admin | April 29, 2009
He witnessed “soldiers summarily killing civilians whom they accused of being rebels or aiding them” as well as other captives being tortured. After admitting to his captors’ accusations, the torture was eased and he entered a slave work regime.
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Tags: Gensan, gensan relief and community exchange, Gloria Arroyo, human rights, persecution, Philippine government, Philippines, Rev Berlin Guerrero, soldiers killing civilians, torture
admin | April 28, 2009
A minor who escaped from Cotabato City Jail on Thursday surrendered to Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema on Sunday, recalling stories of abuse by other inmates.
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Tags: cotabato, Cotabato city jail, gensan relief and community exchange, jail break, manhunt, Mayor Muslimin Sema, minor
admin | April 26, 2009
It’s a particularly disturbing request since only a tiny percentage of pedophile priests ever face criminal charges, largely because church officials are so successful at concealing their crimes until the archaic, arbitrary and predator-friendly statute of limitations have expired.
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Tags: clergy sex crimes, Fr. Superiaso, pedophile priests, predatory priest
admin | April 26, 2009
European Weekly – NEW EUROPE Officials in Brussels have called on European Union countries to step up their fight against human traffickers and pedophiles through better prevention, harsher penalties for offenders and improved assistance to their victims. The European Commission said it would be proposing a series of new and updated rules to all 27 [...]
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Tags: Asia, children, crime, Gensan, human traffickers, latin america, pedophiles, prostitutes, sex tourists
admin | April 26, 2009
The bill amends 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2423 to make it a crime for a U.S. citizen to travel to another country and engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors.
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Tags: Congressional action, foreign country, Gensan, gensan relief and community exchange, illicit sex, minors, SECTION 2. SECTION 2423 AMENDMENTS, sexual act
admin | April 26, 2009
It is a criminal offence to engage in sexual activity with children, whether in Australia or in another country. Australian law prohibits sexual activity with children under 16 when in Australia or overseas.
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Tags: Australia, child exploitation, child sex tourism, child sex tours, children, Gensan, gensan relief and community exchange, human trafficking, law, sexual activity, sexual predators
admin | April 25, 2009
Mexican police arrested seven people, including a Roman Catholic priest, allegedly involved in a child porn ring.
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Tags: catholic priest, child porn, children, Gensan, mexico city, rape, sex, sexual abuse, videos of children
admin | April 25, 2009
Parents among the 120 families displaced by the recent demolition in barangay Talamban, Cebu City, now worry about the health of their children after their homes were destroyed earlier this week.
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Tags: cebu, cebu city, displaced, families, food, Gensan, health, homes destroyed
admin | April 25, 2009
The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday announced the arrest of a German national wanted for multiple counts of child molestation.
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Tags: child, child molestation, Gensan, german, Holger Arvid Ingo Becker, pedophile, rape, raping, sexual abuse
admin | April 23, 2009
SAMBULAWAN, 28 January 2009 (IRIN) – An increasing number of children on conflict-stricken Mindanao Island are suffering from stress after more than five months of fighting between government forces and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The southern, mineral-rich island has witnessed an upsurge in fighting following the collapse of a peace accord in [...]
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Tags: child protection, children, conflict, Gensan, mindanao, north cotabato, Philippines, SAMBULAWAN, stress, war