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Sex trafficking: Children groomed in Romania sent to UK
January 27, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Sex trafficking: Children groomed in Romania sent to UK The BBC has found that children as young as 10 are being groomed in Romania, to be trafficked to the UK. Once they arrive as teenagers, they’re kept captive and pimped out for sex. With police struggling to stop this brutal trade, BBC correspondent Jean Mackenzie […]
Read More...Auschwitz: Dutch tourist fined over Nazi salute at former death camp
January 27, 2022 · By The Holocaust for www.bbc.com
Auschwitz: Dutch tourist fined over Nazi salute at former death camp A Dutch tourist has been detained in Poland for giving the Nazi salute at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, local police say. The 29-year-old woman made the gesture in front of the Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Sets You Free) gate. The […]
Read More...ICJ to hear genocide case against Myanmar regime
January 27, 2022 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
ICJ to hear genocide case against Myanmar regime The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold public hearings over the Rohingya genocide in February, starting with preliminary objections raised by Myanmar’s military junta. The main judicial organ of the United Nations said in a press release on Jan. 19 that it will hold public hearings […]
Read More...Scores killed in Yemen prison air strike carnage
January 25, 2022 · By Yemen crisis for www.bbc.com
Scores killed in Yemen prison air strike carnage At least 100 people have been killed or wounded in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition which hit a detention centre in Yemen. The incident happened when a facility was struck in Saada, a stronghold of the rebel Houthi movement, on Friday. It followed nights of […]
Read More...Benedict expresses ‘shock and shame’ at church abuse cases
January 25, 2022 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Benedict expresses ‘shock and shame’ at church abuse cases Former pope Benedict XVI, who is accused in a German report of failing to stop clerical child sex abuse, is shocked by the issue but must examine the text, his spokesman said. Pope emeritus Benedict failed to stop four clergymen accused of abuse in the Catholic […]
Read More...Drug-resistant infections kill almost 1.3m people a year
January 25, 2022 · By The Economist for www.economist.com
Drug-resistant infections kill almost 1.3m people a year Rumina hasan peers at a sample of bacteria taken from a three-day-old baby suffering from fever and fits. What she sees in her laboratory in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, is alarming. The bugs causing the illness–Serratia marcescens–are resistant to every antibiotic available. Meanwhile at a hospital in Dhaka, […]
Read More...Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Images of Child Sex Abuse
January 25, 2022 · By United States Department of Justice for www.justice.gov
Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Images of Child Sex Abuse CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – A Virginia man was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for possessing images of the sexual abuse of children. Ian Andrew Zearley, 40, of Louisa County, pleaded guilty to the charge in July 2021. According to court documents, […]
Read More...Vatican laws changed to toughen sexual abuse punishment
January 24, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Vatican laws changed to toughen sexual abuse punishment Pope Francis has changed the Roman Catholic Church’s laws to explicitly criminalise sexual abuse. It is the biggest overhaul of the criminal code for nearly 40 years. The new rules make sexual abuse, grooming minors for sex, possessing child pornography and covering up abuse a criminal offence […]
Read More...Former Pope Benedict failed to act over abuse, new report finds
January 24, 2022 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Former Pope Benedict failed to act over abuse, new report finds Former Pope Benedict XVI failed to act over four child abuse cases when he was archbishop of Munich, a German probe into the Catholic Church has alleged. Pope Benedict, then called Josef Ratzinger, held the position from 1977 to 1982. He has denied the […]
Read More...Indonesia sees spike in sexual abuse of children
January 24, 2022 · By Konradus Epa and Katharina R. Lestari, Jakarta for www.ucanews.com
Indonesia sees spike in sexual abuse of children Sexual violence committed against children in Indonesia almost tripled in 2021, but true figures remain elusive because of a tendency not to report such crimes and cover them up, according to an agency dedicated to protecting victims. The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPKS) said it recorded […]
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