Rohtak (Haryana), May 10 — Nearly 120 people, including women, girls and children, were rescued from a protection home in Haryana’s Rohtak town following a raid conducted by a team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). Police have arrested the care-taker of the protection home, Jaswanti, and registered a case of rape, molestation, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation against her son-in-law Jai Bhagwan. Both have also been booked under the Immoral Trafficking Act and Child Protection Act. READ MORE HERE

A scandal broke out in a school in Mexico after a mother exposed a video where her underaged son is seen participating in sexual acts with two other boys. The video is shot in a classroom in a school in the southern Mexican state of Campeche. The video shows three boys having sex, one boy filming and a fifth one watching, according to the Mexican Spanish-language newspaper Milenio. The kids implicated are all 12 years-old and in the sixth grade. READ MORE HERE

SAN ANTONIO — Authorities say a 4-year-old girl who was allegedly beaten and burned by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend has died from her injuries. The Bexar County Medical Excaminer said Kayla Garcia was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The girl’s mother, 20-year-old Melanie Garcia, and 23-year-old Matthew Carrillo were arrested on charges of assault and bodily injury to a child after taking the unconscious girl to Christus Santa Rosa emergency room on Monday night. READ MORE HERE

Despite the moral imperative and sound fiscal basis for protecting the legal rights of abused and neglected children, half of U.S. states cheat them of appropriate legal representation, denying them an effective voice in proceedings that determine their futures, according to a state-by-state study conducted by two national child advocacy organizations. The report – A Child’s Right to Counsel: A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused and Neglected Children – was released today on Capitol Hill by First Star, a national organization working to improve the lives of America’s abused and neglected children, and the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law (CAI). To view the full report, visit www.firststar.org, or www.caichildlaw.org.    READ MORE HERE

Children who are traumatized by sexual, physical or psychological abuse are more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome as adults, new research suggests. The study also states that the increased risk for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) might be based in biology. The reason: There appears to be a connection between the nervous system and endocrine system abnormalities, called neuroendocrine dysfunction, in people with CFS who suffered childhood trauma, the researchers said. READ MORE HERE

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OTHER AFTER -EFFECTS

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Linked To Childhood Trauma

Dissociation “Uniquely Associated” With Child Sexual Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse Victims: High Potential for Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse Can Cause Severe Reactions to Mild or Moderate Stress

Child Sexual Abuse and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect

A woman has been charged with child abuse after she spanked two children so badly that they couldn’t attend school for three days. Megan Elizabeth Shipman, 22, used a belt to spank the 4-year-old boy and 6-year-old girl as punishment for taking $100 from their home. One of the children showed a teacher the bruises six days after the beating and the teacher contacted the Department of Human Services. READ MORE HERE

A babysitter faces 30 years behind bars after she admitted broadcasting a sex attack on a 5-year-old girl to other alleged predators using the live video-chat programme Skype on her iPhone. Jennifer Mahoney, 33, of Manalapan, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in US District Court Wednesday to the sexual exploitation of a child that took place on at least two separate occasions in her home. READ MORE HERE

A horrified father returned home from work to find his two young children dead after seemingly being smothered and his wife had apparently tried to slit both her wrists. A 10-week-old baby boy and a one-year-old girl were later pronounced dead after investment banker Jeff Boots made frantic efforts to save them before raising the alarm. Police arrived at the £1.2million family home, in a well-heeled area of Wandsworth, south London, and arrested Felicia Boots, who did not require treatment despite apparently trying to harm herself. She is now being held over the deaths of 14-month-old Lily and her baby son. She is being questioned by detectives, who are understood to be investigating the possibility that she was suffering from post-natal depression.  READ MORE HERE

The mother of a 3-year-old Taft girl was arrested Tuesday on a murder charge, more than three months after Sheriff’s deputies say the toddler was beaten to death. Deputies say Angela Hanna’s daughter was tortured by her then live-in boyfriend in January. Hanna was booked into the downtown jail Tuesday morning on $2 million bail. Hanna’s boyfriend at the time of her daughter’s death, Eric Foster, was arrested and charged a day after the girl died. READ MORE HERE

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LONG BEACH, CA — A Long Beach police officer charged with multiple counts of possessing child pornography has been re-arrested. 40-year-old Noe Yanez is facing additional sex crimes charges, after prosecutors say he arranged to meet a minor for sex. READ MORE HERE

Old fashioned torture techniques never went out of style apparently. Josue Manrique, 35, came home to find $1 missing from his bedside drawer, accused his son of taking it, hit him with his leather belt and repeatedly burned his arms, hands and face with a hot iron to make him confess. READ MORE HERE

Ruling attempts to distinguish between individuals who see an image of child pornography online versus those who actively download and store such images, MSNBC reports.

In a controversial decision that is already sparking debate around the country, the New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that viewing child pornography online is not a crime. “The purposeful viewing of child pornography on the internet is now legal in New York,” Senior Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick wrote in a majority decision for the court. READ MORE HERE

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I was emailed this YouTube video by a concerned video who came across this video. This video is EXTREMELY disturbing and depicts a young mother beating up her young infant….all in the presence of two other children while someone else videotaped it. I PRAY SOMEONE IS ABLE TO TRACK THIS VIDEO & PROSECUTE THIS CHILD ABUSER!!!!  YouTube Link

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FRIDLEY, Minn. — A woman and her husband are facing jail time after allegedly shaving her 12-year-old daughter’s head and forcing the girl to wear a diaper for getting bad grades. Police were called to the family home by neighbors who reported the girl was being forced to run up and down the street. READ MORE HERE