Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has asked Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero to immediately convene ...

It can also range from mild to severe. Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance use interferes with the ability to function day to day. Substance use ...

Historic allegations of domestic abuse against the tennis star have surfaced following a heckling incident at his match Over the weekend, German tennis player Alexander Zverev lost in a straight sets ...

The purpose of the Adult Abuse Registry is to help protect specified adults by allowing employers to screen potential employees and volunteers who want to work with specified adults. The Registry ...

Following a complaint to police, detectives seized Lusk’s phone and found videos of the sexual abuse in a folder titled “secret”. Some of the women had no memory of the assault and only ...

Dowry Law Misuse: Rejecting a petition seeking guidelines to address the misuse of dowry laws, the Supreme Court highlighted that while Parliament has enacted the law, societal change is necessary.

The Scottish government has admitted that children who were raped and attacked by a "monstrous" child sex abuse ring were "failed" by the system. Seven members of a paedophile gang were jailed ...

Fifteen charges related to active sexual abuse, including five counts of persistent sexual abuse, while the last related to Hubers’ possession of more than 1600 files containing child abuse ...

Public mea culpas are a corporate ritual in Japan. For Fuji TV, the resignations and public apologies of two bosses didn’t assuage public anger. By Martin Fackler Hisako Ueno and Kiuko Notoya ...

In January 2019, the government introduced the Domestic Abuse Bill 2017-19 following a consultation on transforming the response to domestic abuse. The legislation was reintroduced in March 2020 as ...

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that called for legal reforms to guard against the misuse of existing dowry and domestic violence laws ...

The ground floor Glasgow flat where the abuse was carried out was boarded up after the police investigation A panic-stricken girl who became hysterical after waking from a nap sparked a police ...