Category: abuse

LIVE Dec. 13, 10 AM ET: CECC Holds Hearing on ‘Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China’

The Congressional Executive Commission on China will hold a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 13, entitled, “CECC at 20:  Two Decades of Human Rights Abuse and Defense in China,” to hear testimony on China’s current domestic situation and international legal landscape as part of its continual effort to monitor and assess the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…


Kevin Spacey Wins Civil Sexual-Abuse Case

Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser, Anthony Rapp, didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14. The verdict followed a three-week trial in Manhattan federal court and came roughly…


Kevin Spacey Wins in Civil Sexual-Abuse Case

Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser, Anthony Rapp, didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner made an unwanted sexual advance on him when he was 14. The verdict followed a three-week trial in Manhattan federal court and came roughly…


Brands Suspends Ads From Parts of Twitter Over Child Pornography Concerns

Some major advertisers including Dyson, Mazda, Forbes, and PBS Kids have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from parts of Twitter because their promotions appeared alongside tweets soliciting child pornography, the companies told Reuters. DIRECTV and Thoughtworks also told Reuters late on Wednesday they have paused their advertising on Twitter. Brands ranging from…


South Carolina Day Care Workers Arrested for Allegedly Stuffing Ice Pack Inside Child’s Clothes

Two women working at a day care center in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, were arrested on Sept. 13 for allegedly putting an ice pack inside a child’s clothing. Police arrested Kimberly McCall and Joy Lashway for “knowingly and intentionally” inflicting unnecessary pain and suffering to a minor child by putting the ice pack inside the clothing,…


Harmful Partnerships

Abuse can be difficult to see, especially when it’s in your own relationship. It can start slowly, and it’s not always physical. You may not realize that the small comments a loved one makes to you are doing harm. You may even make excuses for them. They’re stressed from work or the pandemic. But abuse…


Child Sex Trafficking Often Happens Online Via Common Social Media Platforms: Advocate Eliza Bleu

In a recent interview for EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program, sex-trafficking survivor Eliza Bleu explained that the internet is increasingly becoming the primary venue for pedophiles to groom children on popular social media platforms. Bleu, who was groomed and then trafficked as a teenager, now advocates for victims and for an end to the criminal…


New Zealand’s Escalating Crime Wave ‘Decades in the Making’: Police Minister

Decades of family abuse has contributed to the rampant crime rate in New Zealand, with one politician comparing the lawlessness to that in South Africa. “We’ve had the most crime, especially the most gun crime, that I can ever remember,” former federal Member of Parliament Matt King told The Epoch Times. King said helping children…


Defrocked Priest Who Abused Dozens of Inuit Children Now out on Parole

A defrocked Oblate priest who has been convicted of dozens of horrendous sexual crimes against Inuit children is now out on parole. Eric Dejaeger had been sentenced to 19 years for crimes committed between 1978 and 1982 that included indecent assault, unlawful confinement, buggery, unlawful sexual intercourse and bestiality. He had been in custody for…


UK Domestic Abusers Could Get 5 Years in Jail for Trying to Strangle Partners

Men who strangle their wives or girlfriends without killing them could go to jail for up to five years after new domestic abuse legislation came into force in England and Wales on Tuesday. The offence of non-fatal strangulation was drawn up after the Ministry of Justice listened to domestic violence survivors who said they were…