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School principal arrested for sexually exploiting

Principal of a government primary school located at Paraswada Ghat under Tirodi police station was a...

Police abuses, extrajudicial killings in India: US report

The US on Thursday castigated India`s human rights record citing "security force abuses", "extrajudi...

Parl passes bill to protect kids from sexual abuse

Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill to protect children below 18 from sexual abuse.

‘Maintenance law being abused by greedy persons’

The law enables needy and deserted women, kids and parents to seek maintenance.

TN reported highest child abuse in schools: Govt

NCPCR has received the highest number of complaints related to child abuse in schools from Tamil Nad...

Bill to protect children from sexual abuse passed in RS

The House passed the Protection of Children Sexual Offences Bill, 2011 through voice vote after a br...

NGO operator arrested for sexual abuse of inmates

At least 90 people, including women, were rescued from an NGO running child and women`s protection h...

Lokayukta police absolve BJP MLA of charge

In a relief to BJP MLA C T Ravi, Lokayukta police absolved him of charges of abuse of official power...

Landmark US church sex abuse trial opens

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia protected sexual predators in its ranks for more than 70 years, put...

Abuses in Myanmar despite reforms: Rights group

A Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday says violence and ongoing rights abuses continue unabat...

Pak UN peacekeepers jailed for Haiti sex abuse

Three Pakistani police in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti have been found guilty of sexual abus...

Diplomat`s maid abuse case: Govt moves Delhi HC

Centre moved the Delhi HC seeking an order restraining an Indian maid from pursuing in the US a case...

Euro police nab 17 after FBI child sex-abuse probe

Seventeen people were arrested in Britain, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands after an onlin...

Indians convicted of abusing daughter-in-law

A US court has convicted three members of an Indian family here on charges of sexually abusing thei...

Delhi govt appoints panel to probe orphanage abuse

Delhi government appointed an inquiry commission to probe the alleged sexual abuse of children and d...

Catholic leaders to use Internet against pedophiles

Church leaders unveiled an Internet teaching project on Thursday to help clergy around the world roo...

Pak worried as US discusses human rights `abuses`

Five US lawmakers who attended the hearing stressed the right to self-determination of the Baloch ...

Vatican prosecutor warns on Asia child abuse problem

Thousands of clergy abuse scandals in Europe and the United States have rocked the Catholic Church ...

Mugabe plans to retire after next polls: Reports

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seeking immunity from prosecution for a string of human rights...

J&K: Anti-US protest against sexual abuse

A radical Kashmiri women`s group held an anti-US protest against the imprisonment and alleged sexu...

British troops in Afghan child abuse investigation

The allegation comes less than a week after a video emerged showing US Marines urinating on Taliban...

BSF suspends eight personnel after video surfaces

BSF has suspended eight jawans after a video, showing a man being stripped, kicked and beaten in Wes...

US military investigates abuse video

US Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos has appointed a general to investigate and take any actio...

German priest admits 280 counts of child abuse

A Roman Catholic priest in Germany has admitted to 280 counts of sexually abusing three boys over a...

Kabul angry but calm after Marine abuse video

The online video showed four US soldiers urinating on three bloodied corpses.

Afghan claim of US prison abuse strains key talks

Afghan investigators accused the American military of abusing detainees at its main prison in the co...

Sunni leader slams `massive` Iraq rights problems

Parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi said that massive violations were destroying its democracy.

Facebook photos lead to child abuse arrests

Two Arizona parents were arrested by sheriff`s deputies after apparently posting pictures on Faceboo...

Russia scolds United States for human rights abuse

Moscow`s report on torture and abuse by the US govt seeks to undermine US` stance as a global judge ...

Abuse becomes fashion in Indian society!

The year 2011 witnessed several incidents of abuse in public domain.

`Army has zero tolerance for human rights abuse’

Asserting that the Army had institutionalised the aspect of human rights even before the NHRC was es...

`Dutch church abused thousands of children`

The report by an independent commission said Catholic officials failed to tackle the widespread abu...

NCPCR registers more than 1000 cases of child abuse

A total of 1,059 cases of sexual and physical abuse of children were recorded by the National Comm...

New laws protect women from abuse in Pakistan

Pakistan ranked third to last in 2011 in the World Economic Forum`s Global Gender Gap Report, only b...

US sanctions Iranian officials for rights abuses

The US has slapped sanctions on two senior Iranian officials for "serious" human rights abuses aim...

Man convicted for calling names to woman

A 55-year-old man has been let off by a Delhi court on probation for a year after being convicted of...

Man jailed for caste abuse

A 43-year-old man was sentenced to six-month imprisonment for mandhandling and abusing in name of ...

Sex abuse `scourge` for all society: Pope

Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged that decades of scandals over clergy abusing children had left Cathol...

Women denounce gender violence in Peru `SlutWalk`

The SlutWalk is part of a global movement that began this year as a backlash against a statement by ...

6 Indians arrested in SL on charges of visa abuse

Six Indian nationals have been arrested in Sri Lanka`s eastern province on charges of abusing visi...

Rahul drugs abuse case: NBW issued against accused

A non-bailable warrant has been issued by a Delhi court against Sahil Zaroo, facing trial in a drug...

Coming soon: Apps to help prevent sexual assault!

Two applications, which aim at preventing sexual assault and abuse particularly in college campuses,...

US bishop charged in alleged porn cover-up

Bishop Robert Finn becomes the highest-ranking US church official charged in long-running clergy abu...

Mizoram to enact law to prevent drug abuse

Mizoram govt decided to enact a law to combat rampant drug abuse along with intensifying execution ...

Minor abuse case: Police ordered to arrest teacher

Madras HC hauled up police for not arresting a teacher and principal of a private school who alleged...

Raj: Minor sexually abused for six months

A 13-year-old girl was sexually abused for about six months allegedly by a school teacher at Dabhi v...

62% Nepali women feel domestic abuse is right!

That is how a large chunk of women in Nepal`s patriarchal society feels, a sample survey has discove...

ICC asked to prosecute Pope over sex abuse

Pope Benedict led the congregation for around 25 years starting 1981.

Sex abuse victims urge ICC to investigate Pope

A group alleged that Vatican officials enabled the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and ...

Afghan local police guilty of serious abuses: HRW

The Afghan police force funded and supported by the United States is getting away with serious abus...

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