Child abuse

France

Paris care home staff shaving child's head in 'punishment' sparks fury

The City of Paris, which is ultimately responsible for the home run by the Association Jean Cotxet, said on Tuesday that it was taking the case to court.

10/12/2025

No Comment

Colombians protest child abuse with dolls at Attorney General's Office

Dozens of dolls were displayed outside Colombia's Attorney General's Office to protest child sexual abuse and slow investigations.

20/11/2025

Europe in Motion

Child sexual abuse in Europe is 'hidden pandemic', new report says

While EU lawmakers squabble over the 'chat control bill', child associations decry the five million children in Europe facing online and offline sexual abuse.

16/10/2025

United Kingdom

British woman and boyfriend given 14 years in prison for killing baby

Constance Marten, 38, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 51, a convicted sex offender, were sentenced at the Old Bailey after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter in July.

15/09/2025

USA

Trump backs US attorney general after apparent U-turn on Epstein files

Far-right influencers and activists have reacted with anger after the Justice Department said sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a 'client list'.

09/07/2025

Europe News

England and Wales police to collect ethnicity data on child sex abuse

The announcement follows a series of recommendations by Baroness Casey made in her audit on 'grooming gangs', which found that Asian men were overrepresented in three local areas – but more data was needed to gain a national picture.

18/06/2025

Health news

Childhood trauma linked to higher risk of endometriosis

The gynaecological condition can cause severe pain and infertility, but doctors still don’t know exactly why some women develop it.

11/06/2025

Europe News

French PM Bayrou denies covering up Catholic school abuse scandal

French Prime Minister François Bayrou faced a high-stakes parliamentary hearing on Wednesday evening, testifying under oath about what he knew or didn't know regarding decades of alleged abuse at a Catholic school in southwestern France.

15/05/2025

Health news

1 in 5 women, 1 in 7 men are victims of childhood sexual violence

The estimates are some of the most comprehensive to date on the prevalence of childhood sexual violence worldwide.

08/05/2025

Europe News

US citizen faces extradition from Greece over child abuse ring links

A suspect identified as Leonidas Varagiannis, 21, was arrested in Thessaloniki for allegedly leading an online child exploitation group known as "764 Inferno". He denies the charges and opposes extradition to the US.

01/05/2025

Tech News

Warnings amid rise in child abuse content hosted in EU countries

A rise in child sex abuse material has been linked to websites hosted in EU countries, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

25/04/2025

Europe News

Video showing alleged rape of 16-year-old sparks backlash in Portugal

Citing the case, one Portuguese MEP has urged the European Commission to take action to prevent the online spread of harmful content.

10/04/2025

Tech News

Tech companies urge EU to preserve voluntary detection of child abuse content in online platforms

Tech industry groups have rallied behind the Polish presidency’s proposal to extend the current framework for voluntary detection of child sexual abuse imagery online while safeguarding encrypted communication.

13/03/2025

Tech News

Bluesky partners with charity to curb online child sexual abuse

The social media platform will have access to a new range of tools to detect harmful material.

24/02/2025

Tech News

1 in 12 children globally exposed to online sexual abuse content

This figure points to "the need for increased legislation and primary prevention efforts to keep children safe," the researchers wrote in the study.

26/01/2025

Tech News

EU ministers agree on criminalising online child abuse, but concerns over consent remain

A text addressing the criminalisation of online child sexual abuse is set to enter trilogue negotiations, despite concerns from several member states regarding the lack of ambition in defining consent and the qualification of rape.

13/12/2024