Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with sex_crime www.salem-news.com 2010 I just heard about the groups of topless women in the Ukraine, part of The Femen Movement, who are taking a stand by taking their shirts off in public protest at events that quite naturally, have garnered their share of attention. The idea was presented to me as something slightly humorous and very entertaining, and yet that is not the case at all, sadly. http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/topless-ukraine.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february012012/topless-ukraine.php Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:10:00 PST The survival of humanity is a concept of inter-dependency. Each time this essential synchronicity is stripped away, the dogs of war assume their battle stations and sickening patterns of brutality begin. The horror that enveloped Sri Lanka just over two years ago is beyond description. Sexual depravity accompanied mobs of morally disorganized soldiers who had orders to kill, everyone. http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/us-lanka-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/us-lanka-tk.php Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:22:00 PST R Cheran is a Sri Lankan Tamil poet and academician, born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He published his first collection of poems Irandaavathu Suriya Uthayam (The Second Sunrise) in 1982. His other titles include Yaman (God of Death) (1984), together with an anthology of Tamil resistance poems... http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/lanka-poet-bs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january242012/lanka-poet-bs.php Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:51:00 PST In the run-up to the Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva next month, those pushing for an international war crimes inquiry targeting Sri Lanka are stepping up pressure. A key member of UNSG Ban Ki-moon’s Panel of Experts (PoE) on accountability in Sri Lanka, Prof. Steven Ratner reiterating the demand for an international investigation. http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/lanka-ratner.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/lanka-ratner.php Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:26:00 PST The aftermath of Sri Lanka’s quarter century-long civil war, which ended in May 2009 with the defeat of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, continued to dominate events in 2011. In April the UN's Secretary-General released a report concluding that both government forces and the LTTE conducted military operations “with flagrant disregard for the protection, rights, welfare and lives of civilians and failed to respect the norms of international law.” http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/lanka-reconcilliation.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/lanka-reconcilliation.php Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:05:00 PST As promised, the Sri Lankan government made the final report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) public last month. It has also recently released its “National Action Plan for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights: 2011-2016.” The Action Plan was developed in accordance with a commitment the government had made in 2008, the last time Sri Lanka participated in the UN’s Universal Periodic Review. http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/lanka-diplomacy.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january232012/lanka-diplomacy.php Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:23:00 PST When most people think of human trafficking, they envision victims trafficked into the international sex trade. But consider the complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center in the class action case of Mairi Nunag-Tañedo, et al. v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, et al. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/human-trafficking-rs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212012/human-trafficking-rs.php Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:17:00 PST While receiving its share of bad publicity over the fallout from a deadly civil war that ended just over two years ago, along charges of war crimes and Genocide, Sri Lanka has been ranked 97th among the 184 countries as the freest to carry out business in. The Sri Lankan economy continues to progress toward greater economic freedom, registering significant score gains in the past two years. http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/lanka-tourism.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/lanka-tourism.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:02:00 PST On the 8 April 2010, 8 policemen let themselves in by key to the Musa family home in Haringey North London and removed the Musa's 5 children without any notice or prearrangement. The children were removed on what later were found to be untrue allegations made by certain people at Haringey council. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/favour-musa.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192012/favour-musa.php Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:50:00 PST The UN praises its own response to the earthquake in Haiti two years ago, but the Secretary General's spokesman could not say if even one Sri Lanka soldiers repatriated for pedophilia had been disciplined. 111 soldiers and 3 officers from MINUSTAH’s Sri Lankan battalion are charged with sexual exploitation and abuse of Haitian minors. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/sri-lanka-un-.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/sri-lanka-un-.php Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:07:00 PST The murder of Kuram Shaikah Zaman, a prosthetic expert with the Red Cross who worked in Gaza, is alleged to have been carried out by a local politician. The death has led to sharp criticism over the failure of the Sri Lankan government to maintain law and order and also for encouraging lawlessness and criminal behaviour. http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/lanka-rape-murder.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january052012/lanka-rape-murder.php Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:03:00 PST The Defense Ministry fined Global CST and its owner, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Israel Ziv for deviating from the restricted permit it was granted by the ministry and signing a contract with the government of Guinea to set up and train Special Forces there and supply them with weapons. http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/idf-in-guinea-ym.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042012/idf-in-guinea-ym.php Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:25:00 PST On December 31, 2011, Obama signed the NDAA, codifying into law for the first time in American history that the military can imprison citizens or non-citizens indefinitely, inside or outside the United States, without charges or trial. - ACLU This obscene bill was the work of the US Senate. http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/bestial-military-kb.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january022012/bestial-military-kb.php Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST This is an official message on behalf of Chiwar and Gloria Musa, imprisoned on remand in Pentonville and Holloway womens prisons respectively since the 31st November 2011. Chiwar Musa hereby notifies all that the Musas will represent themselves at the 28th Dec. commital to crown court hearing at the Highbury Corner magistrates court. http://salem-news.com/articles/december262011/favour-musa-jg.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december262011/favour-musa-jg.php Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:06:00 PST The report itself, while flawed, represents a step forward in establishing what happened in the final stages of the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. For instance, while the Rajapaksa government has maintained so far that there were zero civilian casualties, the LLRC report says that there were ‘considerable civilian casualties’ and that hospitals were shelled in the closing phases of the war. http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/llrc-coverup.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december232011/llrc-coverup.php Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:30:00 PST Earlier this week, a piece was published by the Daily Telegraph that contained the latest in a powerful body of evidence that indicates the Sri Lankan army committed atrocities during the final phase of the country's civil war. It referenced damning allegations of war crimes committed by government forces during the conflict's conclusion. http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/left-ignores-tamils-es.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december212011/left-ignores-tamils-es.php Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:48:00 PST The initial reaction to the long awaited report of Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission from the international human rights organizations was one of rejection. They expressed their lack of satisfaction with the commission’s findings, some even going to the extent of calling it a white wash’. http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/lanka-llrc-jp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/lanka-llrc-jp.php Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:47:00 PST In typical fashion, the Washington Post is among U.S. news groups backing the 'government' of Egypt as it crushes, rapes and brutalizes citizens in Tahrir Square who stand up and speak out against the military junta that seized power in the wake of the ousting of Hosni Mubarak. These far-right media groups are in a trap now that the Occupy Wall Street movement is up and running in the U.S. It is easy for U.S. media to cheer foreign revolution, but only when its perceived enemies like Iran are the recipients. http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/egypt-revolution-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december192011/egypt-revolution-tk.php Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:48:00 PST Pahalagama Somaratana Thero, chief incumbent of Thames Buddhist Vihara, Croydon, has been charged with another eight counts of sexual abuse on Friday, 11 November, the London Metropolitan police told Colombo Telegraph. According to the metropolitan police these eight indecent assaults on a female under 14 took place between 01 January 1985 and 31 December 1986 at an address in Croydon. http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/buddhist-rape.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/buddhist-rape.php Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:38:00 PST A young woman in Egypt whose free soul might better have been born in Berkley rather than Cairo, was 'crucified' in Tahrir Square this week by men who identified her as the nude activist blogger who has taken a stand against rampant sexism in this mostly Muslim country. Easily spotted and vulnerable, Aliaa Elmahdy, was targeted, bound, and drug through the crowd of demonstrators in Egypt. However she is taken to what appears to be a medical team and it seems clear from the video that those personnel, male and female, began protecting her as soon as she was delivered to them, I hope that is the case. http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/aliaa-elmahdy-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december092011/aliaa-elmahdy-tk.php Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:58:00 PST "I was cyberbullied at age 40 by someone that tried to beat me up in high school," says a person posting on a website that chronicles stories of people intimidated through digital communications. http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/cyber-bullying-1.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/cyber-bullying-1.php Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:08:00 PST “She is an award-winning columnist and an international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues and she is now based in New York.” … With those words Mona Eltahawy introduces herself to the reader of her elegant website. Nothing really expressed who she really is like the notice line at the header of her blog that says “Mona Eltahawy, an Egyptian from the inside and outside” http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/mona-eltahawy-ae.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/mona-eltahawy-ae.php Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:13:00 PST Nick Bryant, author of two books on the precarious status of America’s children, and an expert on child trafficking and sexual abuse, says the Penn State-Sandusky case bears the following parallels to other child abuse networks that are documented in his book THE FRANKLIN SCANDAL. Bryant took seven years to research and write one of the few commercially published books on child abuse networks and trafficking, The Franklin Scandal... http://salem-news.com/articles/november222011/penn-state-connections.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november222011/penn-state-connections.php Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:30:00 PST Marion County Sheriff's detectives and Salem Police arrested a 42-year old transient Tuesday, charging him with multiple counts of sexual misconduct. Leslie Eugene McGranahan was arrested by Salem Police at the Roadway Inn, 3340 Astoria Way NE. Salem Police learned of his whereabouts and contacted him at the hotel. He was arrested without incident on a probable cause statement on file with our Office. http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/sex-arrest.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/sex-arrest.php Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:01:00 PST A Penn State board has determined that it is in the best interest of the University for Joe Paterno to no longer serve as head football coach, effective immediately. The board has named Dr. Rodney A. Erickson, executive vice president and provost, as the interim president of the University. Tom Bradley, assistant coach, has been named interim head football coach. http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/penn-state-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november102011/penn-state-le.php Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:43:00 PST More than 20,000 people have joined a popular online campaign calling on Spanish immigration officials to halt the deportation of a woman fleeing sexual slavery. The woman, a survivor of sexual slavery whose name cannot be published due to safety concerns, came to Spain to escape enslavement in another European country. She was arrested by Spanish authorities after her arrival and moved to a detention center, where she has been held for the past month. http://salem-news.com/articles/november022011/sex-slavery.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november022011/sex-slavery.php Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:02:00 PDT Food security is becoming a growing concern in Sri Lanka´s war ravaged north where a majority of the inhabitants live on less than a dollar a day. At the same time only a quarter of a UN-Sri Lanka post-conflict reconstruction programme has been financed partly because the World Bank has classified Sri Lanka a middle income nation. http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/lanka-income.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/lanka-income.php Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:05:00 PDT The island of Sri Lanka, known for its stunning and diverse nature, but also for its ethnic violence, is now facing the challenge of overcoming its bloody past and focusing on development and stability. “In the 1950s and 60s Sri Lanka was hailed as a model developing country, with functioning democracy, working institutions and good economic growth”, says Alan Keenan, Senior Analyst and Sri Lanka Project Director for the International Crisis Group (ICG). http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/bloody-lanka_.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november012011/bloody-lanka_.php Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:39:00 PDT Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi was traveling under a negotiated “White Flag” truce last Thursday in an agreement to leave Libya. More claims from sources inside Misrata, Libya that the Libyan National Transitional Council did in fact agree to allow Gaddafi and his convoy safe passage out of Libya. http://salem-news.com/articles/october262011/clinton-gaddafi.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october262011/clinton-gaddafi.php Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:49:00 PDT An Italian court overturned the homicide convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito today, setting them free after an emotional and painful span of time... almost four years, in the Murder of Meredith Kercher, a citizen of Great Britain. Amanda Knox broke down in tears as the appellate court jury of eight delivered their verdict. They deliberated for eleven hours. The verdict was celebrated in the courtroom by Amanda Knox's supporters who were so loud that the court ordered them silenced. http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/knox-verdict-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/knox-verdict-tk.php Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:52:00 PDT