Browsing: Abuse

I was grateful to read the Guardian investigation revealing how perpetrators of abuse are using private investigators to further harm by proxy, exposing the unseen threat…

Circumcision is to be classed as a potential form of child abuse under new guidance for prosecutors, amid concerns from judges and coroners about deaths and…

Louise Haigh says government should quit X because child sexual abuse imagery making its use ‘unconscionable’Peter WalkerPeter Walker is the Guardian’s senior political correspondent.Louise Haigh, the…

“I’m always looking over my shoulder. I’m never going to let my guard down,” Bekhal Mahmod said.For two decades she has been in hiding, living under…

The government’s new violence against women and girls strategy sets out welcome ambitions to strengthen protection and tackle misogyny, but the real test will be in…

A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen state laws meant to hold adults entrusted with children’s safety accountable for failing to report suspected child abuse, after an…

Frank Lampard admitted he was “out of order” after he sparked a post-match melee following Coventry’s 1-1 draw at Southampton. Saints fans had targeted the visitors’…

Reporting Highlights Ending Exploitation: Experts say that the Fair Food Program has improved conditions for farmworkers — and, if widely adopted, could prevent exploitation and abuse…

I remember those initial heart-wrenching days and weeks leaving my daughter, aged nine months, at the nursery. She was distraught as I left, and I –…

Online child sexual abuse in England and Wales has surged by a quarter within a year, figures show, prompting police to call for social media platforms…