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R. Kelly conviction offers measure of justice for long-silenced Black women
AFP, Published on 29/09/2021
» NEW YORK - For decades women and girls, most of them Black, sounded the alarm over R. Kelly's web of abuse, only to hear their voices silenced.
WHO chief apologises for sex abuse by staff in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization apologised Tuesday after independent investigators probing allegations of sexual abuse in the DR Congo by the UN agency's staff issued a damning indictment citing "clear structural failures" and "individual negligence".
Paris attacks survivors to relive horror in trial testimony
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» PARIS - Survivors of the November 2015 Paris attacks testify from Tuesday at a historic trial, facing the ordeal of reliving that night of horror in the presence of over a dozen accused in court.
Closing worker camps needs a rethink
Oped, Published on 07/07/2021
» On June 27, the government announced that accommodation for workers both inside and outside of construction sites, transformation sites or demolition sites would be temporarily closed, while movement of workers would be prohibited temporarily for at least 30 days. The government reacted quickly in response to the growing number of clusters of Covid-19 cases. However, the government should also realise that closing down camp sites alone may not be able to help contain the virus unless there are measures to properly address the movement and health of migrant workers as follows.
Another 182 unmarked graves found in Canada
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» OTTAWA: Another 182 unmarked graves were discovered at a third former indigenous residential school in Canada as two Catholic Churches went up in flames on Wednesday, with anger mounting over the mushrooming abuse scandal.
Canada faces reckoning after remains of indigenous students found
AFP, Published on 02/06/2021
» KAMLOOPS (CANADA) - The discovery of the remains of 215 children at one of several boarding schools set up a century ago to forcibly assimilate Canada's indigenous peoples has once again compelled the nation to confront its painful past.
Trudeau pledges 'concrete action' after mass indigenous student grave found
AFP, Published on 01/06/2021
» OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday expressed Canada's grief while pledging "concrete action" in support of indigenous communities after remains of 215 indigenous children were discovered at an old boarding school.
Football chiefs 'too slow' to act, says review into child sex abuse scandal
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» LONDON - England's Football Association was guilty of inexcusable "institutional failings" in delaying the implementation of child safeguarding measures between 1995 and 2000, an independent review of historical sexual abuse has found.
Former US Olympics gymnastics coach charged with sexual abuse
AFP, Published on 26/02/2021
» WASHINGTON - Former US Olympics women's gymnastics coach John Geddert has been charged with human trafficking and criminal sexual conduct, prosecutors said Thursday.
Save our children from sexual abuse
News, Editorial, Published on 21/02/2021
» If you were ever on the fence about whether it's right to subject a young child to modelling, then the recent raid on the Nene modelling agency where a trove of child pornography was found by law enforcement will undoubtedly have made your views on this matter clear.