Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judicial Service Commission has dismissed Rakai Court Grade One Magistrate, Latif Abubaker Nakibinge from service. Latif Abubaker Nakibinge allegedly withdrew money from the Court Operation Fund Account but failed to hand it over to the owner. Uganda Radio Network has information that Nakibinge was …
Read More »KCCA launches a law aimed at protecting children from abuse
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) launched a new law that prohibits the exploitation of children. Known as the Kampala Capital City Child Protection Ordinance 2022, the law criminalizes children loitering in public places, begging or soliciting, vending or hawking and bans the sale …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein convicted of sexual assault and rape
New York, United States | AFP | Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of sexual assault and rape but cleared of the most serious predatory sexual assault charges, a verdict hailed as a historic victory by the #MeToo Movement against sexual abuse. The jury of seven men and five women, delivering …
Read More »‘House of torture’ puts focus on Nigeria Islamic schools
Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Horrific revelations of torture and abuse at a compound billing itself as a Koranic reform school in northern Nigeria have shone a spotlight on Islamic institutes unregulated by the authorities. Last week police in the city of Kaduna raided a building to find hundreds of men …
Read More »Ugandan jailed after becoming first convicted of FGM in UK
London, United Kingdom | AFP | A British judge on Friday jailed a Ugandan woman for 11 years after she became the first person ever to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain. A jury in February convicted the 37-year-old, who lives in east London but cannot …
Read More »Zuckerberg sees ‘positive’ force of Facebook despite firestorm
San Francisco, United States | AFP | Mark Zuckerberg said Monday he sees Facebook as a largely “positive” force for society as the embattled social network marked its 15th anniversary. Even as Facebook is facing a wave of criticism over issues of manipulation, misinformation, abuse and other social ills, Zuckerberg said it would be a …
Read More »Ugandan mother becomes first convicted of FGM in UK
London, United Kingdom | AFP | A Ugandan woman became the first person ever to be found guilty of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Britain when she was convicted on Friday of harming her then three-year-old daughter in 2017. The 37-year-old, who lives in London but cannot be identified for …
Read More »Pope vows justice for victims of ‘vile’ sex abuse
Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis vowed justice for victims of clerical sex abuse Monday, describing paedophilia as one of the “vilest” crimes ahead of a historic global meet on the crisis roiling the church. “I cannot refrain from speaking of one of the plagues of our …
Read More »Egypt court jails activist over ‘spreading false news’
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | An Egyptian appeals court on Sunday sent a rights activist to prison for two years over charges including “spreading false news”, her lawyer and a court official said. The court also fined Amal Fathi, who was released three days previously in another case, 10,000 Egyptian …
Read More »Pope vows Church will ‘never again’ ignore abuse accusations
Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis vowed Friday that the Catholic Church will never again treat abuse allegations without “seriousness and promptness”, calling on abusers to hand themselves in to police. “The Church will never seek to hush up or not take seriously any case,” the pope …
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