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Paedophile, 31, is jailed for four years after raping 13-year-old girl as he becomes 35th member of Asian grooming gang to be sentenced to total of 380 years over child sex abuse
May 4, 2020 · By JAMES ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE for www.dailymail.co.uk
A paedophile has become the 35th member of an Asian grooming gang to be jailed as part of a major police investigation. Manzoor Akhtar, 31, has been jailed for four years for raping a young girl he had groomed when she was just 13. Another man, Shaqeel Hussain, 36, has had 12 months add to […]
Read More...Nearly 10,000 inmates freed as COVID-19 hits Philippine jails
May 4, 2020 · By Asia for www.channelnewsasia.com
MANILA: Nearly 10,000 prison inmates have been released in the Philippines as the country races to halt coronavirus infections in its overcrowded jails, a Supreme Court official said Saturday (May 2). The move follows a directive to lower courts to release those awaiting trial in prison because they could not afford bail, Associate Supreme Court […]
Read More...Letter to the Secretary General re COVID -19
April 30, 2020 ·
RE: UN response to COVID -19 must include sex trafficked, prostituted and sexually exploited persons who are made even more vulnerable by the pandemic
Read More...Covid-19: Asia set for economic devastation
April 29, 2020 · By Michael Sainsbury for www.ucanews.com
As the region holds its collective breath wondering what the death toll and lasting injuries from Covid-19 will be, one thing is far more certain — the pandemic will wreak such economic devastation that it will make the Asian financial crisis look like a practice run. Indeed, much of the commentary from economists is not just about […]
Read More...Coronavirus: World risks ‘biblical’ famines due to pandemic – UN
April 29, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
The world is at risk of widespread famines “of biblical proportions” caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the UN has warned. David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme (WFP), said urgent action was needed to avoid a catastrophe. A report estimates that the number suffering from hunger could go from 135 million to more than […]
Read More...Vaccine: It works well on our closest cousins. A running start for a vaccine at Oxford
April 28, 2020 · By Patrick J. Lyons for www.nytimes.com
A running start for a vaccine at Oxford Here’s promising news in the worldwide race to develop a vaccine to ward off the coronavirus. The Jenner Institute at Oxford University has one that seems to work in lab animals and is ready to test its effectiveness in humans, if regulators approve. The institute had a big head start, our […]
Read More...Donald Trump’s immigration ban could hit tech sector
April 28, 2020 · By Justin Harper for www.bbc.com
President Donald Trump’s immigration ban could be a big blow for the fast-growing US technology sector. A rising number of migrant workers, particularly from Asia, head to the US to work in Silicon Valley. Alongside Mexico, China and India now provide large numbers of the new working population. This supply of talent could soon be […]
Read More...Coronavirus: Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says
April 28, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus. On Twitter, he cited “the attack from the invisible enemy”, as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not give details. It was not […]
Read More...Alleged Syrian war criminals face landmark trial in Germany
April 28, 2020 · By Cathrin Schaer for www.aljazeera.com
Berlin, Germany – Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian colonel, has been in a German jail ever since he was arrested in Berlin in mid-February last year. He is accused of committing crimes against humanity and on Thursday is going on trial at the Higher Regional Court in the southwestern German city of Koblenz, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The process is […]
Read More...Chinese experts say Philippines might not be able to cut COVID-19 transmission
April 27, 2020 · By GMA News Online for www.gmanetwork.com
Chinese medical experts from Wuhan, China said the Philippines might not be able to cut off the source of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to Ian Cruz’s 24 Oras report on Thursday, Chinese medical experts came with the conclusion after visiting various hospitals in the country and holding video conferences with local medical practitioners. […]
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