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China’s ‘genocide’ unlike any other
January 14, 2020 · By Benedict Rogers for www.ucanews.org
This article was first published on April 4, 2019 China may be committing what one expert, journalist Ethan Gutmann, author of The Slaughter, describes as “a form of genocide cloaked in medical scrubs.” Or what British MP Fiona Bruce, chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, described in a debate in parliament last week as […]
Read More...China’s Uyghurs deserve freedom of religion
January 13, 2020 · By Anders Corr for www.ucanews.org
This article was first published on March 14, 2019 China has detained one to three million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in “re-education camps” in Xinjiang. There is an odd parallel between the contemporary architect of these camps, Chen Quanguo, and Zuo Zongtang of the 19th century. Both men fought Muslim rebels and separatism in the […]
Read More...Call for Irish Judge to be impeached.
January 13, 2020 · By John McGuirk for gript.ie
On the 20th of October, 2016, a 59 year old man called John Smith invited a 15 year old girl, who he did not know, into his van on the pretext of asking her for directions. Once she was in his van, he took out his penis and began masturbating in front of her. Later that […]
Read More...Should child sex offenders be allowed to travel?
January 13, 2020 · By www.bbc.com for www.bbc.com
Australia has passed tough, “world-first” legislation that will deny passports to about 20,000 people on the national child sex offenders register. The aim is to stop Australians who are planning to abuse children in regions like South East Asia before they even get on a plane. But how will it work, is it fair and […]
Read More...Suspended sentence for possession of extreme child pornography-Irish Judge rules.
January 13, 2020 ·
A Polish national, who pleaded guilty to the possession of 847 images of child pornography including “images of the rape of babies” has been given a three-year jail sentence suspended for two years, at Donegal Town Circuit Court in Ireland Wojciech Odrobina, 10 Canal Drive, Prospect Woods, Longford previouslypleaded guilty to the possession of 847 […]
Read More...Light of peace stronger than darkness of war, says pope
January 10, 2020 · By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service for www.ucanews.org
The light of peace, hope and salvation brought into the world with the birth of Jesus is stronger than the darkness of war and despair, but spreading that light requires the cooperation of every person of goodwill, Pope Francis said in his Christmas address. From the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on a brilliantly […]
Read More...‘I STILL HAVE NIGHTMARES’ Paedo pop star Gary Glitter being sued by Vietnamese woman he abused when she was 10
January 10, 2020 · By Daniel Hammond for www.thesun.co.uk
PAEDO pop star Gary Glitter is being sued by a woman who was aged just ten when he abused her. The Vietnamese victim, now 25, was sexually assaulted at the star’s Vung Tau home in 2005. She was forced to spend three nights in bed with Glitter after he paid her aunt £58. She told The Mail […]
Read More...New Vietnam decree graphically defines child molestation
January 7, 2020 · By Quoc Dat for e.vnexpress.net
A new decree on molestation of minors issued by the supreme court lays out what acts constitute child molestation. It describes forcing a sexual organ (penis or vagina), other organs (arms, legs, fingers, mouth, tongue) or sexual objects on sensitive areas (groin, thighs, buttocks, breasts, scrotum, anus) or the sexual organs of a person under […]
Read More...Ex-Google exec Ross LaJeunesse savages firm on human rights
January 6, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A former Google executive has raised concerns about the tech giant’s human rights policies as it eyes expansion in China and elsewhere. Ross LaJeunesse, the firm’s former head of global international relations, said he was “sidelined” after he pushed the company to take a stronger stance. Google defended its record in a statement, saying it […]
Read More...Southern Baptist Convention: More than 200 ministers, deacons and others have been found guilty of sex abuse, report says
January 6, 2020 · By Corky Siemaszko for www.nbcnews.com
For more than a decade, a Baptist preacher in Oklahoma has been what he calls “a lone voice in the wilderness.” Pastor Wade Burleson called on the Southern Baptist Convention to protect its flock by creating a database that would track church workers accused of sexual abuse. Such a list was published Monday, but not by the […]
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