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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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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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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
.
..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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FUCKING
PAEDOPHILES..... LOOSE AMONG OUR CHILDREN..... AGAIN!!!
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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MORE
F**KING PAEDOPHILES- SWEET JESUS, MOTHER MARY AND JOSEPH
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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Call
for Yemen child marriage ban
MDG
: Child bride in Yemen : Yemeni child brides celebrate their divorces
MP
urges parliament to set minimum age of marriage at 18 after death of
eight-year-old girl
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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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