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Nepal’s Historic Achievement on Marriage Equality
July 6, 2023 · By Meenakshi Ganguly for www.hrw.org
Nepal’s Historic Achievement on Marriage Equality Hundreds of same-sex couples in Nepal will soon be able to legally register their marriages following a landmark Supreme Court ruling on June 28 which cleared the way for marriage equality in the country. Although Nepal’s civil code currently describes marriage as being between a man and a woman, Justice Til […]
Read More...More civilians killed in Myanmar junta airstrikes
July 4, 2023 · By UCA News Network for www.ucanews.com
More civilians killed in Myanmar junta airstrikes Myanmar military junta has continued its deadly attacks on civilians as fighting against rebel groups and pro-democracy defense forces intensifies. In the latest attack, as per the latest media reports, 10 civilians were killed and eight wounded after a military jet dropped three bombs on Nyaung Kone village in the […]
Read More...Pope names Argentine bishop, author of kissing book, to top Vatican post
July 4, 2023 · By REUTERS for www.rappler.com
Pope names Argentine bishop, author of kissing book, to top Vatican post Pope Francis has named an Argentine theologian and prolific author, who decades ago wrote a book on the healing properties of kissing, to be the Catholic Church’s new doctrinal chief – one of the Vatican’s top posts. A Vatican statement on Saturday, July […]
Read More...Survey shows increase in online bullying in Kent
June 29, 2023 · By Alex Bish & Flaminia Luck, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Survey shows increase in online bullying in Kent An increase in online bullying among children across Kent has been revealed in a survey by the county’s police and crime commissioner. Almost a third of participants in the survey said they had been been on the receiving end of cyberbullying – up nearly a fifth on the same […]
Read More...More than half of Americans have experienced online hate and harassment, report finds
June 29, 2023 · By Alex Woodward for www.independent.co.uk
More than half of Americans have experienced online hate and harassment, report finds More than half of all Americans have experienced online hate or harassment within their lifetimes, while reports of online abuse among teenagers and LGBT+ people have surged within the last year, according to an annual survey from a leading civil rights group. The Anti-Defamation […]
Read More...Illegal trade in AI child sex abuse images exposed
June 29, 2023 · By Angus Crawford and Tony Smith, BBC News for www.bbc.com
Illegal trade in AI child sex abuse images exposed Paedophiles are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create and sell life-like child sexual abuse material, the BBC has found. Some are accessing the images by paying subscriptions to accounts on mainstream content-sharing sites such as Patreon. Patreon said it had a “zero tolerance” policy about […]
Read More...71 countries call to remove online child sexual abuse materials
June 29, 2023 · By UK Mission to the UN in Vienna for www.gov.uk
71 countries call to remove online child sexual abuse materials For the first time at the UN, 71 governments have come together and agreed a call to action statement urging further and faster action to remove known child sexual abuse materials from online. In 2022, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children cyber-Tipline received more than 32 million […]
Read More...Woman jailed for ‘heinous’ abuse of two young boys
June 27, 2023 · By Paul Reynolds, Crime Correspondent for www.rte.ie
Woman jailed for ‘heinous’ abuse of two young boys A 68-year-old woman has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for the “heinous” sexual abuse of two young boys 30 years ago. Josephine McMahon, from Railway Road, Kenmare in Co Kerry, had pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two sample counts of sexually assaulting two […]
Read More...Couple squatting in NYC public housing complex hit with child abuse charges: ‘House of horrors’
June 27, 2023 · By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon for nypost.com
Couple squatting in NYC public housing complex hit with child abuse charges: ‘House of horrors’ A couple allegedly squatting in a Bronx public housing complex abused and neglected their two young girls so severely that the starving youngsters were forced to eat their filthy foam mattress, prosecutors charged on Monday. The girls — three and […]
Read More...Tagle is pope’s special envoy to Congo Catholic event
June 27, 2023 · By Ghio Ong - The Philippine Star for www.philstar.com
Tagle is pope’s special envoy to Congo Catholic event MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis has sent Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle as his special envoy to a Catholic event in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tagle attended the third National Eucharistic Congress in Lubumbashi, south of the central African country, according to an article posted […]
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