Search For "sexual abuse"
South Sudan risks "return to full-scale war" amid entrenched impunity and
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
A UN body has warned that South Sudan is close to returning to full-scale war amid rising violence, political instability, and sexual abuse. With mass displacement and severe malnutrition affecting millions, the commission urged urgent international action to prevent further atrocities and i
Read More
Varanasi: Family alleges pressure to file complaint against Jyotirmath Sha
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Amid the alleged child sexual abuse case against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, a Shahjahanpur-based resident has claimed that attempts were made to pressure his family into filing a complaint against Jyotirmath Shankaracharya.
Read More
AI-generated sexualised images depicting children constitute child sexual
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
In a statement, UNICEF said it was increasingly concerned by reports showing a surge in AI-generated sexualised images, including cases where real photographs of children are manipulated and sexualised through deepfake technology.
Read More
Pakistan: HRFP condemns sexual abuse of 12-year Christian girl in Faisalab
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has issued a formal condemnation following a horrifying incident involving the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 12-year-old Christian girl. Despite the registration of a First Information Report (FIR), the perpetrators remain at large, and the victim's fa
Read More
"It haunts me to my core": Epstein survivor after DOJ names her multiple t
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The survivor said her name appeared multiple times in the newly released Epstein files. She said her repeated efforts to get the Department of Justice (DOJ) to redact her identity have so far failed, triggering concerns about how the agency safeguards victims of sexual abuse.
Read More
Arpan NGO's Child Safety Week 2025 With Vidya Balan Achieves 165+ Million
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16: For years, conversations on Child Sexual Abuse remained hidden, spoken in whispers, avoided within families, and rarely acknowledged publicly. Arpan, a globally recognised non-profit organisation dedicated to the elimination of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), launch
Read More
Indore court hands double life sentence to accused in step-daughter rape c
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The District and Sessions Court of Indore has sentenced an accused of raping his step-daughter to double life imprisonment under section 5, 13, and 14 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Read More
New York Archdiocese to settle sexual abuse plaints by over 1,300 accusers
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The archdiocese said it had agreed with representatives of the accusers on a mediator and had begun to raise money by cutting costs and selling assets, including its headquarters and other real estate.
Read More
Celina Jaitly files domestic violence case against husband Peter Haag, see
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Celina Jaitly and Peter Haag got married on September 18, 2010, at the actor's residence in Mumbai, as per Hindu rituals in the presence of her close friends and family members.
Read More
POCSO court in Kerala sentences mother, step-father to 180 years rigorous
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The verdict was pronounced by Special POCSO Court Judge Ashraf AM under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the Juvenile Justice Act (JJ Act)
Read More
Prince Andrew renounces royal titles after strings of scandals, citing dut
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Prince Andrew on Friday (local time) stated that he would no longer use his royal titles, including Duke of York, following discussions with King Charles, according to a statement issued.
Read More
Kerala IT professional's final video alleges childhood sexual abuse; names
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In the video, Anandu says he recorded the statement to answer questions about why he was ending his life. He describes himself as a socially withdrawn person and reveals that he had been undergoing treatment for OCD for the past one and a half years, taking seven tablets daily for the pas
Read More