Posts Tagged ‘abuse’

Afghan commission alleges US detainee abuse (AP)

Gul Rahman Qazi , center, head of an Afghan investigative commission speaks during a media conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Afghan President Karzai had charged the commission with investigating the detention of some hundreds of suspected militants and the investigative commission has accused the U.S. military of abusing detainees at its largest prison, and says those held without evidence should be freed.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai’s demand that the U.S. turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed.


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Priest accused of sex abuse honored at Marine Park church’s tree lighting 

A Marine Park Catholic church dedicated its Christmas display to a priest accused of sex abuse, drawing outrage from one of his his alleged victim’s family.

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Hall of Fame writer quits as abuse claims surface

Hall of Fame sportswriter Bill Conlin abruptly resigned Tuesday, hours before the Philadelphia Inquirer published a lurid story detailing allegations of child abuse by four victims who say they were molested by Conlin, a longtime Philadelphia Daily News columnist.

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Egypt women march against army in fury over abuse (AP)

An Egyptian woman raises a copy of Al Tahrir newspaper fronted by a picture showing half naked woman protester beaten by army soldiers as hundreds of Egyptian women march at Cairo streets angered by the recent violence used against them during  clashes between police and protesters in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Egypt's ruling generals are coming under mounting criticism at home and abroad for the military's use of excessive force against unarmed protesters, including women, as they try to crush the pro-democracy movement calling for their ouster. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP – Around 10,000 women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt’s ruling military step down Tuesday in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them, and stripped one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists the past week.


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Abuse victims need time to seek justice 

Gartner: The impact of childhood sexual abuse has no statute of limitations. Why is the statute of limitations for prosecuting abusers in New York so short?

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Giants LB in child abuse investigation

Linebacker Michael Boley will be in Giants’ lineup on Sunday afternoon, even though he’s being investigated by police in Alabama for allegedly abusing his 5-year-old son.

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Report slams Dutch Catholic Church over sex abuse (AP)

Archbishop of Utrecht Wim Eijk, center, answers questions during a press conference in Zeist, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011. A Dutch archbishop has apologized to victims after an independent inquiry reported that thousands of children suffered sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, and church officials knew about it but failed to adequately address it. Wim Eijk says the report 'fills us with shame and sorrow.' (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)AP – As many as 20,000 children endured sexual abuse at Dutch Catholic institutions over the past 65 years, and church officials failed to adequately address it or help the victims, according to a long-awaited investigative report released Friday.


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