Satanic Panic Nightmare Ends: Wrongful Conviction Dismissed After 30 Years!

A man in San Antonio was officially exonerated after being wrongfully imprisoned for eight years during the Satanic Panic in the United States, where thousands of unsubstantiated cases were made.

"San Antonio man wrongfully convicted in 1991 has charges dismissed in Satanic Panic case": https://t.co/JovSyIvCrk

— Colin Miller (@EvidenceProf) April 11, 2023

Clergy Sexual Abuse: French Catholic Church's New Digital ID Strategy

In a bid to tackle sexual abuse that has rattled the institution for years, the Catholic Church in France issued new digital ID cards with scannable QR codes to members of the clergy to help identify priests who face charges of sexual abuse.

French Catholic priests will now wear QR codes which will indicate whether one is a sex offender or not. https://t.co/OBQllyfNdZ

Outrage in Pakistan: Two Muslim Clerics Arrested for Raping 10-Year-Old Boy

Officials in Pakistan announced on April 30th that police arrested two Muslim clerics for allegedly raping a 10-year-old boy in a religious school east of the country’s Punjab province.

Pakistani police arrested two Muslim clerics for allegedly raping a 10-year-old boy in a religious school in eastern Punjab province, officials said Sunday. https://t.co/W46Fs92oDW

Jehovah's Witnesses Accused of Child Sexual Abuse in Pennsylvania

In recent months, a grand jury in Pennsylvania accuse nine men of being connected to the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ child sexual abuse investigation. This is part of what’s considered to be the most extensive and most comprehensive investigation of abuse within the church’s history in the US.

UK Man Jailed for Casteist Slurs in Social Media Post

A man in the UK was arrested for posting casteist slurs on social media, making it the first time someone was convicted for caste-based discrimination in Britain.

UK: Man Sentenced to 18 Weeks in Jail for Posting Casteist Offensive Message on Social Media.
A man, named Amrik Singh Bajwa, has been given a custodial sentence of 18 weeks for posting a casteist offensive message on Tik Tok, pic.twitter.com/Cenol3oriL

Middle Eastern Governments Crackdown on LGBT Community Via Dating Apps

A human rights group released a new report detailing how security agencies and government officials in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have been using social media and dating apps to crack down on LGBTQIA+ people.

The report by Human Rights Watch, titled “All This Terror Because of a Photo: Digital Targeting and Its Offline Consequences for LGBT People in the Middle East and North Africa,” exposed how governments used digital methods to clamp down on the region’s LGBTQIA+ community.

Wyoming Republicans Seek to Kill Proposed Anti-Child Marriage Law

The Wyoming Republican Party is planning to stop a proposed bill that seeks to place a minimum age requirement for marriage from being passed into law, despite being sponsored by a Republican lawmaker.

The proposed bill plans to set the minimum age for marriage to 18 years old. Exceptions remain for 16 and 17-year-olds as long as they can obtain parental permission. Wyoming Republican and Representative Dan Zwonitzer proposed the measure.

‘They Used Our Hijabs to Gag Us’: Systematic Abuse of Iranian Protesters

British news outlet The Guardian released a report on February 6th detailing the systemic abuse many dissidents faced at the hands of Iranian security forces amidst ongoing protests that have rocked the country.

‘They used our hijabs to gag us’: Iran protesters tell of rapes, beatings and torture by police https://t.co/kSRCxwF3Zr

Criminal Trial Exposes Child Marriage Practices in Turkey

A Turkish woman’s parents and husband are now on trial for child and sexual abuse charges after she was forced to marry her husband when she was six years old, bringing attention to religious sects in the Muslim-majority country.

Turkey begins child abuse trial that puts spotlight on the country’s religious sects (from @AP) https://t.co/5EFUx1x8UN

Fake Victim: Woman Found Guilty of Lying About "Grooming Gangs"

Eleanor Williams, a 22-year-old woman from Barrow-in-Furness, northwest of England, was arrested for making false rape allegations against a series of white men and fabricating stories about being trafficked by an Asian grooming gang.