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child abuse

Social Media

Twitter refused to take down child porn because ‘it did not violate company policy’, sued by sex trafficking victim

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2021

The now 17-year-old victim has filed a lawsuit accusing Twitter of allowing the child sexual abuse material be circulated and shared on their platform for months, despite complaints, and refusing to take it down.

News Reports

Kerala: Mother arrested for sexually exploiting 14-year-old son in Thiruvananthapuram

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2021

The woman was arrested by the police under POCSO Act. She has been sent to judicial custody.

News Reports

Children home run by Harsh Mander’s NGO in the dock as NCPCR inspection reveals child sex abuse: Here are the shocking details

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2021

NCPCR conducted inspection at the two shelter homes under the scanner, run by an NGO of 'Love Caravan' Harsh Mander.

News Reports

CBI arrests one Niyaz Ahmed Mir from Srinagar for running a child sex abuse racket in the US

OpIndia Staff - 23 December, 2020

Mir and his US-based wife Tamara targeted minors in the US to run a child sex abuse racket and produce pornographic material

Culture and History

Conversions, land grabbing, abuse and brainwashing of the next generation: Why India needs to counter ‘The Church’

Priyank - 22 December, 2020

Anti-conversion laws and rules for NGOs are not enough, the Indian government needs to employ stricter methods to counter The Church.

News Reports

USA: Netflix faces indictment in Texas over the lewd exhibition of minor girls in ‘Cuties’ film

OpIndia Staff - 7 October, 2020

Streaming-giant Netflix is now facing indictment over the movie 'Cuties', a French film that has stoked a massive controversy over extreme sexualisation of minor girl, including charges of promoting paedophilia.

News Reports

The viral video of a boy describing sexual exploitation by Maulvi in Hathras Madarsa is from 2018. Read details

OpIndia Staff - 7 October, 2020

In December 2018, three juvenile offenders were arrested in Hathras for molesting a 5-year-old girl.

News Reports

The dancing boys of Afghanistan: A report on the rising ‘baccha bazi’ in the country

Nivan - 1 October, 2020

'Baccha Bazi' or 'Child play' is a practice in which young (and often pre-pubescent) boys are made to dress like girls and dance erotically in front of middle-aged Afghan men

Media