women and children. Hundreds more had been injured. Fifty-eight Israelis had been killed, 56 soldiers and two civilians. Sixteen Palestinians died when an Israeli shell hit a United Nations (UN) school where 3,000 refugees were sheltering. UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, […]
Read More...Ex-USC professor pleads guilty to sexually assaulting Filipino boys
September 17, 2014 ·
(Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) By RICHARD WINTON, KATE MATHER A former USC professor once on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted fugitives list pleaded guilty Friday to flying to the Philippines and sexually assaulting underage boys he groomed online. Walter Lee Williams, 65, admitted engaging in illegal sexual contact with minors in foreign […]
Read More...Protect your Youth from Human Trafficking and all forms of Modern Slavery
September 17, 2014 ·
By Archbishop Charles Bo, SDB (CNUA) Human trafficking is a virtual hell for millions of vulnerable people. More than a million people are trafficked every year and around 400,000 women are forced into sex slavery. The world is yet to be ashamed of the perpetuation of slavery in the modern forms: South East Asia is […]
Read More...The City of Angels – or how minor girls end up in the Preda girl's home
September 16, 2014 ·
by Moritz Weinbeer – September, 10th 2014 A weekend in August, two of us volunteers at Preda, Larissa and me, went on a short trip to explore the Mount Pinatubo, the volcano that erupted in 1991. Due to a problem along the way no traffic would go there, thus we decided to hike another nearby volcano, the Mount […]
Read More...Rights advocates dismayed over poor police investigation of the murder of Romy Capalla
September 9, 2014 ·
Press Release Rights advocates dismayed over poor police investigation of the murder of Romy Capalla ILOILO CITY-It is no wonder that the charges filed by the police against a suspect in the killing of Romeo Capalla was dismissed by the prosecutor’s office. Human rights groups believe the dismissal last week of the case filed against […]
Read More...Justice and injustice have their own zones
August 1, 2014 ·
The huge mega-brothels conveniently situated near European international airports have hundreds of young girls trapped as prostitutes. Prostitution has been legalised in most European countries and, while this protects European Union women who have freely chosen to be sex workers from harassment and abuse and gives them rights, it gives little or no protection, medical help, or human rights guarantees to undocumented migrants.
Read More...BRITISH NAVY MAN WHO COOKED FOR THE QUEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE of FILIPINO CHILDREN
July 25, 2014 ·
May 8, 2006 · News of the World April 2006 A former navy officer who prepared dinners for the Queen on the Royal yacht Britannia faces life in prison for molesting boys. Retired Lieutenant Commander Douglas Michael Slade, 64, will stand trial on paedophile charges after allegedly abusing children as young as 13 at his […]
Read More...U.N.: 1 child killed in Gaza every hour
July 24, 2014 ·
CBS/APJuly 23, 2014, 7:49 AM Last Updated Jul 23, 2014 1:00 PM EDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Wednesday near a southern Gaza Strip town as the U.S. secretary of state flew into Israel to press top-gear efforts for a truce in the conflict that has so far killed at least 657 […]
Read More...Pope Francis: 'About 2%' of Catholic clergy paedophiles
July 14, 2014 ·
13 July 2014 Last updated at 15:52 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28282050 Pope Francis has been quoted as saying that reliable data indicates that “about 2%” of clergy in the Catholic Church are paedophiles. The Pope said that abuse of children was like “leprosy” infecting the Church, according to the Italian La Repubblica newspaper. He vowed to “confront it with the […]
Read More...John Kerry Remarks at the Release of the 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report
June 21, 2014 ·
SECRETARY KERRY: Ambassador Lou CdeBaca, thank you very, very much. Thank you for your leadership, primarily. You’re a visionary on this and a relentless advocate on behalf of human rights. We are all deeply grateful to you for your leadership. And Sarah Sewall, thank you for your leadership and for being part of this great […]
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