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Five children, including four girls rescued from Shalom Biblical Baptist church in Bengaluru: Report

OpIndia Staff - 14 July, 2021

In her complaint, the Childline worker stated that the institution was sheltering around 14 children, both boys and girls, for rehabilitation without the due permission or registration from the JJ board.

Crime

Andhra Pradesh: 46-year-old pastor arrested for sexual assault on a 10-year-old, had tried to bribe the child to keep quiet

OpIndia Staff - 6 July, 2021

The pastor allegedly assaulted the minor girl on June 22. When the 10-year-old victim’s mother got to know of the incident, she filed a police complaint in the Sarpavaram police station.

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‘Not permitted to act as a lawless no-man’s-land’: Texas SC rules that Facebook could be held liable for sex trafficking on its platform

OpIndia Staff - 29 June, 2021

Before Facebook, Twitter has also been sued by a sex trafficking victim for refusing to take down child sexual abuse material from the platform.

News Reports

Maharashtra: 8-year-old boy made to clean toilets of a Covid isolation centre, was given Rs 50 for the ‘job’

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2021

The officer threatened the boy to hit him with sticks if he refused to clean the toilet and gave him Rs. 50 for the work.

News Reports

NCPCR asks Delhi Police to file FIR against Twitter India for lying that it is not related to Twitter Inc, violating POCSO Act

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2021

When NCPCR asked Twitter India to remove Child Sexual Abusive Material, they said Twitter Inc is responsible for it and not them

News Reports

The orphans of Covid-19: Everything you need to know about legal adoption and govt rules

Anurag - 5 May, 2021

India has strict rules for parents who want to adopt a child. No individual, NGO or organization can take in a child without permission from the authorities.

Opinions

‘Bacha Bazi’: The rampant sexual exploitation of minor boys in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Akshita Bhadauria - 17 March, 2021

'Bacha Bazi' or using minor boys for sexual pleasure has been rampant in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

News Reports

Centre of learning or hub of sexual crimes? Exposing the dark side of religious institutions in Pakistan

Akshita Bhadauria - 16 March, 2021

Children sent to study come back with scars of sexual abuse and physical violence. Pakistan a UN Human Rights Council Member puts to shame the organization established to promote and protect Human Rights globally

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