Friday, September 27, 2013

BULLY TROLLS- Nail ya-Jail Ya- World is standing up- no more excuses- no more abuses of our kids/ F**KING PAEDOPHILES- WE'RE HUNTING- GONNA GETCHA Sep 28 2013 PAEDOPHILE review by Feds

NO MORE BULLYCIDES CANADA- WORLD IS STEPPING UP- R KIDS MATTER





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Our kids matter-  2 many bullycides - angels are dying and monsters are thriving- it's sickening - Canada's stepping up- our kids matter-   Courtney, Jamie from Ottawa, Amanda, Jamie from Ottawa- r u happy now?, Rehtaeh, Todd-  tears and prayers - tears and prayers.imho




SPAIN- 

Teens Killed After Bullying Nephew of Nacho Coronel


Initially the teens were reported killed after meeting cartel members about working in the organization.  As it turns out that was only part of the story. Andrés is on left in the photo above.

Two teenagers of 15 years of age were murdered after making fun of the son of a drug trafficker capo.


The General Attorney of the State, Luis Carlos Nájera, indicated yesterday that was the  version was given by a 17 year old teenager that was arrested, off record  he was identified as Isaac, who is implicated in  the disappearance of the minors, which happened two weeks ago.


On June 21st, the teenagers, Luis Antonio Ortiz and Andrés Barba, had arranged to meet at a mall.  As a lure they were invited to a party via facebook.  From there, they were taken to a forest, where they were suffocated, according to the Attorney.


“The teen which we have arrested tells us that the two teenagers mistreated and bullied the son of José Ángel Carrasco Coronel, known as “El Changel”, who had been previously arrested in Mexico City. They were classmates of this young man”, explains Nájera.


“El Changel” (below) is nephew of Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, chief of drug trafficking that was killed on July of 2010 in Zapopan.


State and federal sources revealed that after the death of the capo, Carrasco Coronel controlled the criminal group “La Corona”, formed with loyal people of “Nacho” Coronel. “El Changel” was arrested in January of 2013.





The Attorney of Jalisco indicated that, according to the investigations, the lured the  minors to a Zapopan  mall with the promise of working  in a criminal organization, which they would be paid between 10 and 20 thousand pesos, and other benefits such as parties where they would have their choice of women. (in orange and blue below)









UPDATE:

There are a couple of unofficial reports that go something like this:


Luis, Andres and the son of Changel all go to the private school "Rudyard Kipling", Changel's son is in his first year the two other boys are seniors. All three boys are in the same group of friends, however, for whatever reason the two older boys, conducted  an ongoing attack of mocking and bullying the younger child.



Possibly fed up with the personal attacks, Changel's son called on his friend who did not attend the school for revenge.  His name is Vegas Andres Tovar, (in photo above) nickname "Vega". 



Authorities refer to him as a "Nini" meaning he neither attends school nor works.  His neighbors describe him as a boy who is "polite, quiet and reserved", who they see each day walking his dog.  



Vega created a ruse on facebook contacting the boys and inviting them to a party.  He used the alias "Raul Barajas".  There are two versions but at least one of the boys, Luis, replied.  The invitation in part read "Friday a party where there will be models and  hostesses, you can choose who you like".



Taking the bait the high school students met "Raul" and Isaac at the mall, sealing their fate.



The 2nd boy, who was with Vega is named "Isaac" he has been arrested. It is not known if the son of Chanel has been arrested or even his name.

 Source used: Reforma-La Jornada
 Thanks to the reader giving heads up to the FB posting from the Mileno video


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AUSTRALIA...

13 child suicides in three years prompt call for action as bullying ...






May 24, 2013 - Reyelle McKeever, manager of the Child Death Register at the ... Australia topping a list of 24 countries when it came to bullying on social networks. ... Bullied at work Posted at 10:30 AM May 25, 2013 .... 58% off Koh Samui getaway for 2 with daily breakfast, spa session, dinner, cooking class & more!



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BREAKING THE CHAINS OF ABUSE-  NO MORE EXCUSES



Bullying info and statistics

Don't Stand Alone

Compiled by Ark of Hope for Children these child abuse statistics have been gathered to show the need for programs like our Don't Stand Alone - Stop Bulling program.  If you are a target of bullying right now, or have been and still feel the pain, join us on Removing Chains live chat survivor support. Don't Stand Alone!

We recognize that, in recent years, a series of bullying-related suicides in the US and across the globe have drawn attention to the connection between bullying and suicide. Too many adults still see bullying as "just part of being a kid." It is a serious problem that leads to many negative effects for victims, including suicide. Research is showing that there is also a link between being a bully and committing suicide.

Some schools or regions seem to have more serious problems with bullying, and suicide related to bullying. This may be due to an excessive problem with bullying at the school. Unsympathetic apathy among teachers, staff and parents at those schools definitely has had a negative effect.

Types of Bullying:
•Bullying can take many forms but it usually includes the following types of behavior;
•Physical: hitting, kicking, pinching, punching, scratching, spitting or any other form of physical attack
•Damage to or taking someone else's belongings
•Verbal: name calling, insulting, making racist, sexist, or homophobic jokes, remarks or teasing, using sexually suggestive or abusive language, offensive remarks
•Indirect: spreading nasty stories about someone, exclusion from social groups, being made the subject of malicious rumors, sending abusive mail, email and text messages (cyber bullying)



Cyber Bullying:

Any type of bullying that is carried out by electronic medium. There are 7 types including;
•Text message bullying
•Picture/video clip via mobile phone cameras
•Phone call bullying
•E-mail bullying
•Chat-room bullying
•Bullying through instant messaging (IM)
•Bullying via websites



Bullying Statistics are alarming;
•282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month
•56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school
•71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school
•Students in lower grades report being in twice as many fights as those in higher grades. However..
•There is a lower rate of serious violent crimes in the elementary level than in the middle or high schools
•90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying
•30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying (reported by ABC News)
•1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying
•American schools harbor approx 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. (Dan Olweus,
•National School Safety Center)
•160,000 kids stay home from school every day due to fear of bullying (National Education Association & ABC News)
•15% of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of being bullied at school
•1 of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying



Bullying & Homosexuality:
•In a 2007 study, 86% of LGBT students said that they had experienced harassment at school during the previous year. (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network -- GLSEN)
•Research indicates that LGB youth may be more likely to think about and attempt suicide than heterosexual teens. (GLSEN)
•In a 2005 survey, students said their peers were most often bullied because of their appearance, but the next top reason was because of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender expression. ("From Teasing to Torment: School Climate of America" -- GLSEN and Harris Interactive)
•According to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network 2007 National School Climate Survey of more than 6,000 students;
•Nearly 9 out of 10 LGBT youth reported being verbally harassed at school in the past year because of their sexual orientation
•Nearly half (44.1 percent) reported being physically harassed
•About a quarter (22.1 percent) reported being physically assaulted
•Nearly two-thirds (60.8 percent) who experienced harassment or assault never reported the incident to the school
•Of those who did report the incident, nearly one-third (31.1 percent) said the school staff did nothing in response

  

Lethal violence in schools related to bullying;
•Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings
•86% of students said, other kids picking on them, making fun of or bullying them makes teens to turn to lethal violence in the schools
•87% of students said shootings are motivated by a desire to get back at those who have hurt them
•61% of students said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home
•54% of students said witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school
•Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting incidents
•Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers
•1 out of 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school



Bullying and suicide;
•Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people- about 4,400 per year
•For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 attempts- about 440,000!
•14+% high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 % have attempted it
•Bully victims are 2-9 times more likely to consider suicide (Yale University study)
•At least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying (British study)
•10- 14 year old girls may be at higher risk for suicide (British study above)



Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including;
•Physical bullying
•Emotional bullying
•Cyber bullying
•Sexting or circulating suggestive or nude photos or texts about a person



Bullycide: Bully Related Suicide
•Suicide rates among 10 to 14-year-olds have grown more than 50 percent over the last three decades. (The American Association of Suicidology, AAS)
•Consider the following bullying statistics that Ark of Hope for Children has been able to gather;
•Suicide remains among the leading causes of death of children under 14. And in most cases, the young people die from hanging. (AAS)
•The suicide rate among young male adults in Massachusetts rose 28 percent in 2007. (Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health, in a report released April 8, 2009)
•A new review of studies from 13 countries found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied, and suicide. (Yale School of Medicine)
•Since 2002, at least 15 schoolchildren ages 11 to 14 have committed suicide in Massachusetts. Three of them were Carl's age. ("Constantly Bulled, He Ends His Life at Age 11," by Milton J. Valencia. The Boston Globe, April 20, 2009)
•In 2005 (the last year nationwide stats were available), 270 children in the 10-14 age group killed themselves. (AAS)



Ark of Hope for Children's bullying statistical sources:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suicide Prevention, Yale University, Office of Public Affairs, WebMD

 









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WINNIPEG

MacKay promises cyberbullying law

Justice Minister Peter MacKay says the Tories will introduce new legislation in the fall to fight cyberbullying.

MacKay was at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection in Winnipeg to make a donation to mark the birth of Prince George.

MacKay says the whole nation has been touched by the death of a 15-year-old Saskatchewan boy who was apparently driven to suicide because of bullying.

The teen’s mother, Kim Loik, says she wants to see Ottawa bring in national anti-bullying legislation.

MacKay says she won’t have long to wait . (CP)


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O T TAWA

Teens plead guilty in Facebook escor t case

Two of three teenage Ottawa girls accused of befriending other teens through Facebook and other social media before forcing them to work as “escorts" have pleaded guilty in a surprise about-face at trial.

Justice Diane Lahaie has ordered a pre-sentence report and a psychiatric review of a 16-year­old girl who pleaded guilty to six charges, including human traffick­ing , making and distributing child pornography and exploitation. She is to be sentenced on Dec. 20.

A 17-year-old girl pleaded guilty to exploitation, assault, uttering threats and breaching bail condi­tions.



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 BULLYING


ANOTHER CANADIAN CHILD MURDERED BY BULLYCIDE- TODD LOIK - 15 YEARS OLD...



Todd Loik Suicide: Came After Bullying, Says Mother
By Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times | September 26, 2013
Last Updated: September 26, 2013 11:41 am

Todd Loik, a Canadian teenager who committed suicide because of bullying, his mother says. (Facebook)


Todd Loik’s suicide came after bullying–both in person and online–says his mother.

The Saskatchewan teenager’s body was found inside the family’s North Battleford home on September 9, reported Sun News.

Loik was 15.

“My son was taken from me yesterday,” Loik’s mother, Kim Loik, wrote on Facebook Sept. 10. Todd Loik had been bullied since fifth grade, and Kim believes she knows who her son’s tormentors are.

“This tragedy had no warning and it has really angered me at how some people can pick on a person so much that that person feels like taking there life is the only way out,” wrote his older brother, Ryan. “I was the one who got in the bullies face and who tried to stop it but the fight was a endless one.”

Kim Loik is calling for an anti-bullying law to be put into place federally, and she wants the people she suspects of bullying her son to be charged, reports the Battlefords Daily News.

The North Battleford City Council has been discussing an anti-bullying bylaw, but Loik wants a federal law, because provincial laws won’t work as well.

A Facebook page has been set up in Loik’s honor, with family members leaving remembrances of him.


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Schoolgirl Hannah Smith 'trolled to death' by bullies on Ask.fm ...






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Boy, 9, found hanged 'was bullied for being white' | Mail Online






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Bullied to Death in America's Schools



Oct. 15, 2010

By JIM DUBREUIL and EAMON MCNIFF via




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Bullying and Suicide

There is a strong link between bullying and suicide, as suggested by recent bullying-related suicides in the US and other countries. Parents, teachers, and students learn the dangers of bullying and help students who may be at risk of committing suicide.






In recent years, a series of bullying-related suicides in the US and across the globe have drawn attention to the connection between bullying and suicide. Though too many adults still see bullying as "just part of being a kid," it is a serious problem that leads to many negative effects for victims, including suicide. Many people may not realize that there is also a link between being a bully and committing suicide. 

The statistics on bullying and suicide are alarming: 
•Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it.
•Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University
•A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying
•10 to 14 year old girls may be at even higher risk for suicide, according to the study above
•According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying


Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including physical bullying, emotional bullying, cyberbullying, and sexting, or circulating suggestive or nude photos or messages about a person.


Some schools or regions have more serious problems with bullying and suicide related to bullying. This may be due to an excessive problem with bullying at the school. It could also be related to the tendency of students who are exposed to suicide to consider suicide themselves.


Some of the warning signs of suicide can include:

•Showing signs of depression, like ongoing sadness, withdrawal from others, losing interest in favorite activities, or trouble sleeping or eating
•Talking about or showing an interest in death or dying
•Engaging in dangerous or harmful activities, including reckless behavior, substance abuse, or self injury
•Giving away favorite possessions and saying goodbye to people
•Saying or expressing that they can't handle things anymore
•Making comments that things would be better without them

If a person is displaying these symptoms, talk to them about your concerns and get them help right away, such as from a counselor, doctor, or at the emergency room.


In some cases, it may not be obvious that a teen is thinking about suicide, such as when the suicide seems to be triggered by a particularly bad episode of bullying. In several cases where bullying victims killed themselves, bullies had told the teen that he or she should kill him or herself or that the world would be better without them. Others who hear these types of statements should be quick to stop them and explain to the victim that the bully is wrong.


Other ways to help people who may be considering suicide include:

•Take all talk or threats of suicide seriously. Don't tell the person they are wrong or that they have a lot to live for. Instead, get them immediate medical help.
•Keep weapons and medications away from anyone who is at risk for suicide. Get these items out of the house or at least securely locked up.
•Parents should encourage their teens to talk about bullying that takes place. It may be embarrassing for kids to admit they are the victims of bullying, and most kids don't want to admit they have been involved in bullying. Tell victims that it's not their fault that they are being bullied and show them love and support. Get them professional help if the bullying is serious.
•It is a good idea for parents to insist on being included in their children's friends on social networking sites so they can see if someone has posted mean messages about them online. Text messages may be more difficult to know about, so parents should try to keep open communications with their children about bullying.
•Parents who see a serious bullying problem should talk to school authorities about it, and perhaps arrange a meeting with the bully's parents. More states are implementing laws against bullying, and recent lawsuits against schools and criminal charges against bullies show that there are legal avenues to take to deal with bullies. If school authorities don't help with an ongoing bullying problem, local police or attorneys may be able to.


People who are thinking about suicide should talk to someone right away or go to an emergency room. They can also call a free suicide hotline, such as 1-800-273-TALK (8255).


Friends and relatives of suicide victims also need to find someone to talk to as they grieve, especially if they are suffering from depression or suicidal thoughts themselves.


Sources:
WebMD, Depression Guide, "Recognizing the Warning Signs of Suicide" [online]
Nemours, KidsHealth, "Helping Kids Deal with Bullies" [online]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suicide Prevention, "Youth Suicide" [online]
Yale University, Office of Public Affairs, "Bullying-Suicide Link Explored in New Study by Researchers at Yale" [online]
Matt Dickinson, The Independent, "Research finds bullying link to child suicides" [online]
Michael Inbar, MSNBC Today, "Sexting bullying cited in teen's suicide" [online]
Susan Donaldson James, ABC News, Health, "Teen Commits Suicide Due to Bullying: Parents Sue School for Son's Death" [online]
Erik Eckholm and Katie Zezima, The New York Times, "6 Teenagers Are Charged After Classmate's Suicide" [online]
Related Article:  OLWEUS Bullying Prevention Program >>






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Saskatchewan’s Todd Loik latest teen casualty of culture of cyberbullying

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..By Matthew Coutts | Daily Brew – 22 hours ago.
Another Canadian teen has committed suicide after being reportedly bullied online, causing more pain and prompting another round of demands for change.

Todd Loik, a 15-year-old boy who had been bullied by classmates in North Battleford, Sask., took his own life earlier this month.

His mother told the Canadian Press this week that the attacks began at school and moved online. She said he would not let her read his Facebook page, the comments being so vile.

Kim Loik said they were moving out of the city and back to Edmonton to get away from the bullying, but never had the chance.

A Facebook memorial has been set up for Loik which includes, among various calls for action and conciliatory messages, this poem:


Those beautiful brown eyes
Still visit me in my dreams so many nights
This ache in my heart, will never go away
It will serve as my reminder
of my love for you each day
Such a special soul
Filled with beauty so bright
My honor was to love you
in so many special ways
To kiss your beautiful face and watch the sun rise
To love and laugh and cry and feel
The life was so delicate and real
How did I kiss you goodbye how did I let u go
This heart will break forever
Mama misses you so.

[ Related: Sask. mom says teen son killed himself because of bullying ]

Loik's suicide is a sad reminder that we have been down this road before.

Amanda Todd, Rehtaeh Parsons, Jamie Hubley — all Canadian teens who have taken their own lives after being taunted and cyberbullied.

The response is the same: Calls for action, demands that something be done.

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Conservative minister Peter MacKay both spoke out against bullying in the wake of Loit's death.


Thomas Mulcair         @ThomasMulcair  

Deeply saddened to hear of the death of Todd Loik. Let’s work together to fight bullying and put an end to these tragedies. #stopbullying

Peter MacKay  @MinPeterMacKay  

My thoughts are with the Loik family in Saskatchewan--tragic news. More proof that cyberbullying must be addressed. #BullyingHurts




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Lisa    21 hours ago Report Abuse
We, as parents, INSISTED on being on our son's friends list (or we simply unplugged the internet at home). We never creeped but certainly saw the activities and we would talk about them together (what he was posting and what others were posting to him). My son has always been a victim of bullies for medical reasons beyond his control so we know all to well about this in our home. But, reality is.... bullies are NOT going to change. They have been around forever, is some shape or form and will continue. But, what WE CAN CHANGE is how we, as parents, support our children and ensure a safe environment for them so when they do face this type of thing, they are better prepared to handle them. I feel for this mother who lost her child, but the FIRST clue is that 'he wouldnt let me see the posts' should have been a major intervention at that time....... My son is now 19 years old and as turned into a nice, and strong, young adult studying in college now.






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BBC-UK

A 14-year-old Leicestershire girl killed herself after being bullied on a social networking site, her father has claimed.

6 August 2013 Last updated at 10:03 ET


A 14-year-old Leicestershire girl killed herself after being bullied on a social networking site, her father has claimed.

Hannah Smith, from Lutterworth, was found hanged on Friday.

Her father Dave Smith, wrote on Facebook that he found bullying posts on his daughter's ask.fm page from people telling her to die.

Latvia-based ask.fm allows users to post anonymously. An inquest into Hannah's death has opened in Leicester.

Writing on Facebook last Friday, Mr Smith wrote: "Just to let all my friends know my youngest daughter took her own life last night."

'Broken heart'

He adds: "Rest in peace my baby and you will never be forgotten xxxxxxx."

The question-and-answer site was set up by two Latvian brothers, Ilja and Mark Terebin, as a rival to Formspring in 2010 but has now eclipsed its predecessor.

Members can ask others questions and then get replies, which include text, photos and videos - via its website or apps.

Ask.fm had 13.2 million daily visitors worldwide in June with each one spending nearly six minutes on average on the site, according to internet research firm Comscore. It said that made the social network's web domain the 79th most popular in the world.

Ask.fm says users must be at least 13-years-old to join and requires them to provide a valid name and email address when they register, although reports suggest younger children sneak through using fake credentials.

One of its most controversial features is the ability for members to pose questions to others anonymously. Ask.fm's terms and conditions say members should never use the feature to ask things that are mean or hurtful, and it allows users to opt out of receiving anonymous questions via their privacy settings. However, safety campaigners have said many youths do not know how to do this.

The network also allows users to report abuse and says it may hand over identifying information to law enforcement if necessary.

But in June, Le Monde newspaper reported the service only had 50 external moderators which it contrasted with the 30 million questions and answers posted to Ask.fm every day.

Even so parents might wish to note that Ask.fm warns members they use the service "at your own risk" and that it says it bears no liability for content they might find to be objectionable or obscene.

He added: "My heart is broken in 2 and is gonna take a long time to repair i just hope that none of you have to go through the pain im goin through rite now [sic]."

Mr Smith has called for tighter controls to be applied to social networking sites such as ask.fm.

He wrote: "I have just seen the abuse my daughter got from people on ask fm and the fact that these people can be annoymous is wrong [sic]."

On a Facebook page set up in memory of his daughter, he asked people to sign an e-petition to introduce safeguarding measures on sites used by children.

The page now has nearly 30,000 "likes".

'Loss to understand'

The petition states: "Please sign if you would like the Government to step in and insist that Ask.fm and similar sites help us protect our young people. They are able to join from the age of 13 and can post anonymously."

In a statement, Hannah's headteacher at Lutterworth High School, Nora Parker, said: "The governors, staff and students of Lutterworth High School were deeply shocked and saddened to learn the news that on 2 August Hannah Smith, a year 9 student, took her own life.

"Hannah, who just completed her final year at the school and was looking to transfer to Lutterworth College in August, was a bright, bubbly, popular and thoughtful girl who was liked and respected by all those she came into contact with.

"She had everything to live for and her family, who are utterly devastated, are at a loss to understand why this has happened."

Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, said: "This is a tragic case where Hannah felt like she had no other option but to end her life.

"The cruel nature of cyberbullying allows perpetrators to remain anonymous and hide behind their screens.

"This is something that must be tackled before it gets out of hand. We must ensure young people have the confidence to speak out against this abuse, so they don't feel isolated and without anywhere to turn."

The Department for Education said in a statement that no-one "should have to suffer the fear and victimisation of bullying".

"The law is clear that what is illegal off-line is also illegal on-line.

"Perpetrators of grossly offensive, obscene or menacing behaviour face stiff punishment.

"Through the UK Council of Child Internet Safety we are working with social networking sites and internet providers to make the internet a safer place for a young people."

It also added that under the new curriculum children would be taught from the age of five "how to stay safe online, and how to communicate safely and respectfully".

At the opening of the inquest into Hannah's death, Leicestershire Coroner's Court was told a post-mortem examination had so far proved inconclusive.

Leicestershire Police confirmed a computer and mobile phone had been secured on behalf of the coroner.

A spokesperson said there was no ongoing criminal investigation, adding: "We await the coroner's verdict before making a decision on whether to pursue that."

The inquest was adjourned until a later date.









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Rehtaeh’s parents hope to open youth drop-in centre


CLARE MELLOR STAFF REPORTER

cmellor@herald.ca

Rehtaeh Parsons’ parents want to open a drop-in centre for youth in the Cole Harbour area who are dealing with traumatic experi­ences.

“Myself and Leah (Parsons) are hoping to open a centre some day soon where we can help youth who’ve experienced the kind of trauma that Rehtaeh experienced, and to deal with cyberbullying issues and to advocate on their behalf," said Glen Canning.

Canning made the comments Thursday during a break at a conference in Halifax hosted by the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre to educate people about sexual assault and the issues surrounding it .

The Halifax centre has been helping survivors of sexual assault for 30 years. On Thursday, it launched a new campaign called Start by Believing.

Based on a program created in the United States, the campaign encourages people to believe s exual assau lt victims when they disclose their experiences and to believe the “prevalence and seri­ousness" of sexualized violence, Irene Smith, the centre’s execut­ive director said.

Rehtaeh died in April after she was taken off life support follow­ing a suicide attempt. Her family alleges the 17-year-old was sexu­ally assaulted at a party in November 2011 and then relent­lessly bu llied after a digital photo of the alleged assault was distrib­uted.

Canning said he decided to attend the conference as an ad­vocate for his daughter. He also wanted to get information that wou ld enable him to help the large number of people who have had similar exp eriences to Re­htaeh’s that have contacted him and her mother for help.

“I think it is imp or tant for us to be informed about how to deal with these people and to have the right contacts," he said.

Cole Harbour currently doesn’t have a place for youth experien­cing problems like bullying and sexual assault, he said.

Rehteah liked to go to Laing House in Halifax because of its art therapy program, Canning said.

“But it is in Halifax and she lived all the way out in Cole Harbour."

Laing House describes itself on its website as a community-based, peer-driven program for youth living with mental illness.

“We are hoping to make something like Laing House in Cole Harbour," Canning said.

“They can come in and talk to somebody if they need to, or they can come in and have a place to relax, kick off steam, maybe a pool table, something like that, almost like a (drop-in) youth centre."

He said he and Parsons are talking to various p eople and groups about the project.

“We are speaking to people in government right now and we are lo oking for s ome assistance with that and we are also doing a lot of work with private people to see what we can work out," Canning said.

“We’ve had a lot of great in­terest in it." The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre’s campaign includes posters on Metro Transit buses during Octob er and a video on Avalon’s website. More materials will be released in coming months.

Smith said she is really encour­aged by public enthusiasm for the campaign .

“I think that rape chant (at Saint Mary’s University) has really mobilized the community," she said. “People are absolutely out­raged that in this day and age we have people in an institution of higher learning making state­ments that it is OK to sexually assault girls and women."

More information is available at avaloncentre.ca.

We can help youth who’ve experienced the kind of trauma that Rehtaeh experienced.

Glen Canning Rehtaeh’s father











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september 28
Central Nova MP to bring in new anti-cyber-bulling law

By Rick Fleming. Last updated: 2013-09-27 05:54:38

Central Nova MP and Justice Minister Peter MacKay confirms that the government will introduce new legislation to fight cyber-bullying in the near future.

It will call for greater public education and Criminal Code changes.

MacKay adds that everyone has been hurt by the death of a 15-year-old Saskatchewan boy who was allegedly driven to suicide by bullying, as well as the Rehtaeh Parsons case in Nova Scotia.

The Saskatchewan teen's mom, Kim Loik; is one of many who are demanding new laws to combat cyber-bullying.
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Review of Halifax hospital in Rehtaeh Parsons case gets more time
The Canadian PressBy The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – 2 hours 54 minutes ago



HALIFAX - An independent expert appointed by the Nova Scotia government to review mental health programs and policies at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax in the aftermath of the Rehtaeh Parsons case needs more time to complete her report.

The province says the report by child and adolescent psychiatrist Jana Davidson is expected to be finished late next month, about a month later than it was initially due to be completed.

Davidson, an expert from British Columbia, was appointed after an earlier report into the case raised concerns about the hospital.

She has also been asked to examine procedures within the Capital District Health Authority and make recommendations to address gaps in treatment and counselling services for young people who are suicidal.

Another report commissioned by the province into the Halifax school board's handling of the case called for an independent review of the IWK.

The report said Parsons was admitted to the hospital in March 2012, about five months after the 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and became suicidal.

Her family alleges she was sexually assaulted by four boys and a digital photograph of the incident was passed around her school.

She died in April after she was taken off life-support following an attempted suicide.

Glenn Canning, Rehtaeh's father, has said he would like Davidson's study to directly address his daughter's care in the hospital, which lasted about five weeks, because he doesn't believe she received the help she needed.

Davidson, who is the psychiatrist-in-chief of children's programs at the Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, has said she will not read the specifics of what happened in the case or interview people who treated her.

At the time of her apppointment this summer, Davidson said her focus will be more generally on treatment and counselling services for young people and their families when there is a risk of suicide.

Kevin McNamara, deputy minister of Health and Wellness, has said there are legal restrictions preventing reviewers from looking at specific patient cases — even if a single case provokes the review.

The review was estimated to cost about $15,000.



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Province, Lalo sued over alleged sexual abuse


THE CHRONICLE HERALD

Two more people have filed law­suits seeking damages from the province for alleged abuse at the hands of convicted sex offender Cesar Lalo.

The court actions, filed Wed­nesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, also name Lalo as a de­fendant .

The former provincial youth probation officer and child wel­fare worker served nine years in prison after being convicted of 34 sex-related charges connected to boys who had been in his care in the 1970s and 1980s.

In the suits, filed by lawyer Devin Maxwell, the complainants allege they were physically, sexu­ally, mentally and emotionally abused by Lalo in his office on several occasions.

One complaint said the assau lts happened when he was between 12 and 14 years of age, the other said they happ ened when he was between 13 and 15.

Lalo, 73, was assigned to one of the complainants as a probation officer and supervised the other when his regular probation officer was unavailable, the documents say.

Now 41 and 42, the complain­ants allege the Crown failed to take reasonable care to protect them from being abused by Lalo, didn’t adequately supervise him and didn’t take prompt and imme­diate action in response to in­formation it received about inap­propriate and illegal conduct by Lalo.

They are claiming damages for pain and suffering, humiliation, mental distress, past and future loss of income, diminution of earning capacity and cost of care.

None of the claims have been proven in court and no defence has been filed.

In August, the Parole Board of Canada ordered Lalo to stay in a halfway hous e for another six months.

He was released to an Ottawa halfway house in September 2009 but was returned to jail for six months in September 2011 when he broke a court order by possess­ing pornography.

He was granted parole again in February 2012 and is under a long-term supervision order until March 1, 2020.

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PAEDOPHILE ALERT/ PAEDOPHILE ALERT

Sex offender to be released in the Aylesford area

By MNN. Last updated: 2013-09-27 06:06:32

The RCMP is alerting you to the release of a high-risk offender in the Aylesford area.

36-year-old Shane Smith will be released from Dorchester Penitentiary tomorrow after completing a sentence for sexual assaults and other offences.

Police say Smith has been deemed a high risk to re-offend.

His victims have included both boys and girls ranging in age from 4 to 18.

Upon his release, Smith will have to meet several conditions restricting his activity and interactions with children under 16.

The RCMP says they're providing the information to alert the public so they can take precautions, but vigilante activity will not be tolerated.

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IN BRIEF: ACROSS THE PROVINCE

TRURO

Diocese sued over alleged abuse by priest

A former altar boy at Immaculate Conception Parish Church in Truro is suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax for alleged sexual abuse by a priest.

Court papers filed Wednesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court allege the claimant was fondled by the priest when he was between the ages of 14 and 15, and that the archdiocese is vicariously liable for the priest’s actions.

The papers claim the assaults and resulting injuries were caused by “the negligence, infliction of mental distress, breach of trust, breach of non-delegable duty and breach of fiduciary duty of the archdiocese," and of its employ­ees.

The negligence, the court pa­pers allege, includes the arch­diocese’s failure to take steps to implement programs or proced­ures to supervise the priest, to take steps to counsel or prevent him from assaulting the claimant and to use reasonable care in the ordination, training, supervision and employment o f the priest .

The former altar boy is claiming “serious, lasting and permanent injuries" including anxiety, night­mares, loss of self-esteem, lack of trust in others, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, im­paired interpersonal relationships and alcohol abuse. No defence has been filed and the allegations have not been proven in court.
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RAPE AND MANHOOD- MUSLIM STYLE

Published at2013-09-18 07:04:21




THE children were too young to know how dangerous it is to be a girl in Pakistan. If the five-year-old girl and her three-year-old cousin had been just a little bit older, they may have known that being alone and playing outside are lethal risks in this country of men.

They did not know; and so, as dusk crept in and cast itself over their neighbourhood in Lahore, they remained engrossed in their games. By the time their families would notice they were missing, it would be too late.

What happened to the five-year-old between the time she was abducted from outside her home and the next day, when she was found abandoned outside a hospital, is the stuff of the most grotesque nightmare.

Unconscious and bleeding, the child found lying on a thin strip of green lawn just outside the hospital building had been raped. The doctors who examined her asserted that on the basis of their physical examination, she had probably been assaulted by several men for over an hour.

She was rushed to surgery because of haemorrhaging, and when she emerged her condition was listed as critical. The next day, television channels reported that she was deeply traumatised, crying and screaming even when members of her family approached her.

The utter cruelty of the case elicited denunciations and expressions of outrage. In a country where public debate on rape cases often hinges on the indictment of the victim long before it turns to the perpetrators, the fact that the victim was a child managed to force attention on the brutality of the crime itself.

The child had been too young to blame, too little to be accused of having provoked her attackers. The usual excuses — a lack of feminine modesty, culpable presence in the public space, a flawed character — could not be employed here, and so, finally, the ghastly fact of the crime was before the country.

So confronted, many grew angry; a group of female representatives from the Khyber legislature demanded that the perpetrators be hanged. Such cries for blood and vengeance were fervently repeated.

The aftermath of the case exposes once again the complete inability of law enforcement and judicial bodies to deal with rape investigations. Even with closed-circuit camera images, there was no solid identification of suspects.

A few suspects picked up by the police on Friday had already been released by Saturday. While DNA samples were collected from the child and sent to investigation labs, no report was available yet. There was no confirmation about the exact number of rapists.

Amidst the legal and investigative morass surrounding the case are the questions of how such a dastardly act can occur and how the complicity of society can breed the sort of demons who can commit it (and probably get away with it).

Just a few days before the child was assaulted, the British medical journal Lancet published a new study on rape in the Asia-Pacific region. Completed in partnership with the United Nations, the study was unique in that it surveyed not rape victims but rather men who had committed the crime.

While the study did not specifically look at Pakistani men, its results provide some insight into Pakistan’s situation regarding rape.

Not only were the results alarming (nearly one in four men, in the six countries studied, reported having forced a woman to have sexual relations), so were its findings regarding the causes.

The reasons the men listed for committing rape ranged widely from sexual entitlement to entertainment to punishment and even boredom. Almost half of the men reported that they did not feel guilty. More than half had committed the crime for the first time as teenagers.

The results provide some very specific diagnosis on the Pakistani condition. Like men in Indonesia and Bangladesh, men in Pakistan are raised with a sense of sexual entitlement, which the study identified as the primary motivator for sexual violence.

Seen under the lens of such entitlement, females are considered objects for use, unable to give consent and not having the right to say ‘no’.

In the case of grown women, this core belief is cleverly hidden in allegations of the women’s own character, her presence in public spaces, and other such reasons.

In the case of children, the ugliness of such an assault cannot be disguised. As the study identifies, such behaviour towards women elicits no guilt from the men, and it starts early. All of this is only possible when society largely supports it; society is confused about whether rape is a crime and is unable to definitely get behind rape victims and condemn perpetrators.

The mistake made by the child at the centre of the recent Lahore tragedy was to play outside in a society which does not consider even girl children entitled to be in public space.

In the Pakistan where such things happen, legislatures past and present have failed to force the stringent application of the Women’s Protection Act, 2006, and the Zina Ordinance continues to exist. In the Pakistan where such things happen, the Council of Islamic Ideology has cast doubt over the value of DNA as primary evidence across the board in rape cases.

When this cumulative picture of the country where the crime was committed is considered, the only thing different about the recent case is that she was victimised so early, subjected to a crime that is the fate of too many women.

She cannot speak today because she is too young, but if she was older and could speak and point to her victimisers, few in this country of men would believe her. n

The writer is an attorney teaching constitutional law and political philosophy. rafia.zakaria@gmail.com




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MUSLIM COUNTRIES


Hanging in shame: Pedophilia, masculinity and the media

Tahir Mehdi



Updated at2013-09-18 17:22:54








The media is reeking of blood. They want to show it live – each moment of it. A frenzied audience has committed to stay tuned. They won’t go away from in front of the screens as reality unfolds scene by scene.

More perplexing than the chicken or the egg ruse, is whether it is the media that orchestrates fury within the public, or if it is the public that incites the media into vehemence.

The widespread public outrage over the recent rape and murder of a young girl in Delhi dissipated when the four men were sentenced to death. It was a gratifying day. Until, news of the five-year-old girl raped by one or more maniacs in Lahore broke, the very same day.

Whoever occupies whatever stance, the media and the public are unanimous that criminals shall be done to death in most horrid of ways – shot in the forehead point blank, beheaded with a jerk of sword, hanged in public and dragged out on the roads – and all of this is demanded as if from that day onwards no one would dare even think of committing such a heinous act.

However, there is sorry news for this audience. The crime that they abhor does not end this way. This is one of the most strongly held yet highly erroneous perceptions that ‘an exemplary punishment’ has a great deterring impact on prospective criminals. Countries with low crime rate do not punish their convicted criminals in horrible ways, and the countries that do that are not crime free, not even in comparative sense. It is simple. And it is universal.

China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Yemen are the top five executioners in the world, according to Death Sentences and Executions 2012 by Amnesty International. China alone accounts for more executions than the rest of the world combined. In recent years, there have been many high profile cases punishing the financial corruption of government officials and businessmen with death. Saudi Arabia implements death sentences in ‘the most gratifying’ of ways: beheading. In 2012, it executed at least 79 persons or three every fortnight. But the sheer fact that each of these countries continues to convict and award this ‘exemplary punishment’ belies the claim that it acts as a deterrent. Had it had any preventive effect, these countries should have registered a steady decline in such cases.

And if you think that I am being obscure, here is what has been happening in our homeland. Public hangings, introduced by Gen Ziaul Haq, were in vogue all through the 1980s. The practice was ostensibly started under the popular theme – the severer the punishment, the lesser the crime. (That the General used his military courts and ‘the exemplary punishments’ they awarded quickly and abundantly to actually deter political opposition, is another story.) Here are some of the news clippings that I sifted from the library of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. These pictures and news are about public hangings in Mianwali, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Lahore and Faisalabad between 1985 and 1988. The punishment was abandoned after the restoration of democracy in 1988 as it had resulted in no social good.-

Crimes are acts of individuals but the personalities of individuals are shaped by societies and the acts of criminals are, in more than one ways, connected to everyone else’s behaviors. While I do not plead for punishing the entire society for the crime of an individual, I do not want to absolve the society of all responsibility either. If you don’t believe in evil spirits entering a man and turning him into a criminal, you must be curious about what ails these perverts? But since this approach may rest some blame on us, we prefer to stress on an individual’s responsibility and call for making an example out of such a satanic man.

Sex based crimes are shrouded with an added layer of hypocrisy as we all want to pretend that nothing even remotely linked to sexual problems or misdemeanor exists in my person or within my family. I once lead a research endeavor for my organisation that was focused on developing an understanding of gender-based domestic violence in rural Punjab – or to be precise, understanding the practice of wife beating. One of my most important learning was about how the concepts of masculinity intermingles with the realities of sexual prowess that results in gender violence. The full report of the study is available here.

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PAEDOPHILE UPDATE/PAEDOPHILE UPDATE


Feds to review Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh case

By The Canadian Press — CP — Sep 27 2013

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will conduct an internal review of its involvement in the case of Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, but the Cape Breton man's lawyer says a public inquiry is really what is needed.

Brian Casey represents MacIntosh, a former businessman who had 17 sexual abuse convictions thrown out when the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled in 2011 that his case took too long to get to trial.

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld that decision earlier this year, saying the 14-year delay was unreasonable.

Casey said Friday two other internal reviews have already been completed — one by the RCMP and another by Nova Scotia's Public Prosecution Service — but plenty of questions remain.

"Instead of getting a peek behind the curtain at whatever the minister of justice decides we should see, we actually want to find out what the whole story is," Casey said in an interview. "Another internal review is better than nothing, but it's far short of what everybody wants."

Casey said his client wasn't available for an interview.

He said a public inquiry, unlike an internal review, would require public officials to explain their actions.

"Sometimes there's a good explanation for why something took six weeks or six months," Casey said.

MacIntosh was in India working as a consultant when the sex abuse allegations first surfaced in Nova Scotia in 1995, but he wasn't extradited to Canada until 2007 and his first trial didn't start until 2010.

Federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay issued a statement Friday saying the case has concerned him for years.

"Our government takes offences involving child abuse very seriously and it is important to review this matter to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again," he said.

MacKay said the review, to be conducted by his department, would look into the extradition process and issues surrounding passport and border control. The review's findings will be made public by Oct. 31, he said.

Ross Landry, Nova Scotia's justice minister, said he was pleased with MacKay's announcement.

"In July, I went to the federal government to ask them to do their part," he said in an interview. "It was clear to me there were many issues there and gaps that contributed to the delay and dismissal of the convictions. ... We all have to do our part."

As for Casey's call for a public inquiry, Landry said he had to be diplomatic about telling the federal government what to do.

"But if a federal review finds the basis for a public inquiry, Nova Scotia will fully co-operate," he said.

The review by Nova Scotia's prosecution service earlier this year found the delays in the case were partly caused by the heavy workload facing a Crown attorney in Nova Scotia and two unexplained passport renewals that allowed MacIntosh to stay in India for years before he was extradited.

MacIntosh's passport was renewed in 1997 and in 2002, despite the fact he faced outstanding charges and a warrant had been issued for his arrest.

Passport Canada said in July that it has revised its policies as a result of the case, saying it wanted to minimize the "risk of a recurrence of a similar incident."

Casey has said his client didn't try to hide from Canadian authorities during his time in India, adding that the police officer in charge of the case had MacIntosh's address as early as February 1995.

As well, he has said his client lived within three blocks of the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, where he went regularly to renew his passport.

In May, MacIntosh wrote a letter to the provincial justice minister saying he maintains his innocence and would welcome a public inquiry into the case as long as it went beyond examining what caused the delays to bring his matter to trial.






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