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YOUNG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING INCREASED LEVELS OF ABUSE DURING LOCKDOWN, RESEARCH SUGGESTS
June 24, 2020 · By Independent for www.independent.co.uk
More than half of young people using a mental health app have reported increased levels of abuse at home during lockdown, research shows. Kooth, an NHS commissioned service providing support to young people aged 10 to 25, recorded responses from service users between 3 March and 12 April this year. It compared these with responses from the period […]
Read More...Indonesian activists issue plea for stranded Rohingya
June 23, 2020 · By Konradus Epa, Jakarta for www.ucanews.com
Indonesian activists issue plea for stranded Rohingya Amnesty International Indonesia and the country’s representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) have called on countries, particularly those in Southeast Asia, to do more to protect Rohingya refugees fleeing conflict and persecution in Myanmar. The appeal was issued as part of efforts to mark […]
Read More...Man jailed for rape and sexual abuse of seven daughters and sister
June 23, 2020 · By Paul Reynolds for www.rte.ie
Man jailed for rape and sexual abuse of seven daughters and sister A 75-year-old man has been jailed for 20 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of his seven daughters and his younger sister over a 23-year period. James O’Reilly from Killeens, Ballynonty, Thurles in Co Tipperary subjected the teenage girls to “horrific” […]
Read More...Hacked to death for dating her cousin
June 23, 2020 · By Luke Hunt for www.ucanews.com
Indonesia’s first reported honor killing presents an unprecedented test for the country’s judiciary Hacked to death for dating her cousin The tragic murder of a 16-year-old schoolgirl will sorely test the judiciary in Indonesia, where Islamic hardliners are increasing their grip on a moderate society deeply upset by what has been described as the country’s […]
Read More...Malaysia’s gays try to come out of the shadows
June 22, 2020 · By UCA News reporter, Kuala Lumpur for www.ucanews.com
A Muslim man has launched the country’s first legal challenge against Islamic laws that forbid same-sex intercourse Malaysia’s gays try to come out of the shadows Terry Rawther, a 30-year-old Muslim illustrator, is openly gay. That makes him a target of odium and ridicule in his homeland of Malaysia where homosexuality is widely seen as […]
Read More...Indonesian police nab American pedophile
June 18, 2020 · By Konradus Epa, Jakarta for www.ucanews.com
Indonesian police nab American pedophile Police in Indonesia have arrested an American pedophile, wanted in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation over a multi-million-dollar investment fraud, for alleged sex crimes against young girls in Jakarta. Russ Medlin, who has been hunted by the FBI since December 2016 in connection with a […]
Read More...Children’s dreams nipped in the bud
June 18, 2020 · By Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
World Day Against Child Labor reminds us that we are failing to provide a better world for millions of poor children Internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer GMB Akash posted an image on Facebook on June 10 that showed an approximately 10-year-old girl, dressed in school uniform, riding an auto rickshaw with her father at a traffic signal in […]
Read More...From lofty dreams to brutal deaths
June 18, 2020 · By Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
Slaughter of Bangladeshis seeking a better life highlights the scourge of human trafficking The brutal killing of 26 Bangladeshi and four African men in Libyan desert town Mizda by a mafia gang has grabbed global attention over the scourge of human trafficking. Another 11 Bangladeshis, seriously wounded in the attack on May 28, were admitted […]
Read More...Socialite wife of wealthy businessman is jailed for eight years after sending depraved pictures of young child to stop her paedophile lover exposing their affair
June 16, 2020 ·
Socialite wife of wealthy businessman is jailed for eight years after sending depraved pictures of young child to stop her paedophile lover exposing their affair A socialite who cheated on her husband with a paedophile and then sent him depraved photos of a child to stop him exposing their affair has today been jailed for […]
Read More...Massive change to end racism and respect people of color in the United States
June 15, 2020 · By Lisa Lerer for www.nytimes.com
From the moment he rode down that escalator in June 2015, Donald Trump has peddled a muscular political message packaged in gauzy nostalgia. An argument for the future wrapped in a yearning for the past. Make America Great Again. It’s a promise to return the country to past glory. A time of strength abroad. A […]
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