Child abuse

After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men

Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.”

A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.
PEOPLE ATTEND a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022.

Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says

Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Justice Department in Washington on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases

A three-year-old haredi child found on his own at a bus terminal at the Kalandiya West Bank crossing, December 15, 2025

Ultra-Orthodox child forgotten on bus and left alone at West Bank checkpoint, police probe parents


Shein childlike sex doll scandal shines light on marketplaces' dark corners

The French Finance Ministry on Friday halted the suspension proceedings of Chinese online retailer Shein initiated last week after the Chinese retailer withdrew all illicit products.

Shein logo and their web page on smartphone in this illustration taken November 5, 2025.

Oklahoma sex offender on Most Wanted List found in NYC, 13 years after staged abduction

The now 44-year-old was convicted in a 2008 case after he was found guilty on five counts of possession of child pornography.

Anthony Lennon, one of Oklahoma’s Ten Most Wanted, was arrested in New York after staging his own kidnapping 13 years ago

Child bride forced to pay abusive husband's family blood money or Iran will execute her

Forced to marry at 12 years old, sources told IranWire her husband began physically and emotionally abusing her after she refused to become pregnant a second time.

 MEMBERS OF the Iranian diaspora in Europe take part in a rally in Brussels last September, marking the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini.

Louisiana teen rescued from box in Pittsburgh basement after online grooming

Police said the girl had been contacted on the popular app Snapchat by 26-year-old Ki-Shawn Crumity, who said he would help arrange for her to be adopted, police said.

Police vehicles block off the road near the home of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers' home in Baldwin Baldwin borough, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 27, 2018.

Armed man wearing ‘non-offending pedophile’ sign disrupts Wikipedia conference

The New York Post identified the man as 27-year-old Connor Weston. He had reportedly told the crowd, “I’m a non-contact pedophile. I want to kill myself.”

The New York Wikipedia conference was disrupted on Friday when an armed man, wearing a sign declaring himself to be an “anti-contact non-offending pedophile,’ got on stage and threatened to commit suicide.

Orel Sharon named as teacher suspected of raping his female student

Orel Sharon, a middle school teacher in Petah Tikva, was arrested on charges of rape and indecent acts after a former student accused him of abuse over several years. The investigation is ongoing.

An empty classroom

Petah Tikva teacher raped two 17-year-old students, barred from teaching for eight years

The 43-year-old English teacher has been determined unfit to work for the Education Ministry and will be barred from any government position involving children for eight years.

An empty classroom

Roblox’s ban of a user named ‘Schlep’ has ignited a crisis for the mega-popular gaming platform

Streamers with 3 million followers staged a live protest at the Utah State Capitol, holding signs that said “Free Schlep."

Streamers in Utah held a #FreeSchlep protest in front of the state capitol on behalf of a banned Roblox user by that name, Aug. 15, 2025.

Behind yeshiva walls: The hidden sexual abuse in haredi communities - opinion

It seems that every time a new scandal erupts, the deep fracture within the haredi community is exposed once again.

 HAREDI YESHIVA students

British sex offender charged over ‘mock’ wedding with nine-year-old at Disneyland Paris

The 9-year-old Ukrainian girl was brought to France only to days before the wedding.

A model presents a creation by designers Sebastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant as part of their Spring/Summer 2025 Women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion brand Coperni during Paris Fashion Week at the theme park Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallee, near Paris, France, October 1, 2024.

American Psycho star reveals: “I was born into a cult – they starved and beat me”

A well-known actress from “American Psycho” reveals the nightmare she endured in childhood in the Mel Lyman cult.

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