News, 8/16/24

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   SEXUAL HARASSMENT

IV.   LAW ENFORCEMENT

V.    CRIMINAL JUSTICE
VI.   SEX TRAFFICKING
VII.  ARMED CONFLICT

VIII. MILITARY
IX.   CLERGY ABUSE
X.    SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

XI.   CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

XII.  CASE STORIES
XIII. COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

 

Rape and murder of medic triggers strike by doctors at government hospitals in India

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rape-murder-medic-india-triggers-doctors-strike-government-hospitals/

 

 

India struggles with high rape cases, low conviction rates

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-struggles-with-high-rape-cases-low-conviction-rates-2024-08-15/

 

 

Violence against women on UK trains rises by 50% in two years

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/14/violence-against-women-on-uk-trains-rises-by-50-in-two-years

 

 

UK: Woman paid £35,000 over CPS’s decision to drop rape case after ‘sexsomnia’ claim

(Trigger warning)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/woman-paid-35000-over-cpss-decision-to-drop-case-after-sexsomnia-claim

 

 

Australia: Concerns inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women doesn't go far enough

(Audio)

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/am/concerns-first-nations-women-inquiry-won-t-go-far-enough/104232912

 

 

Australia: Young women feel sexual assault is 'inevitable' in their lives

(Audio)

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/sexual-assault-young-women-research/104222058

 

 

From Illinois to Sierra Leone, laws on child labor and child marriage

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Points-of-Progress/2024/0813/child-marriage-social-media-Amersterdam-cruises

 

 

 

 

 

REGIONAL NEWS

 

Man most wanted following alleged sexual assault on Courtyard Marriott employee

https://local21news.com/news/local/man-most-wanted-following-alleged-sexual-assault-on-courtyard-marriott-employee#

 

 

 

 

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

 

Harvard settles lawsuit alleging it ignored sexual harassment

https://www.reuters.com/legal/harvard-settles-lawsuit-alleging-it-ignored-sexual-harassment-2024-08-15/

 

 

Australia: Queensland Racing Integrity Commission faces secret probe by external investigators

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-17/queensland-racing-integrity-commission-faces-secret-probe/104228650

 

 

 

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT

 

AG Nessel announces Michigan's new law enforcement partnership to catch sexual assault suspects

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-ag-enforcement-partnership-catch-sexual-assault-suspects/

 

 

 

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 

West Virginia: Harrison County Survivors Of Domestic, Sexual Violence Can Now Testify Remotely

https://wvpublic.org/harrison-county-survivors-of-domestic-sexual-violence-can-now-testify-remotely/

 

 

 

 

SEX TRAFFICKING

 

Child sex-trafficking victim who killed her abuser will finally learn her fate

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/08/14/chrystul-kizer-sentence-sex-trafficking/

 

 

 

 

ARMED CONFLICT

 

UN expert condemns alleged sexual assault of Palestinian in Israeli custody

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-expert-condemns-alleged-sexual-assault-palestinian-israeli-custody-2024-08-16/

 

 

 

 

MILITARY

 

US military sex assault cases much higher than official estimates, study finds

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-sex-assault-cases-much-higher-than-official-estimates-study-finds-2024-08-14/

 

 

 

 

CLERGY ABUSE

 

Australia: Identities of abusers should be listed on church websites, WA child sexual abuse inquiry finds

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-15/publish-child-sex-abusers-names-catholic-christian-brothers/104226188

 

 

 

 

SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

 

Subpoena for CBS News interviews "sends a chilling message" to victims in sexual abuse case against Army doctor, advocates say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-doctor-michael-stockin-sexual-abuse-case-subpoena-cbs-news/

 

 

Indigenous children were abused in Canada. A film seeks answers.

https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2024/0815/canada-sugarcane-documentary-indigenous-first-nations

 

 

Australia: Inquiry into child sexual abuse finds Christian Brothers avoided scrutiny

(Video)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-15/inquiry-into-child-sexual-abuse-christian-brothers-scrutiny/104231876

 

 

 

 

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

 

Canada: Online child sexual exploitation is now at epidemic levels and that has police concerned

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/online-child-sexual-exploitation-sextortion-police-1.7249243

 

 

 

 

CASE STORIES

 

Sexual abuse trial of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is delayed until Sept. 26

https://apnews.com/article/wander-franco-trial-delayed-2d397e43544519c4b4153444fa964fef

 

 

Child rapist ex-cop’s 10-weekend US jail sentence called ‘epitome of injustice’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/16/rochester-police-officer-child-rapist-jail-sentence

 

 

Court upholds musician Jacob Hoggard's sex assault conviction

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jacob-hoggard-appeal-dismissed-1.7296632

 

 

 

 

COMMENTARY

 

Iraq: Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/16/iraq-parliament-poised-legalize-child-marriage

 

 

‘People’s lives have been changed’: Could boxing help child abuse survivors deal with trauma?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/14/peoples-lives-have-been-changed-could-boxing-help-child-abuse-survivors-deal-with-trauma