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British man arrested for child porn minutes before boarding flight to Manila
November 23, 2021 · By M G Martin for philippineslifestyle.com
British man arrested for child porn minutes before boarding flight to Manila British police arrested a man for hoarding child abuse images just moments before he was due to board a plane to the Philippines. David Halliburton, from Carlisle, was snared after a friend he had left his computer with came across scores of vile […]
Read More...A Times Investigation Into Amazon Deforestation
November 22, 2021 · By The New York Times for www.nytimes.com
How do cow hides from illegal farms in the Amazon end up in American SUVs? My colleagues in Brazil, Manuela Andreoni, a reporter, and Victor Moriyama, a photographer, went deep into the Jaci-Paraná reserve in Rondônia State to investigate a complex supply chain that links the leather used for seats in high-end trucks and cars […]
Read More...US annual drug overdose deaths hit record levels
November 22, 2021 · By Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC News for www.bbc.com
US annual drug overdose deaths hit record levels More than 100,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses over a year-long period during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is the highest yearly death toll from drugs ever recorded in the US. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that overdose deaths rose 28.5% in […]
Read More...Peng Shuai: Chinese tennis star makes sexual assault claims
November 22, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Peng Shuai: Chinese tennis star makes sexual assault claims Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has publicly accused a retired Communist official of sexual assault. In a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, Ms Peng said former Vice Premier, Zhang Gaoli, had “forced” her to have sexual relations with him. It is the first time […]
Read More...Fear and trauma haunt Myanmar’s freed political prisoners
November 19, 2021 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
Fear and trauma haunt Myanmar’s freed political prisoners Political prisoners in Myanmar, released under a general amnesty by the military junta last month, continue to suffer from physical and psychological illnesses due to torture and abuse by security forces, media reports say. In addition to depression, many also live in fear of rearrest and detention. […]
Read More...Cardinal Advincula: Fight forces, structures that oppress poor
November 19, 2021 · By By CBCP News, Manila, Philippines for cbcpnews.net
Cardinal Advincula: Fight forces, structures that oppress poor Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila has called on the people to resist forces and structures that oppress and cause injustice. In his message for the World Day of the Poor on Nov. 14, he said that issues that plight the marginalized must be stopped. “Let us fight […]
Read More...Pope: Don’t judge the poor, often victims of injustice
November 19, 2021 · By Frances D'Emilio, The Associated Press for www.ncronline.org
Pope: Don’t judge the poor, often victims of injustice VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis decried societies which rush indifferently past the poor, often judging them instead of helping them, as he celebrated Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica attended by 2,000 indigent people. During his homily, Francis also made an made the appeal against what he […]
Read More...US journalist detained in Myanmar released
November 19, 2021 · By AFP, Yangon for www.ucanews.com
US journalist detained in Myanmar released A US journalist imprisoned in Myanmar since May has been released and deported from the country days after being sentenced to 11 years in jail, officials told AFP on Monday. Danny Fenster was being taken to the capital Naypyidaw from Yangon where he was jailed and would be deported, […]
Read More...Illegally detained and abused Irish mothers and children to be compensated by the State and Church.
November 17, 2021 · By RTE News for www.rte.ie
Illegally detained and abused Irish mothers and children to be compensated by the State and Church. Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said a new financial redress scheme for the survivors of mother-and-baby homes will be the largest in the history of the State in terms of the number of beneficiaries. He said it is a […]
Read More...Children Behind Bars: The Global Overuse of Detention of Children
November 15, 2021 · By HRW.org for www.hrw.org
Children Behind Bars: The Global Overuse of Detention of Children Shortly after 16-year-old T.W. was booked into Florida’s Polk County Jail in February 2012, his three cellmates punched him, whipped him with wet towels, and nearly strangled him with a pillowcase. They then urinated on him, sprayed his face with cleaning fluid, and stripped him […]
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