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Government to strengthen child protection

Laxmi Ajai Prasanna,TNN | Apr 30, 2013, 01.25 PM IST THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The cabinet will on Tuesday, take up for discussion the draft of a set of rules framed for establishing the Kerala state commission for protection of child rights (KSCPCR) on the lines of the National Commission for Protection of ..... Read More

Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act needs improvement

The brutal sexual assault on a five-year-old child in East Delhi here has come at a time when Delhi has begun robustly implementing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act notified in November last. However, child rights activists say that POCSO, which has helped overcome shortcomings in the ..... Read More

Juvenile homes are hellholes, says report on child rape

Asian Centre for Human Rights blames Centre, States for continuing assault There was a 336 per cent increase in child rape cases in the country between 2001 and 2011, a large number of the crimes committed in juvenile justice homes run and aided by ..... Read More

Suspect arrested for rape of 5-year-old

Reuters/bdnews24.com Published: 2013-04-20 11:59:50.0 BdST Updated: 2013-04-20 13:03:21.0 BdST Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the Delhi Police Headquarters on Saturday after a five year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured, reviving memories of a brutal December assault on a woman that shook the country. Police arrested a man they ..... Read More

Delhi rape case: second man arrested from Lakhisarai in Bihar

People protesting against the rape in Delhi NEW DELHI: A second man has been arrested from Bihar in the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl in ..... Read More