Australia: Children stripped, assaulted and tear-gassed at detention center, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre line....reporting of childhood sex abuse and ritual abuse, Evidence of 'torture' of children held in Don Dale detention centre, Malawi man arrested after describing sex with young girls

- Australia: Children stripped, assaulted and tear-gassed at detention center
- Dublin Rape Crisis Centre line....notes a ‘resurgence’ in the reporting of childhood sex abuse
- Evidence of 'torture' of children held in Don Dale detention centre uncovered by Four Corners
- Malawi man arrested after describing sex with young girls

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre line sees surge in first-time callers
Centre’s annual survey notes a ‘resurgence’ in the reporting of childhood sex abuse
Kitty Holland  July 26, 2016
The number of first-time callers to the national helpline for victims of rape and sexual assault was more than 50 per cent higher last year than the number in 2013, figures published this morning show.

The 2015 annual report from the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre also says there has been a “resurgence” in reporting of childhood sex abuse as well as a “noticeable” increase in levels of hopelessness among callers.

Also noted was a growing willingness by people who had been raped or sexually assaulted by someone they knew to report the crime to the Garda.

“A total of 11,789 counselling contacts were responded to by helpline staff, comprising 10,468 helpline calls and 1,321 contacts via emails, text and social media,” says the report.

Some 5,902 were first-time callers, an increase of 16.25 per cent since 2014 (5,077) and of 50.25 per cent compared to 2013 (3,928)....

Of the calls last year, 51 per cent or 3,736 related to sexual violence experienced in adulthood.

This was a 10 per cent decrease on 2014 when there were 4,163 such calls.
Abuse
Some 3,519 calls last year, or 48.5 per cent, related to childhood sexual abuse and ritual abuse, an 8 per cent rise on 2014 and 10.5 per cent on 2013....
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/dublin-rape-crisis-centre-line-sees-surge-in-first-time-callers-1.2735301

Australia: Children stripped, assaulted and tear-gassed at detention center
By James Griffiths, CNN   Tue July 26, 2016

(CNN)Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for a national investigation into allegations of abuse and torture at a juvenile detention center.
The allegations, which appeared on Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s "Four Corners" investigative program, showed children as young as 10 being stripped naked, assaulted, tear-gassed and kept in solitary confinement.

"Like all Australians, I have been deeply shocked, shocked and appalled, by the images of mistreatment at the Don Dale center" in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, Turnbull said....
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/26/asia/australia-juvenile-detention-center-abuse/ 

Evidence of 'torture' of children held in Don Dale detention centre uncovered by Four Corners
By Caro Meldrum-Hanna and Elise Worthington July 25, 2016

Vision of the tear-gassing of six boys being held in isolation at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin in August 2014 has been obtained by Four Corners, exposing one of the darkest incidents in the history of juvenile justice in Australia.

The vision is part of an investigation featuring a chilling catalogue of footage revealing a pattern of abuse, deprivation and punishment of vulnerable children inside Northern Territory youth detention centres.

The tear-gassing incident was described as a "riot" at the time, with media reporting multiple boys had escaped their cells in the isolation wing of the prison, known as the Behavioural Management Unit (BMU), and threatened staff with weapons.

But CCTV vision and handy-cam recordings made by staff, obtained exclusively by Four Corners, show only one boy escaped his cell after it was left unlocked by a guard....
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-25/four-corners-evidence-of-kids-tear-gas-in-don-dale-prison/7656128


Malawi man arrested after describing sex with young girls
Tuesday, July 26, 2016   Associated Press

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi police on Tuesday arrested a man who said he was hired by families to have sex with more than 100 young women, including children, in what was described as ritual cleansing.

President Peter Mutharika ordered the arrest of Eric Aniva, who told local and international media he had been paid to have sex with young girls. Aniva also told the media he was HIV-positive.

Aniva was charged with multiple cases of defilement, Malawi Police Inspector General Lexten Kachama told The Associated Press.

"Out of the many women he had sex with, most of them were under-aged children," Kachama said.

In interviews, Aniva claimed to be a paid sex worker, known as a "hyena," hired by families and village elders in southern Malawi to have sex with young girls once they reach puberty as a form of ritual cleansing.

In a statement, Malawi's president said it is unacceptable to commit such violations under the guise of culture....
http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/nation_world/malawi-man-arrested-after-describing-sex-with-young-girls/article_f546d047-4c2b-5e27-ae9e-1d1545ebd03e.html