Browsing: Abuse

Rovier Carrington, a man who had television producer ambitions and claimed he was a Hollywood heir, launched his winding legal saga in 2018. Composite: Rita Liu/The…

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published new guidance for its lawyers to help tackle “honour”-based abuse, with spiritual and immigration abuse included for the first…

Tackling violence against women and girls is not just a priority for my government. It is central to who I am.Before entering politics, when I led…

It is right to draw attention to the physical, verbal, racial and sexual violence and abuse experienced by ever increasing numbers of NHS staff in the…

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…