France riots: A look at the cases of police abuse in the country

In 2022 alone, there were 138 recorded cases of French police shooting at moving cars, and 13 people were killed in traffic stop shootings.

The police killing of Nahel, a 17-year-old of Algerian descent, in the Paris neighborhood of Nanterre on Tuesday started a wave of unrest that has ...

Cities in France are boycotting World Cup events in a show of solidarity with the global movement condemning Qatar for its human rights and environmental abuses

Less than a month remains until the 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar, and already a number of French cities, including Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, and Marseille, have announced they will be boycotting the tournament and will not be setting up the customary fan zones with giant TV scree...

A closed loophole prevents sports coaches and religious figures from dating minors

A ban on having sex with children under the age of 18 will go into effect this week for coaches in sports and religious figures. Following a campaign to close a loophole to ensure that young people who are over the age of consent but under the age of 18 are not preyed upon, action has been taken ...

Racism Hindering the End of the HIV epidemic in the US

It has been forty years since HIV/AIDS was declared an epidemic and still, black women bear the highest burden of it among women.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black women represent 13 percent of the female population. Yet they account for more than 5...

Political detainees under military and police custody are being tortured in Sri Lanka

Highlights

• Political detainees being tortured while in police and military custody
• The government denied the accusations

A human rights lawyer, wrote a report on the abuse of political detainees in Sri Lanka. These people are being t...

Apple delays its child security feature, faces huge criticism

Highlights

• Apple had announced a child safety feature to prevent child abuse
• Critics think it gives the company more control over the user’s data

Apple said that, it would delay the rollout of child safety measures it has annou...

Arizona Senate resigns after getting accused of child sex abuse

Tony Navarrete was arrested on Thursday when found having connections with several cases of child sex abuse. The state senate of Arizona was called out to resign by the Democratic and Republic leaders. Following up with the same Tony signed resignation from his Arizona state Senate seat on Tuesda...

Apple to keep track of child abuse in US

The Government is always curious to get the details from the encrypted messages and other data being shared over electronics to get knowledge about various crimes ad terrorism being planned around the nation, any such access to completely denied station the privacy rights of the users. But recent...

FORMER MAYOR OF BUSAN SENTENCED FOR THREE YEARS OVER CHARGES OF SEXUAL ABUSE

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• The ex mayor of Busan was ruled guilty by the Busan’s district court which also ordered him to receive counseling

• Oh had resigned from the post of mayor in April 2020 after he had admitted of having “unnecessary physical contact” with...

AUSTRALIA’S SPORTS COMMISSION(ASC) APOLOGISED TO ABUSED GYMNASTS

Highlights:

• The Sports Commission of Australia or ASC has apologised to the abused gymnasts
• The ASC said that, they know the practises and incidents occurred are not acceptable and for this they are sorry

On Friday, Australia's S...

UK’S FOOTBALL CLUBS ACT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA ABUSE

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• United Kingdom’s football clubs act on the social media abuse
• Manchester United have banned six fans for abusing the Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur

The football club of Manchester United have banned six fans for...

SCOTT MORRISON: POLITICIANS NO LONGER EXEMPT FROM SEXUAL HARASSMENT RULES AT WORK

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• The politicians of Australia will no longer exempt from the rules against the sexual harassment at work
• The prime minister of Australia said that, the government is going to overhaul the sexual discrimination laws in the country

CHILD MODELLING SEX ABUSE AND PORNOGRAPHY NETWORK CRACKED IN THAILAND

HIGHLIGHTS

• A young model in Thailand was captured and charged for supposed kid rape and kid erotic entertainment in a prominent case including transnational wrongdoings and a large number of kids across the world

The Thai Department of Special ...

S. KOREAN GOVT. TO REVISE AND IMPLEMENT RULES ON ANIMAL ABUSE

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• S. Korean Govt. to revise and implement rules on animal abuse.
• Slaughtering of animals cruelly will face imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of 3 million won.
• Pets need to wear name tags that include information a...

SEOUL DISTRICT COURT BEGINS TRIAL FOR THE DEATH OF 16-MONTH OLD JUNG IN

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• Seoul District Court begins trial for the unknown death of 16-month old Jung In.
• The South Korean prosecutors added a murder charge against the adoptive mother of the child.
• Forensic reports suggest suspicions of having a...

M&S COMPLY WITH CALL TO ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EXPLOITATION IN CHINA’S XINJIANG REGION

• Retailer Marks & Spencer has given their consent to a call to action on human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region.
• In December, the BBC disclosed new evidence that China is forcing countless Uighurs and other lesser-known minorities into hard, manual labour in the ...

UAE URGES PARENTS TO DISCLOSE CHILD ABUSE CASES FOR MENTAL RECOVERY OF THE CHILD

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• Researchers show that if parents fail to address child abuse and hide it will have disastrous effects on the children, a specialist has said

During an online course facilitated by the kid assurance segment of the Sharjah Social Servi...

‘I WAS VERBALLY ASSAULTED' SAYS PENNSYLVANIA SECOND LADY GISELE BARRETO FETTERMAN

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• Fetterman, the wife of Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman posted a video on Twitter in which it can clearly seen that a lady is hurling racial abuses towards her

• The woman followed her into the parking lot, exactly the place where she was ...

SINGAPORE GOVT BACKS PUBLIC TRANSPORT WORKERS, SAYS WILL TAKE NO WRATH FROM PUBLIC HENCEFORTH

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• Singapore warned the public to be careful of abusing its public transport workers as the government has zero-resilience for any such incident, said Senior Minister of State for Transport Chee Hong Tat.

Talking in parliamentary inquir...

CHILD ATHLETES IN JAPAN REPORTEDLY ABUSED; HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MENTIONS

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• Child athletes in Japan reportedly abused; Human Rights Watch mentions.
• The Human Rights Watch published a report about child abuse while in sports training.
• Japanese Olympic Committee has promised to act against such be...