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FBI 'looking into' Ryan Adams' interaction with underage fan
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA]. Feb 15 (ANI): Following allegations of sexual abuse against singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, the F.B.I is “looking into” whether his sexually explicit communications with an underage fan were criminal behaviour.
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Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking SIT or CBI probe into sexual abuse in Cath
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and Delhi government to hold a SIT or CBI investigation under the supervision of the court into incidents of sexual abuse of children and nuns allegedly by Catholic clergies.
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Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking CBI or SIT probe into allegations of sexua
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the PIL seeking directions to the Centre and Delhi state to hold a thorough investigation in the incidents of sexual abuses of children and nuns by catholic clergies, by a SIT or Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
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Michael Jackson's nephew slams 'Leaving Neverland', calling it one-sided
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 27 (ANI): Late American singer Michael Jackson's family is speaking out against the recently released documentary 'Leaving Neverland' which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
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Andhra Pradesh: Teacher arrested for alleged rape of class 2 student
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India] Jan 25 (ANI): A school teacher in Andhra Pradesh has been arrested for allegedly raping a Class 2 girl student in his school.
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Bullying and sexual abuse linked to binge eating, smoking
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Sexual abuse and bullying are related to harmful behaviours like smoking dependence, binge eating, antidepressant use, and reduced quality of life, a recent study suggests.
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Sexual abuse documentary on Michael Jackson in Sundance Film Festival
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): Sundance Film Festival has added the world premiere of the documentary 'Leaving Neverland' to its lineup.
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Girls at Delhi shelter home abused, punished with chilli powder in private
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 29, (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has come across cases of sexual abuse at a private shelter home for girls in national capital's Dwarka.
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Centre approves death penalty in aggravated sexual offences under POCSO
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The Union cabinet on Friday approved death penalty in aggravated sexual offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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BJP MP seeks Centre's intervention to curb 'digital sexual abuse'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 24, (ANI): Rajya Sabha Member and senior BJP leader Rajeev Chandrashekhar has written to Union Law and Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, drawing his attention towards the growing problem of digital sexual abuse.
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Pope Francis rebukes priestly sex abusers
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Vatican City [Vatican City], Dec 21 (ANI): Pope Francis, in his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy, called out sexual abusers from within the clergy and asked them to "convert and hand themselves over to human justice".
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USA Gymnastics files for bankruptcy amid Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Georgia [USA], Dec 6 (ANI): United States of America (USA) Gymnastics has filed for bankruptcy owing to its struggle to recover from sexual abuse scandal involving their former national team doctor Larry Nassar.
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