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.
Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case
After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men
Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says
Israeli teens arrested for brutally raping two-year-old toddler in Beit Shemesh
A Beit Shemesh teen told police he was coerced by another minor to brutally rape his two-and-a-half-year-old family member.
Patriot Front member pleads guilty to possessing child pornography
28-year-old Patriot Front member Jared Boyce will face up to 30 years in prison at his sentencing on Tuesday.
Teachers' Union tells Israeli preschool teachers to destroy recording devices
The Teachers' Union fears that recording devices infringe on teachers' privacy.
Seven bodies, including two missing teens, found in home of Oklahoma sex offender
McFadden, 39, had been scheduled to begin a trial on Monday for using a cellphone while in prison to send sexual messages to a teenage girl, the station reported.
Couple accused of tying up, tattooing their children
They restrained their children aged 5 and 9, with rope, tape and a rag to cover their eyes and mouths while tattooing them.
Some child abuse victims' brains protect them from addictions - study
The body's endocannabinoid system produces a chemical that alters brain activity when exposed to stress.
Russian girl who drew anti-war picture collected from orphanage by her mother
"[The mother] has already taken Masha from the social rehabilitation center," she said. "Let's hope that everything will work out for mom and daughter" - Maria Lvova-Belova
A fake reality show trailer shines light on the real issue of child marriage
The video was produced for Unchained At Last, a nonprofit that’s been battling forced and child marriages for the past 12 years.
Cigarettes distributed to Haredi children on Purim
The Israel Cancer Association denounced the distribution of cigarettes to children at a Purim gathering of Hassidim with their rabbi in the city of El’ad.
Sderot preschool teacher indicted for hundreds of counts of child abuse
Suisa had 18 children in her care and was found to be responsible for hundreds of instances of physical and mental abuse toward them.