Prosecutors on Tuesday recommended sentences for those accused of participating in the rapes and sexual abuse of Gisele Pelicot — abuse organised by her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot. Prosecutors on Monday requested he be given a maximum 20-year sente…
Former pupils of Catholic schools say corporal punishment was โhourly occurenceโ in 60s and 70sThe Irish government has been urged to extend the scope of a statutory inquiry into historical child abuse in schools to include corporal punishment, includi…
The French justice minister is meeting with lawmakers to legally define nonconsensual sex as rape.
Spanish left-wing politician resigns amid sexual abuse allegations
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereEarlier this month the Guardianโs associate editor, Europe, Katherine Butler, spoke to Angelique Chrisafis about why this trial is so unusual and whether it might change French attitides to s…
Berlin WWII sexual abuse memorial leads to international row
Before it was shut down this year, the illicit and unmoderated chat site Coco had been implicated in killings, child sexual abuse and homophobic attacksThe trial of a 71-year-old man has gripped France and horrified the world after he admitted to repea…
Rights campaigners have long suspected that combating violence against women is not a priority for the Islamist ruling party.
While some states have shifted their views, this will not be enough to counter opposition from France and Germany.
Christian Brรผckner found not guilty in Germany of three charges of aggravated rape and two of sexual abuseThe main suspect in the disappearance of the British toddler Madeleine McCann has been found not guilty of all charges in a separate rape and sexu…
Christian Brรผckner has been on trial over alleged rape of three women and two charges of child sexual abuse in PortugalA verdict in the rape trial of a man who is the main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is expected to be reached on Tu…
Christian Brรผckner, 47, is on trial in Germany for three charges of rape and two of sexual abuse.
Christian Brรผckner, 47, is on trial in Germany for three charges of rape and two of sexual abuse.
The Netherlands’ government and opposition are both abstaining from supporting the latest version of the controversial EU regulation aimed at detecting online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to an official position and an open letter publ…
Speaking to a crowd of around 39,000 in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, the pontiff wrapped up a difficult visit to Belgium by saying, “There is no place for the covering up of abuse.”
Francis’ visit to Belgium was always going to be difficult given the country’s history of clerical sexual abuse and its increasingly secular society.
Belgium’s King Philippe levelled direct criticism at the pontiff, saying it had “taken far too long for the cries to be heard and acknowledged”.
Belgium’s King Philippe levelled direct criticism at the pontiff, saying it had “taken far too long for the cries to be heard and acknowledged”.
Following a BBC documentary, ‘Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods,’ which aired claims that Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed had sexually abused women linked to the department store, the women’s lawyers said they ‘now represent 60 survivors.’
“Concrete steps must also be taken,” Alexander De Croo told the pontiff.
Pope Francis was set to meet Belgian victims of sexual abuse by clergymen on Friday as part of a three-day visit to the country โ the first by a pontiff in almost 30 years. FRANCE 24 spoke to two of the victims of abuse, only one of whom was granted a…
Pope Francis applauded at the end of De Croo’s damning speech, in which he stressed the need for reparations and justice for the victims of sexual abuse at the hands of church officials.
โIt’s a very, very strange week,โ said a filmmaker who documented the clerical assaults.
Platform’s CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France last month over the refusal to hand over data to government authorities.
Biden can leverage tools available to the U.S. government to encourage Israelis and Palestinians to hold those who peddle in hate and facilitate abuse to account.
The mass rape trial that has shaken France on Monday moved into its fourth week by hearing the cases against six new defendants. Among them was Joan K., who was 22 at the time of the alleged assaults, suspected of raping Gisรจle Pelicot on two occasion…
The horrifying details of the case that shook the country, and the local mayorโs reaction, show a refusal to confront abuseAs the horror of how Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife, Gisรจle, and allowed at least 83 men to rape her continued to unfold in a…
Harrods had already begun settling claims with women in 2023 about sexual abuse by the Egyptian billionaire tycoon Mohammed Al-Fayed, who died last year.
A recent report from Amnesty International reveals that undocumented women in France face significant barriers when reporting sexual violence, often encountering hostility from the institutions meant to help them. French NGOs say law enforcement has i…
The trial of Dominique Pรฉlicot and 50 other men accused of rape will resume on Tuesday after he was deemed well enough to attend court. The hearing was adjourned last week after the 71-year-old retired electrician, who has admitted drugging his wife, G…
After recent sexual abuse revelations concerning theย Abbรฉ Pierre, one of France’s most revered public figures,ย Pope Francis said the Abbรฉ was โa man who did so much good, but heโs also a sinner”. He added:ย โAbuse is in my judgment is something demon…
Catholic church says it will open its records on the once-revered Emmaรผs founder, who died in 2007Franceโs Catholic church has said it will open its records on allegations of sexual abuse and harassment made against a priest whose campaigning for the p…
A new compromise text sent by the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council to delegations about the draft law to detect child sexual abuse material (CSAM), focuses on known material, possibly lessening concerns around the regulations’ privacy implications.
A French priest is to be expunged from his worldwide charity following revelations of his sexual abuse of women.
A French priest is to be expunged from his worldwide charity following revelations of his sexual abuse of women.
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A Frenchman accused of orchestrating multiple rapes of his wife kept detailed records of the decade-long abuse, enabling police to compile a list of more than 70 men suspected of abusing her. Dominique P., isย accused of drugging his wife with sleeping…
Resistance to the Hungarian presidency’s approach to the EU’s draft law to combat online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was still palpable during a member states’ meeting on Wednesday (4 September).
The government’s scoping inquiry found almost 2,400 allegations of historical sexual abuse by hundreds of schools run by religious orders across Ireland.
Inquiry to follow preliminary investigation unearthing 2,400 allegations of historic abuseThe Irish government is to set up a statutory commission of inquiry into sexual abuse at schools run by Catholic religious orders after a preliminary investigatio…
Europe has moved slowly to regulate Pavel Durov’s social media app.
The Russian-born tech tycoon faces six charges and is barred from leaving France.
Russian-born Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging app Telegram, was set to appear in a Paris court on Wednesday, where he could be formally charged following the end of his initial detention period. Durov was arrested outside of Paris on Saturday for 12 …
Russian-born Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging app Telegram, will be held in police custody in Paris for a further 48 hours, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The tech titan was arrested in the French capital on Saturday for 12 alleged crimes related to dr…
Here are two big reasons the controversial app just became a global flashpoint.
Investigation into Pavel Durov relates to appโs alleged failure to stop spread of child sexual abuse materialPavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire co-founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested in France in connection with an investigation …
The former first ladyโs political outlook has changed in the face of the former presidentโs third presidential run.
Democrats have made restoring abortion access a cornerstone of their campaign for the White House and Congress, but there area divisions over what, exactly, that means.
Far-right agitators have long enjoyed an unparalleled level of impunity on Telegram.
EU “gravely concerned” by reports of torture and sexual abuse of prisoners from Palestine.
An alarming number of teenage girls will experience physical and/or sexual violence in their intimate relationships, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned in a new study published on Tuesday (30 July).
Very little thought seems to have been given to how Steven van der Veldeโs presence might affect victims of sexual abuseFor weeks now, controversy has surrounded the Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was sentenced to four years in …
Steven van de Velde raped a 12-year-old girl in 2016Inclusion in beach volleyball team sparked controversyA convicted child rapist competing for the Netherlands at the Paris 2024 Olympics was met with boos โ and some applause โ as he walked out for his…
From creating an EU-wide money market to protecting kids online, POLITICO looks at what lies ahead for lawmakers.
Rapper is one of several Dutch The Voice stars accused of sexual misconduct, in high-profile case that gripped the countryA Dutch court has sentenced a former coach on talent show The Voice of Holland to two years in prison for rape, in a high-profile …
Skarsgรฅrd and his son Gustaf sparkle in Ran Huangโs rarefied film, but canโt rescue this weirdly hallucinatory murder mystery from falling flatThis intense psychological drama has a squid in the sky problem. Specifically itโs that, by its halfway point…
Both men deny claims by actor Judith Godrรจche, who has formally accused them of abusing her as a teenagerFrench authorities detained leading film directors Benoรฎt Jacquot and Jacques Doillon on Monday for questioning over accusations of sexual abuse, s…
The countryโs Council stint will be marked by political change in Brussels following the EU election.
Trouble is brewing in the very regions that cradled the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
The draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was removed from the agenda of Thursday’s (20 June) meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER), who were supposed to vote on it.
Despite being close to securing the necessary majority for an agreement on the child sexual abuse material regulation, the vote has been postponed as significant disagreements remain.
Countries clash over how to safeguard privacy when rooting out illegal pictures and grooming on private chat apps.
Swedish politicians from all sides of the political spectrum have reacted strongly to a controversial but government-backed EU proposal to improve the detection and removal of child sexual abuse material in text communications.
A proposed centralised agency to support the detection and removal of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) will also be assessing how to technically preserve privacy while detecting such content in text communications included in the law’s scope, accordi…
The next EU Parliament needs to act quickly and decisively to end the crisis of child sexual abuse material found online, legislation for which has stalled, writes Sabine Saliba.ย ย
This week, DG CNECT announced its restructuring for the AI Office, while the file on fighting online child sexual abuse material finally seemed to make some headway.
A new compromise text of the draft law on online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), dated 28 May and seen by Euractiv, excludes audio communications from the scope and tries to strike a new balance between encryption and fighting CSAM.
The draft law on detecting and reporting online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sparking criticism and tension in the past, remains one of the important yet incomplete tech files of the EU, highlighting its significance as it risks being abandoned …
Victims of nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes are lobbying Congress to pass a bill. Lawmakers are running out of time.
While this yearโs Cannes film festival jury president declared her role โa dream come trueโ, storms over sexual abuse and workersโ rights are expectedThe reviews were gushing on the first day of the 77th Cannes film festival, as Barbie director Greta G…
The French parliament on Thursday agreed to create a commission of inquiry to investigate sexual and gender-based violence in cinema and other cultural sectors after several recent allegations.
Mattis van โt Schip & Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius*
*Both authors work at the iHub and the Institute for
Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University, The Netherlands – mattis.vantschip[at]ru.nl & frederik…
The former president rails against a โtwo-tiered system of justice.โ But heโs the one benefiting from it.
The Belgian EU Council Presidency’s latest compromise text of the draft law on detecting and preventing online child sexual abuse material further clarifies risk categorisation thresholds and lays out service providers’ obligation for data retention.
Wilmer Puello-Mota, wanted on child sexual abuse image charges, enlists after apparently volunteering for assault on AvdiivkaA former city councillor and member of the Massachusetts national guard who is wanted in the US on child sexual abuse image cha…
A new compromise text by the Belgian Presidency of the European Council, seen by Euractiv, about the draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM), puts the focus on risk assessment, detection orders, and reporting.
A new document written by the Belgian EU Council presidency and seen by Euractiv outlines key details for the risk assessment that will form the backbone of a draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
A new approach by the Belgian Presidency of the EU Council to the draft law to detect and remove online child sexual abuse material puts focus on the Coordinating Authority’s roles, such as risk categorisation or detection orders.
This week, together with the European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiรณrowski, we look at data protection issues, including the regulation concerning the detection and removal of online child sexual abuse material, as well as Frontexโs handlin…
Activists call for Dominique Boutonnat to step down saying allegations undermine his ability to lead changeDominique Boutonnat, the head of Franceโs top cinema institution, is to be tried in June on charges of sexually assaulting his godson, prosecutor…
The Council of Europe’s press freedom report, released on Tuesday (5 March), underscores the absence of international spyware regulation, disputes over the draft law on online child sexual abuse material, and more.
Veteran Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski goes on trial in France on Tuesday over allegations he defamed a British actress who accused him of sexual abuse in the 1980s.
Victory for pro-Palestinian firebrand follows the ugliest by-election campaign in living memory.
Actorโs landmark address comes amid claims arts sector has shrugged off sexual abuse for decadesThe actor Judith Godrรจche has denounced Franceโs โincestuousโ film industry and called for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into sexual violence…
Judith Godrรจche accused directors Benoรฎt Jacquot and Jacques Doillon of abuse including rape.
Star tells audience at prestigious Cรฉsar awards that they need to challenge powerful and abusive men whatever the career riskJudith Godrรจche has urged the French film industry to break its omertร on sexual abuse in an unprecedented address to the count…
Viktor Orbรกn’s ruling Fidesz party chooses obscure judge to replace Katalin Novรกk after sex-abuse pardon case.
Budapest has seen mass protests over a child sexual abuse case involving top allies of PM Viktor Orban.
Viktor Orbรกn under pressure as turmoil continues a week after the presidential pardon was revealedTens of thousands of people protested in Budapest on Friday at the biggest rally against Viktor Orbรกnโs government for years, after a sexual abuse case pa…
Christian Brรผckner is charged with three counts of rape and two counts of sexual abuse of childrenChristian Brรผckner, the main suspect in the disappearance of the UK toddler Madeleine McCann, has appeared in court in Germany over sexual assault and rap…
Hungarian President Katalin Novรกk, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn, announced her resignation Saturday (10 February) following outrage over a pardon granted to a man implicated in a child sexual abuse case.
Hungarian President Katalin Novak, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, announced her resignation Saturday following outrage over a pardon granted to a man implicated in a child sexual abuse case.
Katalin Novak steps down live on TV after pardoning man jailed for covering up sexual abuse at a children’s home.
Outrage was sparked by revelations Hungary’s president had pardoned a man convicted in a child sexual abuse cause.
Outrage was sparked by revelations Hungary’s president had pardoned a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case.
The European Commission has proposed updated rules that expand the definition of child sexual abuse and lengthen the statute of limitations.
Privacy has dominated the discussion over the regulation curbing child sexual abuse online – at the expense of children’s rights, writes Liora Lazarus.
MEPs have adopted a draft position to extend the exemption to EU e-Privacy rules until May 2025 to allow the detection of Child Sexual Abuse Material online.Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Trump has repeatedly disparaged Carroll after she accused him of raping her.
Empathy for the enemy is rare in any war, but its absence on both sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict does not bode well.
