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Hundreds of children under care of London council abused, says report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK] July 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Hundreds of children in the care of Lambeth Council in south London were subjected to levels of cruelty and sexual abuse that were "hard to comprehend" for several decades since 1960s, a report released Tuesday has found.
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Pak's Punjab province has no system to monitor child-rapists, abusers, rev
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan is still lacking in providing a comprehensive system of monitoring and surveillance of those involved in rape and abuse of children, said report.
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Human rights situation remains alarming in Pakistan says report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 21 (ANI): Pakistan's human rights scenario remains alarming with issues like marginalisation of communities and groups and increasing instances of honour killing as well as the poor state of religious minorities among others continue unabated in 2020, according to
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Crimes against children in Pakistan on the rise, 8 children abused every d
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 10 (ANI): Pakistan witnessed a rise in crimes against children including child sexual abuse, abduction and child marriages, and eight children were abused every day in the country in one form or another in 2020, according to a report.
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Alabama Shakes drummer Steven William Johnson arrested for alleged child a
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): Steven William Johnson, the drummer for the Grammy-winning band Alabama Shakes, has been arrested on alleged child abuse charges.
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UK Government to set new regulations for social media companies
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK telecommunication regulator, Ofcom, will have the power to make tech firms responsible for protecting people from harmful content such as violence, terrorism, suicide content, cyber-bullying and child abuse under a new bill to be presented to P
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Death penalty for rape, tough provisions in Maharashtra's proposed 'Shakti
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 10 (ANI): Maharashtra Cabinet has approved draft bills for strengthening the law on prevention of atrocities against women, children while "Shakti Act" which envisages death sentence for rape, acid attack and child abuse and the period of investigation
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Organisations and Influencers from across the country and around the world
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): NGOs, Corporates, Government bodies, Schools and Institutions across the country and around the world joined hands to amplify conversations around Child Sexual Abuse and its prevention during Child Safety Week 2020.
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Merck Foundation and Botswana First Lady marks International Day of Elimin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Gaborone [Botswana], November 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with the announcement of "Stop GBV" Poster Contest in partnership with Neo Jane Masisi, The First Lad
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Uttar Pradesh government engineer, held for sexually abusing children, sen
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Banda (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 26 (ANI): A special court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district on Wednesday has sent a state government employee to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till Monday.
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Kerala HC directs appointment of new officer to monitor investigation in P
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 20 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the state police chief to appoint a new officer, not below the rank of an Inspector General of Police, to monitor further investigation in the Palathayi child abuse case.
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Palathayi child abuse case: Kerala HC seeks state's view on mother's plea
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], October 16 (ANI): Kerala High Court sought the view of the state government on a petition filed by the mother of the Palathayi child abuse case victim, seeking to reconstitute the Special Investigation Team probing the case.
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