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TopicChild abuse

Topic: child abuse

‘He doesn’t smile anymore’: The broken children left behind by the monster of Chitrakoot

UP's Ram Bhawan & his wife Durgawati were sentenced to death last month for sexually abusing several minors. ThePrint managed to trace & talk to some of the traumatised children & families.

‘Swelling, scars, deprivation’: CRPF jawan, wife held for ‘assaulting’ 10-yr-old girl, now on ventilator

The jawan was deployed with 235th battalion, and worked as a first aid responder at the CRPF hospital in Noida. He has been suspended and an inquiry initiated, the force said.

4-yr-old boy ‘locked in dark room, tortured’. Delhi kindergarten horror in French embassy premises

Probe into cruelty allegations against school's directors & staff comes after several weeks of child's mother filing a police complaint, that too only after child rights authorities stepped in.

Bollywood legend Daisy Irani was starved, beaten, abused as a child star

In 'Behind the Big Screen', Sunanda Mehta and Suchitra Iyer chronicle the dizzying highs and crushing lows of Bollywood's child actors.

More and more POCSO cases are being settled by victim-accused marriages

Crimes against children are on the rise. And marriage is emerging as ‘compromise’.

‘Want a normal life’, UK child rape scandal victim urges govt to act, demands end of ‘grooming gangs’

The so-called 'grooming gangs' scandal, was a series of criminal cases in multiple English towns and cities where organised groups sexually exploited vulnerable young girls for decades.

Elon Musk backs MP Priyanka Chaturvedi’s terming of UK grooming gangs as ‘Pakistani’ & not ‘Asian’

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP's post came after British PM Keir Starmer generalised the term 'Asian' in reference to a series of child abuse cases involving suspects of alleged Pakistani origin.

SubscriberWrites: World needs to look at paedophiles from the lens of crime urgently

The tension between seeing paedophilia as a disorder requiring treatment and as a crime that demands severe consequences is not just academic.

Malaysia charges man linked to Islamic firm in alleged child abuse scandal

State news agency reported that Mohamad Riza was released on bail of $2,360. If convicted of criminal intimidation charge, he could face jail time of up to 2 years, a fine or both.

Make social media platforms liable to report users uploading child abuse clips under POCSO — NCPCR to SC

Child rights body noted that the platforms seemed to have ‘failed’ in obligation under Section 19 of POCSO Act that makes it mandatory for any person/body to report offences under Act.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.