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Hundreds attend Dún Laoghaire rally in support of asylum seekers
July 31, 2023 · By Sinead Spain for www.rte.ie
Hundreds attend Dún Laoghaire rally in support of asylum seekers Hundreds of people have marched at a rally in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in support of asylum seekers. The rally follows a series of protests directed against people seeking asylum being accmmodated in Dún Laoghaire and Ballybrack in Dublin. It was organised by a newly […]
Read More...Three charged in Belfast over human trafficking
July 31, 2023 · By Conor Macauley, Northern Correspondent for www.rte.ie
Three charged in Belfast over human trafficking Three people have appeared in court in Belfast charged with trafficking women into the country and forcing them into prostitution. They were arrested in the city after PSNI officers raided a number of premises. They are 35-year-old Flortina Ciurar, of Hugh Street, Belfast, Petru Balogh, 26, also of […]
Read More...Charity wants AI summit to address child sexual abuse imagery
July 27, 2023 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Charity wants AI summit to address child sexual abuse imagery A leading children’s charity is calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to tackle AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery, when the UK hosts the first global summit on AI safety this autumn. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) removes abuse content from the web and says AI […]
Read More...Church sex abuse is the elephant in the room as Pope Francis visits scandal-hit Portugal
July 27, 2023 · By BARRY HATTON for apnews.com
Church sex abuse is the elephant in the room as Pope Francis visits scandal-hit Portugal LISBON, Portugal (AP) — When a panel of experts read aloud some of the harrowing accounts they had collected from recently discovered victims of child sex abuse in the Portuguese Catholic Church, the country’s senior bishops squirmed in the auditorium’s […]
Read More...God’s Solution to Eradicate Human Trafficking
July 27, 2023 · By ED VAN BUSKIRK for catholicexchange.com
God’s Solution to Eradicate Human Trafficking With the release of the 100-million-dollar blockbuster movie, Sound of Freedom, awareness of the human trafficking epidemic is at an all-time high. What was most shocking to learn is that there are more sex “slaves” today than there were slaves in America when President Lincoln and countless Americans fought […]
Read More...Cops rescue six kids, including two in cages ‘on the brink of death’ in ‘worst case of child abuse’
July 27, 2023 · By Lucy WilliamsonSenior Reporter for www.mirror.co.uk
Cops rescue six kids, including two in cages ‘on the brink of death’ in ‘worst case of child abuse’ Incredible footage shows the moment cops rescued ‘six severely abused children’, including two young boys, aged nine and 11, from “the worst” case of child abuse they’d ever seen. Upon entering an apartment, officers were horrified […]
Read More...Nearly 140 arrested in Southern California child sex abuse raids
July 27, 2023 · By Marc Sternfield for ktla.com
Nearly 140 arrested in Southern California child sex abuse raids 139 people were arrested in a sweeping multi-agency crackdown on child sex abuse and child pornography this month, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Wednesday. The crackdown, dubbed Operation Online Guardian, involved over 100 agencies that comprise LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. […]
Read More...Ex-Senedd lobbyist jailed for child abuse images
July 26, 2023 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Ex-Senedd lobbyist jailed for child abuse images During an investigation in 2018, the BBC found Kik featured in more than 1,100 child sexual abuse cases in the last five years. Newport Crown Court heard on Tuesday that when police arrived at his home in Cardiff, Hill told them: “I know why you’re here. I made a mistake. […]
Read More...Police: Child who was allegedly beaten until ‘foaming at the mouth’ is now out of coma, slowly recovering
July 25, 2023 · By Alive for www.11alive.com
The child was admitted unconscious to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Hughes Spalding hospital early last month. Police: Child who was allegedly beaten until ‘foaming at the mouth’ is now out of coma, slowly recovering CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Editor’s Note: The above video is from a previous version of this story. A 6-year-old who was allegedly beaten […]
Read More...Teachers demoralized by indiscriminate reporting of child abuse
July 25, 2023 ·
Teachers demoralized by indiscriminate reporting of child abuse Teachers across the country have been suffering from increasing accusations of child abuse filed by parents or students against them. Teachers and unions said Monday that most of these cases resulted from their attempts to guide students, citing an example of one teacher who was accused of […]
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