Child Abuse

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Commission president Jean-Marc Sauve, left, hands copies of the report to Catholic Bishop Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Bishops' Conference of France (CEF), during the publishing of a report by an independant commission into sexual abuse by church officials (Ciase), Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris. A major French report released Tuesday found that an estimated 330,000 children were victims of sex abuse within France's Catholic Church over the past 70 years, in France's first major reckoning with the devastating phenomenon. (AP)

330,000 children victims of church sex abuse: French report

About 80% of the victims were boys, as per the 2,500-page document prepared by an independent commission

05 Oct 2021 2:45 PM

Ira Khan opens up on being sexually abused at 14

Amir Khan and his ex-wife Reena Dutta helped her get through the difficult phase

03 Nov 2020 7:05 PM

Protests in Assam after video of couple pouring boiling water on minor domestic help goes viral

Assam Police had registered the case against a doctor and his wife on Wednesday

04 Sep 2020 12:40 PM

TikTok will further ban content associated with firearms, hate speech, violence, and discrimination.

TikTok steps up its fight against child abuse

TikTok tweaks guidelines to ban misleading videos, underage delinquent behaviour.

09 Jan 2020 8:13 AM

Ignorance is not bliss

The reader was opposing the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexuality.

10 Aug 2019 1:22 AM

Weak law enforcement has made Nepal notorious for sexual predators, with several arrests and convictions in recent years. (Photo: ANI)

Former UN official jailed for child abuse in Nepal

Peter John Dalglish, a formerly high-profile humanitarian worker, was sentenced to two terms of nine and six years in two cases.

09 Jul 2019 6:43 PM

As part of his plea, Jones admitted to a total of six identified victims and approximately 30 attempts to persuade other girls to send him child pornography. (Photo:AP)

Youtube celeb gets 10 years jail for child pornography in US

YouTube musical celebrity was sentenced in a Chicago courtroom to 10 years in prison for making girls to produce sexually explicit videos.

04 May 2019 10:03 AM

Both Turpins fought back tears throughout the hearing, with Louise visually trembling as two of her own children came into court. (Photo:AP)

US 'House of Horrors' parents jailed for torture, abuse

A California couple were handed life sentences Friday after admitting to imprisoning and torturing 12 of their 13 children.

20 Apr 2019 10:40 AM

An Indian former Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl in the US, according to a media report. (Photo: Representational Image)

6 years imprisonment to Indian priest for child sex abuse in US

He sentenced Praveen to six years in prison, minus 178 days of time served, and said he would be eligible for parole after three years.

30 Mar 2019 12:35 PM

In 2008, they uses “hashes,” or unique digital fingerprints, to identify, remove and report copies of known images automatically, without humans having to review them again. (Photo: AP)

Google continues the fight against child sexual abuse online

Experts and engineers are taking part in an industry “hackathon” to collaborate and create new ways to tackle child sexual abuse online.

08 Nov 2018 9:03 PM

One of the charges against the convict was that he had forced, persuaded, coerced and enticed girl students under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activities and was involved in explicit sexual conduct and abuse of minor schoolgirls. (Representational Image)

Pakistan school principal gets 105 years in prison for child abuse, rape

Attaullah Marwat was arrested after police registered a case against him on July 14, 2017, on the complaint of a boy student.

31 Oct 2018 2:41 PM

The researchers found a distinctive methylation difference between victims and non-victims in 12 regions of the men's genomes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Child abuse leaves 'molecular scars' in victims' DNA

Difference in methylation between those who had been abused and those who had not might one day be useful as a biomarker for investigators.

03 Oct 2018 8:01 PM

It is certainly possible that epigenetic changes in sperm cells play a role in the physical and mental health of the next generation (Photo: AFP)

Molecular scars on child abuse survivors may help with criminal investigations

These alterations, known as methylation, could one day be used by investigators or courts to weigh allegations of child abuse.

02 Oct 2018 9:52 AM

On song for little ones

A cultural entrepreneur has come up with an album that is dedicated to creating awareness on child abuse.

08 Sep 2018 12:59 AM

Google announced it will start using cutting-edge AI that will add on to its existing technologies to help service providers, NGOs, and other technology companies review disturbing content at scale.

Google offers free AI tool to report child abuse images

Google will be providing the new AI tools for free to NGOs and industry partners.

04 Sep 2018 6:13 PM

Shockingly enough, Kukanova was inspired to auction off the young girl by Irina Gladkikh - the girl's mother. (Photo: Pixabay)

Woman tries to sell virginity of friend's teen daughter, jailed

Alina Kukanova was found guilty and jailed for 3.5 years for trying to sell the 13 year-old girl to a wealthy Emirati for the night.

04 Aug 2018 1:32 PM

Childhood maltreatment is often an underestimated and un-investigated risk factor for different adult diseases. (Photo: AFP)

Childhood abuse linked to endometriosis risk

“It may be a stress response to the trauma that activates these systems and causes a woman to be more sensitive to pain.

26 Jul 2018 6:12 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Childhood abuse can lead to endometriosis

New study found women reporting severe-chronic abuse had a 79% increased risk of laparoscopically-confirmed endometriosis

18 Jul 2018 1:07 PM

The man who appears to be the child's father prised the child out of the priest's grip, even as the cleric struggled for possession of the child.

Video: Relatives snatch baby from priest after he slaps it for crying during baptism

The outraged man and woman, who appear to be the child’s parents then take the child away from the clutches of the priest.

22 Jun 2018 10:26 AM

130 kids take pledge to raise voice against child labour

The volunteers also made arrangements for a painting and science model exhibition on this occasion.

11 Jun 2018 1:35 PM

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