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| 04 April 2008 |
| Sex offenders face website bans |
| Sex offenders' e-mail addresses are to be passed to social networking sites like Facebook and Bebo to prevent them contacting children.
Under government proposals, offenders who do not give police their address - or give a false one - would face up to five years in jail. .....read
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| 20 March 2008 |
| Australia deports UK paedophile |
 A serial paedophile has arrived in the UK after being deported from Australia at the end of a 12-year jail term.
Raymond Horne, who was met by police at Heathrow on arrival, reportedly moved from the UK to Queensland in 1952 aged five and started offending in the 60s. .....read
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| 19 March 2008 |
| Home residents mull suing Jersey |
 People who claim they were abused at Jersey's Haut de la Garenne care home say they are considering suing the island's government.
Two alleged victims have come forward to say they may bring a civil claim for compensation in the courts. .....read
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| 14 March 2008 |
| Ex-pop star jailed for child sex |
 Sixties pop star Peter MacBeth, a member of The Foundations who had a hit with Build Me Up Buttercup, has been jailed for child sex offences.
MacBeth sexually assaulted a young girl on four occasions over the course of six years and downloaded child porn from the internet, a court heard. .....read
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| 08 March 2008 |
| Rally in Jersey over abuse claims |
 A rally is taking place in Jersey to highlight concerns at the way authorities have handled claims of abuse at a former children's home.
Police say 100 people claim to have been abused at Haut de la Garenne, where a child's remains were found. .....read
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| 26 February 2008 |
| Victims are given chance to sue over abuse |
| A Scottish judge has lifted a time bar in a landmark case that could help unblock thousands of potential civil actions for childhood abuse.
Lord McEwan, in a Court of Session decision, has allowed a 43-year-old Glasgow man to sue the city's council over sexual abuse he claims to have endured at the hands of a carer in a children's home .....read
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| 24 February 2008 |
| More remains feared at care home |
| Police in Jersey have not ruled out finding more bodies as their search of a former children's home continues.
Parts of a child's body have been found at Haut de la Garenne in St Martin, which is at the centre of an inquiry into alleged child abuse. .....read
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| 21 February 2008 |
| Child Abuse - The Politics Show |
| Peter Saunders of NAPAC appeared on the Politics Show to provide support for the story of Elin a boy abused in childhood. Lack of good therapy and support on the national health was one of the issues raised.....read
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| 07 February 2008 |
| Shy Keenan publishes book of her life |
| The celebrated abuse survivor, Shy Keenan publishes a book of her life entitled "Broken". The full interview can be seen from the BBC Newsnight program by clicking the link below.
Shy has helped countless survivors over the years, and runs Phoenix Survivors, which also campaigns on many survivor related topic, including internet abuse. .....read
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| 03 February 2008 |
| Misguided government plans for child database |
| Watch this alarming video about government plans for a nationwide database on children all over the country. Various experts give their opinion about how central government have not thought through the implications of it from the point of view of privacy, infiltration, and cost priority......read
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