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Pakistan reports highest cases of crime against women in May
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Pakistan reported the maximum number of cases of kidnapping of women, rape, and violence against women in the month of May this year, The News International reported citing a research report by Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO) and the Cen
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Assam Police shoots child molester as he tries to escape from custody
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Biswanath (Assam) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Assam Police shot a person accused of molesting a 7-year-old minor on Sunday as he tried to escape from the police custody.
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Elliot Page 'horrified' after Texas officials declare trans health care fo
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Elliot Page, who came out as transgender in 2020, has spoken out to help protect the rights of trans youth in Texas.
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Age of natural menopause linked to violence exposure: Study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ohio [US], February 16 (ANI): Research on women's violence exposure is essential and necessary as the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the rates of intimate partner violence and child abuse. A new study showed that a woman's collective violence exposure--consisting of her own abuse and that of
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Child abuse charge against Alabama Shakes drummer Steve Johnson dismissed
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): A child abuse charge against Steven William Johnson, the drummer for Grammy Award-winning rock band Alabama Shakes, has now been dismissed, his lawyer said on Friday.
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Children's future in Pak's Sindh not bright, worst forms of child abuse, b
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], November 21 (ANI): Marking Universal Children's Day on Saturday, child rights activists in Pakistan said that the future of children in Sindh is not bright as the worst forms of abuse and bonded labour are prevalent in the area.
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Child abuse rampant in Pakistan: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 13 (ANI): Rampant prevalence of child abuse in Pakistan has become a major cause of concern as reports show that at least 2,960 cases of child abuse have been registered in the country last year.
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Child sexual abuse in French Catholic Church a systemic crime, says report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bejing [China], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Child sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has evolved into a systemic crime, a Chinese English-language newspaper quoted an independent report as saying recently.
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Study links child abuse, neglect to early death in adulthood
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], September 25 (ANI): Children who experience sexual or physical abuse or are neglected, more likely to die prematurely as adults, according to a new study analysing data from the 1950s to the present by researchers at UCL and the University of Cambridge.
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Pakistan: Child pornography ring busted in Punjab
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan September 13 (ANI): Police have arrested at least four persons in connection with an active paedophile and child pornography ring operating in Pakistan's Punjab.
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Child forced to lick hot axe head 'to prove innocence' in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dera Ghazi Khan [Pakistan], August 5 (ANI): Three men in Pakistan have been arrested for allegedly forcing a child to lick a hot axe head to prove his innocence in a theft case, local media reported.
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Pakistan fails to provide safety to children, 6-year-old raped, killed in
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): The body of a six-year-old girl who was raped and murdered was found in Karachi's Korangi area, officials said on Wednesday.
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