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UK: Child sex grooming - the Asian question

As nine men are jailed for a total of 77 years for abusing young girls, what do we actually know about the cultural side of such crimes? Outside Liverpool…

Wave Of Teenage Suicides Alarm Russians

Russia has been hit with a wave of copycat teenage suicides so pronounced that President Dmitri A. Medvedev warned news media outlets against making too much…

A child's experience of her mother going to prison

Every year, many thousands of children experience separation from a mother who is sent to prison, a trauma which in many cases can also mean losing their home.…

Abducted Pakistani teen starved to death in Greece

A Pakistani youth was starved to death in Greece after being held to ransom by kidnappers for over more than months. Police said that the teenager had been…

Romania: Babies left to die as doctors refuse to work without bribes

A quarter of a century after the West learned about Romania's orphanages, children are again the victims, this time of endemic corruption

Swedish toy catalogue defies gender roles

A new Swedish toy catalogue has reversed the traditional gender roles by showing Spiderman pushing a pram, and a young girl riding a toy racecar.

The Greek parents forced to give up their children

Greece's financial crisis has made some families so desperate they are giving up the most precious thing of all - their children.

UK: 'Witch Torture' couple 'had attacked before'

A couple accused of torturing a boy to death because they believed he was a witch had previously accused another teenager of witchcraft, a court heard.

UK: Fugitive Catholic priest urged to turn himself in

Arrest warrant issued for former abbot of Ealing Abbey as report into child abuse scandal at school run by monks is published Laurence Soper, the former abbot…

UK: 'Thousands of children' sexually exploited by gangs

Thousands of children in England are being horrifically abused by gangs, the deputy children's commissioner has said, as she launches an inquiry. Current…

The second Chechen war: a Grozny teenager's diary

Polina Zherebtsova was 14 when the bombs started raining down. They hit the market where she worked with her mother, the streets she walked down daily, until…

UK: The teenagers who think domestic abuse is normal

By the time Tammy Warsop realised she was embroiled in an abusive relationship it was already too late. At just 17 she met her future husband Kevin Warsop, 41,…

UK: Convictions for sex offences on children up 60% in six years

The number of people convicted of sex offences on children aged under 16 in England and Wales has increased by nearly 60% in six years. Child protection groups…

The problem of Teenage Brides in eastern Turkey

Most teenage girls spend their summer enjoying a break from school, hanging out with friends, spending time with family, perhaps even vacationing at the beach.…

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