NI abuse victims to launch legal bid over Kincora probe
Abuse victims of a notorious boys’ home in Belfast will today mount a legal challenge against the Government’s refusal to order a statutory inquiry into the crimes committed there. A
Read MoreAbuse victims of a notorious boys’ home in Belfast will today mount a legal challenge against the Government’s refusal to order a statutory inquiry into the crimes committed there. A
Read MoreThe number of children being counselled through ChildLine about online sexual abuse has more than doubled, according to the charity. ChildLine said it carried out 2,842 counselling sessions on the
Read MoreA former children’s home manager has been charged with committing 11 historical sexual offences. Warwickshire Police said Robert Brown, 67, has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault, one
Read MoreTwo in five girls, some aged just 13, have experienced sexual violence from a partner, according to a new study into teenage relationships. The research, led by academics at the
Read MoreSome 4,500 women in conflict zones and poor communities are to be asked to detail their life experiences as part of an international project to count the cost of violence
Read MoreA Scotland-wide review into how well the public is protected by arrangements for assessing and managing sex offenders is set to begin fieldwork. The review, carried out by the Care
Read MoreThe new head of a long-delayed inquiry into institutionalised child sex abuse has suggested it could take up to four years to complete and hopes to start work in early
Read MoreChildren who are sent to jail could be more likely to commit sex offences later in life, prison reform campaigners have warned. A report by the Commission on Sex in
Read MoreMinisters are asking Chancellor George Osborne for extra money for public prosecutors so they can deal with a spike in historic sex abuse cases. Attorney General Jeremy Wright confirmed that
Read MoreAngelina Jolie has said “there is no stable future for a world in which crimes committed against women go unpunished” as she opened the UK’s first academic centre on women,
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