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Europe becomes ‘hub’ for child sexual abuse content
April 4, 2017 · By Technology for www.bbc.com
urope is becoming the global hub for the hosting of child sexual abuse images and videos, suggests a report. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found that 60% of worldwide abuse material was now in Europe – an increase of 19%. The Netherlands topped the list of European nations hosting the illegal content, said the IWF. […]
Read More...Viewing of online child abuse images a ‘social emergency’
April 4, 2017 · By UK for www.bbc.com
The numbers of people viewing online child sex abuse images in the UK amount to a “social emergency”, says the NSPCC. A report by the charity suggests the number of individuals looking at such images could exceed half a million. It is calling for a “robust action plan” to cut off the supply of content. […]
Read More...PERV AT THE PALACE: Paedophile Trevor Francis who received MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace is exposed as a serial child abuser
April 3, 2017 · By y Paul Harper and Robert Collins for www.thesun.co.uk
Pervert Trevor Francis was a “Jekyll and Hyde” character who subjected kids to brutal physical attacks and sexual assaults in a care home But a court heard yesterday Francis abused children in their bed, attacked a boy who tried to escape and battered children with a slipper at a children’s home in the mid 70s. […]
Read More...Norton: Kentucky has nation’s second-highest child abuse rate
March 31, 2017 · By BORIS LADWIG for insiderlouisville.com
Kentucky had nearly 19,000 child abuse cases in 2015, or 19 for every 1,000 children, which is more than double the national average, according to Norton Children’s Hospital. Kentucky’s rate ranked second in the nation in 2015, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report released this year. Indiana’s rate, 17 out […]
Read More...Bangladeshi fruit pickers shot at by Greek farmers win human rights case
March 31, 2017 · By Helena Smith for www.theguardian.com
European court of human rights rules in favour of Bangladeshi migrants over 2013 attack and orders Greece to pay damages The European court of human rights has issued a landmark judgment vindicating a group of migrant strawberry pickers who were shot at by employers for asking for their wages after months of unpaid labour. Ruling […]
Read More...April marks Child Abuse Prevention Month
March 28, 2017 · By Alex Weaver, Reporter for www.walb.com
It’s a topic that’s extremely important and one that those who work at the Patticake House nonprofit shelter dedicate their lives to. “It is just so important that it gets stopped as soon as possible so a child can begin healing,” said Nancy Brian, Executive Director. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Ruth’s Cottage […]
Read More...Man, 72, arrested over 1980s ‘child abuse’
March 28, 2017 · By Jamie McKinnell Australian Associated Press for www.news.com.au
A second man has been charged with historical child sex offences allegedly committed in a western Sydney pinball arcade nearly 40 years ago. The 72-year-old was arrested at a Newcastle hospital last month and charged with seven counts of indecently assaulting a boy, police said on Tuesday. Police will allege he sexually assaulted at least […]
Read More...Ex-football coach Barry Bennell denies 20 sex offence charges
March 24, 2017 · By UK for www.bbc.com
Former football coach Barry Bennell has pleaded not guilty to 20 charges of historic child sexual abuse against four boys in the 1980s. The 63-year-old appeared via videolink from prison at Chester Crown Court. Mr Bennell had already denied eight of the offences but entered not guilty pleas again as 12 further charges were added. […]
Read More...Pope tells young to resist ‘false’ reality of social media
March 24, 2017 · By www.yahoo.com
Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis on Tuesday warned young people to resist the lure of “false” versions of life presented on social media or reality TV shows. Instead, the Internet generation needs to write their own histories, become masters of their destiny and establish real connections with their past, the 80-year-old pontiff says in […]
Read More...Germany joins clamor vs bloody war on drugs
March 20, 2017 · By Jeannette I. Andrade for globalnation.inquirer.net
Germany joined a growing list of countries and groups expressing concern over the antidrug campaign of the Philippine government which, to the international community, was focused on putting offenders to death instead of instituting massive reforms that would disable, if not eliminate, the drug menace. Germany’s human rights commissioner cited the passage in the House […]
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