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Parents Arrested After Starving Children Found Locked In Dog Crates

February 14, 2019 zoshinuk 0

Two parents in Rhome, Texas, are facing charges of child endangerment after police found four malnourished children, two of whom were locked in dog cages. On Tuesday morning, deputies for the Wise County Sheriff’s Office […]

Parents ‘deliberately split toddler son’s tongue in half “using pair of scissors”‘

January 25, 2019 zoshinuk 0

By Jimmy McCloskey A couple split their 14 month-old baby boy’s tongue open – possibly with a pair of scissors – as part of an appalling campaign of abuse, police say. Police were called to a […]

Australia sexual abuse: National apology delivered to victims

October 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given a national apology to victims of child sexual abuse. Hundreds of people gathered in Canberra on Monday to hear Mr Morrison deliver the emotional address in parliament. It […]

‘Same roof’ victim compensation rule faces legal challenge

June 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

By Clive Coleman Legal correspondent, BBC News A woman sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of four and 16 is challenging a law which stops victims of crime who lived under the “same […]

Craigslist drops dating ads after new law

March 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

Classified advertising website Craigslist has closed its dating ads section in the US, in response to a new bill against sex trafficking. The bill states that websites can now be punished for “facilitating” prostitution and […]

New evidence points to more witnesses in brutal rape, murder, and dismemberment of 10-year-old girl — while her own mother watched

November 13, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Ellen Killoran Graphic details Police are seeking additional witnesses to the brutal rape and murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martens, whose own mother allegedly orchestrated the nightmarish assault and killing — before she made dinner […]

Town of the damned: the Australian town with ‘staggering’ child sex abuse rate

September 20, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Candace Sutton WARNING: Confronting. ROEBOURNE, Western Australia, is in the grip of a paedophile epidemic that has seen such a high incidence that child sex abuse is “normal”. Police have charged 36 men with […]

Protests outside court as 29 people are told they face trial for rape and exploitation of children

May 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Richard Hartley-Parkinson Twenty nine people facing a total of more than 170 charges relating to the sexual exploitation of 18 children will go on trial next year in three separate groups, a judge has […]

Couple jailed for 84 child abuse charges

May 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

A couple who subjected children to a decade of sex and drug abuse, including rape, have been jailed. Nicholas Taylor, convicted of 62 offences, and wife Joan, found guilty of 22, were “master manipulators”, police […]

Child sex abuse victim sues Netflix

February 10, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Amanda Ulrich The 14-year-old wears a cheery red shirt with her hair tucked behind her ears, a baby in her arms. A series of similar photos flick past in the documentary: the girl with […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]