Tamimi, who’s detention was extended three times before she was brought to court, has received widespread media attention and a social media campaign #FreeAhed, has been launched in support of her case.
It is one thing to salute Ahed Tamimi’s bravery and turn her into a heroine du jour, but real respect for her courage would be to make sure that neither she nor other oppressed and abused Palestinian children have to continue to face Israeli oppression alone and unaided.
NABI SALEH, PALESTINE (Opinion) -- One can barely go for half a day on social media without seeing new iconic images of Ahed Tamimi. Everyone who ever posed with her for a photo is posting, and some very
A North Carolina police officer has been arrested after impregnating a 14-year-old girl who he was supposed to be mentoring.
Originally published at The Free Thought Project. A North Carolina mother put aside her reluctance to allow a middle-aged man to connect with her troubled 14-year-old daughter because he wanted to show the family, ‘Hey, policemen are good.’ On the contrary,
The journalist who wore a wire to investigate Fogle believes the former Subway spokesman targeted at least 14 children in Thailand and the United States for sexual assault.
ZIONSVILLE, Indiana --- It’s often been said that the wheels of justice turn slowly and the case of former Subway sandwich shop spokesperson Jared Fogle, who recently pleaded guilty to sex with minors, is an unfortunate example of the cost of that creeping pace. In August, Fogle agreed to plead guilty to possession of child pornography and sex
In Utah, the only thing more likely to result in homicide is domestic violence.
(TheAntiMedia) A study of homicides in Utah has revealed a startling fact, cops kill more people than drug dealers or gang members or child abuse. From 2010
Data clearly and consistently show that mothers abuse their children more frequently than fathers. Yet we seem generally unconcerned about maternal abuse, often telling the male victims who have been hurt by their mothers to “suck it up” and “take it like a man.”
Writer’s note: I wrote a piece last week on domestic abuse and was ready to move on to another subject. It seems that although I thought I was done with the topic, the topic was not done with me. Born in the 1960s to a 14-year-old mother, I am
Minnesota has becomes the latest state to give child sex abuse victims their day in court.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a law last week that stripped away the statute of limitations for child sex-abuse victims. On Wednesday, a 51-year-old Twin Cities man was the first to file a lawsuit under the new law, alleging sexual abuse by a Catholic
