By John K. on August 24, 2011
Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14642212
Beagley said her adopted son had emotional problems
A US woman accused of using extreme methods to punish her adopted Russian son as a ploy to get on a TV programme has been convicted of child abuse.
The jury in Alaska was shown a video in which Jessica Beagley poured spicy sauce into her son’s mouth.
Defence lawyers said she wanted to appear on the TV programme, in which people seek parenting help, after normal punishments had failed. Continue reading »
Posted in Media watch Tagged Abuse, Canada, Russia, TV, USA
By John K. on April 3, 2011
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/newstalk-host-dil-opens-heart-about-her-child-sexabuse-hell-2607515.html
By JEROME REILLY
Sunday April 03 2011
As host of Newstalk’s groundbreaking show Global Village, Dil Wickremasinghe fearlessly tackles a variety of thorny topics including racial discrimination, sex trafficking and institutional abuse.
But she says coming to Ireland from Sri Lanka led her to confront for the first time her own terrible secret of childhood sexual abuse that she had suppressed for years. Continue reading »
Posted in Exclude, Media watch Tagged Abuse, Celebrities, Ireland, Religions, Sri Lanka, Trafficking
By Noel on March 15, 2011
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/03/15/south-african-lesbians-campaign-against-corrective-rape/
by Jessica Geen for PinkNews.co.uk
15 March 2011, 2:00pm
Lesbian activists in the South African capital of Cape Town held a demonstration outside parliament yesterday to call for more action on the problem of ‘corrective rape’.
The 25 campaigners from lesbian group Luleki Sizwe want Justice Minister Jeff Radebe to recognise the issue as a hate crime.
‘Corrective rape’, as it is known, is the rape of lesbians to try and ‘turn’ them straight. Campaigners say it is becoming more common.
The most high-profile case was in 2008, when lesbian footballer Eudy Simelane was raped, beaten and murdered. Two men were jailed for her killing. Continue reading »
Posted in Articles, Media watch Tagged Abuse, Criminality, Discrimination, South Africa
By John K. on March 14, 2011
http://www.aai.gov.ie/index.php/latest-news.html
Because the new processes introduced since Hague has come into force, the AAI has been able to highlight the unacceptable practices of improper financial transactions in adoptions, and will therefore be in a better position to fight them in the future.
There was a worry that parents who paid these might be denied registration, but that was obviously not in the best interest of the child. Still these parents should think hard about the implications of having paid these brown envelopes, closing their eyes on the potential for abuse that these strongly indicate.
The AAI has noticed that in a number of recent applications for an entry in the Register of Intercountry Adoptions substantial amounts of money (described as ‘Humanitarian Aid’ or ‘Donation’) have been handed over to persons abroad in respect of an individual adoption.
PAP’s are reminded that humanitarian aid or donations should not be associated with individual children being adopted. Continue reading »
Posted in Adoption process, Media watch Tagged Abuse, Adoption authority, Intercountry, Ireland, Trafficking
By John K. on December 9, 2010
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/two-held-after-newborn-baby-stolen-2455477.html
Thursday December 09 2010
Two people have been arrested after a newborn baby stolen from a hospital on the outskirts of Frankfurt was found several hours later, German police said.
The baby was born in the clinic early on Thursday morning, but at around noon a woman came into the mother’s room pretending to be a nurse and took the girl away, police said in a statement. Continue reading »
Posted in Articles, Exclude, Media watch Tagged Abuse, Germany, Trafficking
By John K. on December 9, 2010
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/newborn-baby-stolen-from-hospital-2455477.html
Thursday December 09 2010
A newborn baby has been stolen from a hospital on the outskirts of Frankfurt, German police have said.
The baby was born in the clinic early in the morning, but around noon a woman came into the mother’s room and took the girl away, police said in a statement.
The 20-year-old mother thought the woman was taking the newborn for a medical examination – but she did not come back and left with the 7lb baby in a buggy, accompanied by another woman. Continue reading »
Posted in Articles, Exclude, Media watch Tagged Abuse, Germany, Trafficking
By John K. on November 9, 2010
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/magdalene-laundries-inquiry-ordered-2413318.html
The Government must launch an official inquiry into the treatment of women and girls detained in so-called Magdalene Laundries, it has been ruled.
The Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said compensation should be paid to former residents where the state is found to have had a hand in their detention at 10 Catholic Church reformatory workhouses.
IHRC commissioner Olive Braiden said the lack of public records meant only a statutory inquiry would uncover the truth. Continue reading »
Posted in Exclude, Media watch, Testimonial Tagged Abuse, Institutional forces, Ireland
By John K. on October 27, 2010
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1027/abuse.html
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/national-news/state-failed-child-abuse-victims-2397636.html
The State has failed to protect six vulnerable children who suffered at the hands of parents, the Children’s Minister has admitted.
Barry Andrews said interventions by staff focused on the needs of the parents in the Roscommon child abuse case and not the neglected youngsters.
Mr Andrews said his immediate concern was the welfare of the children, whom he offered his sincere apologies. Continue reading »
Posted in Articles, Media watch, TV programs Tagged Abuse, Institutional forces, Ireland
By Irish Pink Adoptions on October 12, 2010
http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=50520
Childline on Tuesday said adoption and abortion were considered taboo in some cultures and this explained the number of young South African mothers who resorted to dumping their babies.
Last Friday a truck driver saved a baby after it was dropped in a manhole in Montague Gardens, Cape Town.
It came just days after a 17-year-old Khayelitsha girl was taken into custody for the murder of her six-week-old son. Continue reading »
Posted in Articles, Exclude, Media watch Tagged Abuse, South Africa
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