News, 8/12/24
Angeline Binick
The daily news e-mail will resume on Friday, August 16th.
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. POLICY / LEGISLATION
III. FORENSIC EVIDENCE
IV. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
V. ARMED CONFLICT
VI. MILITARY
VII. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
VIII. CASE STORIES
GLOBAL NEWS
Egyptian Olympic wrestler released from French police custody without charge, prosecutors say
https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-egypt-wrestling-arrest-bb5cc1220f5779758b40a1631979de02
French rugby players accused of sexual assault in Argentina are released from house arrest
POLICY / LEGISLATION
Lawmakers, advocates, attorney general defend Child Victims Act in Maryland Supreme Court
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/12/child-victims-act-maryland-supreme-court-briefs/
FORENSIC EVIDENCE
After years-long efforts to process untested rape kits, Oregon's backlog has grown again
Massachusetts: Auditor’s report suggests rape kit progress lagged at State Police Crime Laboratory
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Ex-public defender loses sexual harassment case against US judiciary
Dept. of Education: SDUSD didn't properly respond to sex harassment complaints
California: San Diego landlord ordered to pay tenants $275,000 over sexual harassment allegations
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Canada: Arbitration report states MPP Michael Mantha sexually harassed staffer
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/mantha-artibration-report-workplace-misconduct-1.7292157
Australia: Current and former Channel Seven staff describe a 'degrading, soul crushing' workplace that's left some suicidal and unable to work
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ARMED CONFLICT
Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons
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‘They rape us before we can cross’: Women, girls fleeing violence in Mali
MILITARY
US Coast Guard Academy Works to Change its Culture Following Sexual Abuse and Harassment Scandal
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
BBC asks ex-presenter Huw Edwards to pay back $250,000 after he pleads guilty to having images of child sexual abuse
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/media/bbc-huw-edwards-pay-back-salary/index.html
Nonconsensual sexual images posted online made worse by deepfakes and AI technology
CASE STORIES
FBI investigating fundamentalist Christian sect, after widespread allegations of childhood sexual abuse
Uber, Facing Sexual-Assault Litigation, Pushes Plan That May Curb Suits
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/business/uber-nevada-referendum.html
California: San Diego Unified left students ‘vulnerable’ to sex abuse, federal officials say, but that ends now
Lawsuit accusing T.I., Tiny Harris of assault dismissed by judge
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