Seoul crowd crush: history suggests authorities may try to blame the victims: South Korean Citizens hold a Candlelight tribute to the victims of the Itaewon disaster during the Halloween Festival in Seoul Sipa US / Alamy Stock Photo The tragedy in South Korea on Halloween, in which at least 154 people were crushed to death …
Dead crustaceans washing up on England’s north-east coast may be victims of the green industrial revolution: Thousands of dead and dying crustaceans were found along Teesside's coastlines last year. FlorianKunde/Shutterstock Thousands of dead and dying crabs and lobsters washed up along a 50km stretch of England’s north-east coast last autumn. Observers reported seeing the animals …
How the UK press is failing victims of miscarriages of justice: On September 20 2022, Adnan Sayed had his murder conviction overturned by a Baltimore judge after spending nearly 23 years in jail. His case had featured in the groundbreaking true crime podcast Serial. As well as garnering an international following and spawning an entire …
Nigeria’s efforts to help victims of trafficking are failing. We found out why: A protest against human trafficking in Lagos. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Most countries have anti-trafficking laws, policies and programmes to prevent human trafficking. There are also international treaties to address the problem. Yet it’s still thriving. Human trafficking is the recruitment, …
Sexual violence in South Africa: where are the male victims?: Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images Men and boys count among the victims of sexual violence. Estimates and contexts vary, but it seems that worldwide, they make up around 10% of victims of sexual violence. According to Rees Mann, the founder of South African Male Survivors of Sexual …
Operation Condor: why victims of the oppression that swept 1970s South America are still fighting for justice: Between 1976 and 1978, an extrajudicial campaign of violent repression was waged by South American dictatorships against political dissidents and exiles who spoke out against domestic repression and military rule. Operation Condor, as this campaign was known, has …
Mo Farah: here’s why it is so difficult for trafficking victims to disclose their experiences: Sir Mo Farah recently revealed that he was trafficked into the UK at the age of nine for domestic servitude. In a BBC documentary, the long-distance runner said it took him three decades to publicly discuss what happened to him, …
Mo Farah was trafficked to the UK – the government’s new immigration law could make it harder for modern slavery victims to receive help: Chintung Lee / Shutterstock Sir Mo Farah has bravely revealed that he was trafficked to the UK as a child, taken to a new country by a woman he didn’t know …
ICC case against Kenyan lawyer Gicheru: it matters, but not for victims of the violence: William Ruto at the International Criminal Court in May 2013 Lex van Lieshout/AFP via Getty Images The trial of Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru began in mid February 2022 at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The charges against him relate to …
Why victims of domestic abuse don’t leave – four experts explain: Leaving the family home when children are involved brings psychological and practical barriers. fizkes | Shutterstock For anyone aware of someone – a friend, a colleague, a family member – experiencing abuse and violence at home, one of the biggest questions is often why …
The ‘new’ offences added to the online safety bill are not really new – and could continue to fail victims of online abuse: fizkes/Shutterstock The UK government has recently revealed more detail about its ambitious plans to become the “safest place in the world to go online” by way of the online safety bill. The …
Why it’s time to make ecocide a crime: for the sake of its victims: Campaigners against ecocide are calling for it to become an international crime. Menetekel/Flickr, CC BY-SA In November, the world’s first global citizens’ assembly – made up of 100 people chosen by lottery from around the world – declared its recommended responses …
Cyberflashing could be criminalised: here’s how a change in the law would help victims: HBRH / Shutterstock “Cyberflashing” – the unsolicited sending of photos or videos of genitals – may soon be a crime in England and Wales. Surveys have found that nearly half of young adult women have been sent unwanted, graphic images by …
Police reporting can undermine domestic violence victims, language analysis shows: Shutterstock As police officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced for the murder of Sarah Everard, North Yorkshire Police Commissioner Philip Allott said women “need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can’t be arrested”. Couzens had exploited his authority to falsely …
South Africa in the news: Women in their 50s and men in their 20s are the biggest victims of online dating fraud: A woman from South Africa offered to buy them, but then began asking for more photographs. Mr Hinds, 51, recalls: ‘And then, of course, it became: “Great, I’d love to buy them, but …
Victims of Habré’s rule haven’t been paid a cent of the compensation due to them: Relatives of the victims at Hissene Habre's 2015 trial in Dakar, Senegal Cemil Oksuz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images What happens when survivors of atrocities are granted a large sum of reparations but the court which ordered the reparations has disappeared and the …
South Africa in the news: Failure to produce Goldman reports leaves victims open to further abuse: The DA has submitted an appeal to our Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application in order to obtain the Goldman Report into allegations of sexual abuse at Swim South Africa (SSA). The …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Paying with a palm print? We’re victims of our own psychology in making privacy decisions: Natasa Adzic/Shutterstock The online retail giant Amazon has moved from our screens to our streets, with the introduction of Amazon grocery and book stores. With this expansion came the introduction of Amazon One – a service that lets customers use …