Child abuse

'Ritual sexual abuse' of minors: Senior religious Zionist rabbi warns of ‘social narcissism’

Medan said the alleged perpetrators are not strangers but people who may be embedded in daily community life, including in synagogues and shared religious study settings.

Rabbi Yaakov Medan speaks during a protest against the planned eviction of the outpost of Amona, in front of the Israeli parliament on January 30, 2017.
Elazar Rumpler, a senior leader within haredi cult Lev Tahor, appearing in the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in 2020; illustrative.

Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case

A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.

After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men

PEOPLE ATTEND a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022.

Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says


Breaking the cycle: ELI's journey to heal Israel's children

ELI, whose initiative aims to break the intergenerational cycles of abuse, has reached out to the most vulnerable – providing guidance during the biggest crisis in Israel’s history.

CEO Eran Zimrin

Crimes against humanity: HRW report details Palestinian atrocities on Oct. 7

An NGO watchdog organization called out Human Rights Watch for using October 7 and the hostages as political manipulation tactics.

 Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades move towards the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

Israel, Hamas, Sudan rivals added to UN list for killing children

The UN said Israel's armed and security forces were responsible for killing 206 children. The UN verified 136 violations against Israeli children, attributing 116 to Hamas.

 A HAMAS flag flies in Jenin, the West Bank, last month, amid a Palestinian protest against activity by Israeli security forces.

Chinese couple land death sentence for throwing children from 15th floor - report

The man and his mistress reportedly murdered the children so that they could go on to build their own family.

An ambulance parks outside the Changfeng Hospital following a fire, in Beijing, China April 19, 2023.

US receives thousands of reports of AI-generated child abuse content in growing risk

The NCMEC has not yet published the total number of child abuse content reports from all sources that it received in 2023, but in 2022 it received reports of about 88.3 million files.

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as a blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Men and women held hostage face fate worse than death, survivors forum says

Horrifically, Aviva Siegel, a hostage released during the hostage deal last month, revealed that Hamas terrorists would dress the girls in dolls' clothes and use them as "puppets on strings."

 A rally in support of the hostages in Tel Aviv. December 9, 2023.

North Korea teens get 12 years' hard labor for watching K-pop

The students were sentenced, according to the video, after being convicted of watching and spreading South Korean movies, music and music videos over three months.

 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends what state media report was a launching ceremony for a new tactical nuclear attack submarine in North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 8, 2023.

Sex offender who gave high profile interview to Hasidic comedian pleads guilty

Gershon Selinger, 41, pleaded guilty to the felony of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 11.

 Hands in handcuffs (illustrative).

US teacher threatens to behead middle school student in Israeli flag row

The adult witnesses recounted to the officers that they had heard Reese shout he was going to slit the student's throat, drag her outside and cut her head off.

Police officials stand outside 12200 Chessington Drive in southwest Houston, Texas, U.S., April 30, 2021. Dozens of persons were found inside a residence in Southwest Houston, which was initially reported as a kidnapping but prompted police to look into human smuggling, police and local news organiz

Women held hostage by Hamas in Gaza kept in cages - report

Israeli hostages released by Hamas speak out about the state of their captivity in Gaza.

Aviv Asher, 2.5 years old, her sister Raz Asher, 4.5 years old, and mother Doron arrive back in Israel after being held hostage by Hamas terrorists, 24 November 2023.