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‘Outdated family-court rape views need addressing’
February 20, 2020 · By Emma Ailes for www.bbc.com
A judge who dismissed a woman’s claim she had been raped, as she had done “nothing physically” to stop the alleged perpetrator, is among a number of family court judges to hold “outdated views”, a joint letter says. In it, over 130 lawyers and women’s rights groups call for Judge Tolson’s continuing cases to be […]
Read More...South Sudan: Reform Abusive Security Agency
February 19, 2020 · By Human Rights Watch for www.hrw.org
South Sudan’s National Assembly should urgently enact reforms of the National Security Service (NSS) to end arbitrary detention and abuse of detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also ensure that the security agency releases all those arbitrarily detained in Juba, the capital, and elsewhere in the country and hold all those responsible for […]
Read More...Queensland man to face court over child abuse material allegations
February 19, 2020 · By Mirage News for www.miragenews.com
A 20-year-old Queensland resident accused of producing an image and recording that depict the sexual abuse of a boy in the Philippines is expected to face Brisbane Magistrates Court today, after authorities allegedly found the abhorrent material on his electronic devices. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is now working with its law enforcement counterparts in […]
Read More...256 Australians spend more than $1.3 million watching child sexual abuse online
February 19, 2020 · By political reporter Matthew Doran for www.abc.net.au
More than 250 Australians have spent more than $1.3 million to watch child sexual abuse, live streamed on the internet from the Philippines, over 13 years. The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) compiled the data in a landmark study of criminal behaviour online and found the majority of the Australians paying for what has been […]
Read More...Six women and five men on 220 charges of child rape, sex abuse and neglect
February 18, 2020 · By Independent.ie for www.independent.ie
Six women and five men have been remanded on bail to appear before the Central Criminal Court for trial, on charges of more than 200 counts of rape, sexual assault and neglect of children. The 11 accused persons, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were brought before a court yesterday and served with a […]
Read More...Boys still waiting for abuse compensation
February 18, 2020 · By Simon Parry for www.pressreader.com
FIVE Filipino boys awarded compensation totaling £127,000 for the sexual abuse meted out by British paedophile Douglas Slade have so far received less than a tenth of the money. The High Court in London ruled in December 2018 that the boys – aged between ten and 15 when Slade carried out his sickening crimes – […]
Read More...Pope defends Amazon’s cultural richness
February 18, 2020 · By Antonio Spadaro, Rome for www.ucanews.com
Splendor, drama, mystery: with these three words Pope Francis offers to the people of God and all persons of goodwill his post-synodal apostolic exhortation Querida Amazonia (Beloved Amazon) on the special synod for the Amazon, which took place in Rome last October. With this synod, held at the heart of catholicity in Rome, the Church set out […]
Read More...Youngest victim of paedophile Glitter to sue him for his pop music millions
February 18, 2020 · By SIMON PARRY FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY IN VIETNAM for www.dailymail.co.uk
A woman sexually abused by Gary Glitter when she was just ten years old is suing the paedophile pop star for compensation. The victim, believed to be the youngest child molested by Glitter during his time overseas, was repeatedly abused by the depraved singer when an aunt took her to his home in the Vietnamese […]
Read More...Paedo couple who dressed toddler up in ‘sexy’ clothing before raping her and taking pictures jailed for 24 years
February 14, 2020 · By Jason Johnson for www.thesun.ie
THE victim of a paedophile couple who photographed themselves while abusing her as a toddler has told of her relief “they have finally faced justice.” Married sickos Gary and Heather Talbot dressed the child up in “sexy” clothing before raping her and taking pictures. Today the pair, from Newcastle, Co Down, were sentenced to a total […]
Read More...Disappointment, outrage over papal document on the Amazon
February 14, 2020 · By Heidi Schlumpf for www.ncronline.org
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon disappointed those hoping for an opening of clerical roles to married men and women, with many noting that the pope failed to extend his prophetic voice about environmental injustice to injustices in his own house, the church. Many women were especially outraged over the document’s language of complementarity. Querida Amazonia (“Beloved […]
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