Child sexual abuse

After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men

Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.”

A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.
Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Justice Department in Washington on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases

Sam Kellner poses in his attorney's office in Brooklyn, nearly two decades into his legal journey as a whistleblower in his Hasidic community.

Federal judge allows lawsuit by Hasidic sex-abuse whistleblower against NYC to proceed

Police car at night

Police seek more victims of Tiberias chess instructor accused of sexually assaulting young children


Teenager indicted for raping 10-year-old girl during burglary

The indictment details that after breaking into the room where the girl and her younger siblings were sleeping, the young man laid next to her and began licking and biting her face.

Abuse of minors.

Young Pakistani activist fights forced child marriage

Hadiqa Bashir works in Swat Valley, until recently a Pakistani Taliban stronghold.

Hadiqa Bashir, 19, has been actively working against early and forced marriages for the last eight years in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, once a hotbed of the Pakistani Taliban.

Ghislaine Maxwell denied seeing Jeffrey Epstein being massaged in New York

More than 100 documents from that lawsuit were made public late on Wednesday night in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

Four minors detained on suspicion of raping nine-year-old girl - report

The boys, who are between the ages of 11-14, all deny the claims made against them.

A CHILD abuse victim is portrayed in this illustrative photo

Nissenkorn signs extradition order for Malka Leifer

Sex abuser has one last delay tactic.

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Seven indicted for sex crimes against minors after undercover operation

Adding Tuesday's indictments, the undercover sting operation has so far resulted in a total of 28 indictments being filed against 28 different defendants.

Malka Leifer, An Ultra orthodox teacher wanted in Australia for child sex abuse, seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 29, 2020.

Outrage as school teacher who committed indecent acts receives light sentence

"What message is conveyed to the victim? To children in general? What message is conveyed to the offenders?"

An empty school is seen after Israel shut schools as part of precautionary measures against coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 15, 2020

Sexual, physical, verbal abuse of youth spiked during coronavirus crisis

"I won't wait for the coronavirus to kill me. I'll do it myself," said S., a 17-year-old girl, to a mobile Elem unit.

Elem President Nava Barak discusses the report on abuse with President Reuven Rivlin, July 5, 2020

In Indonesia, 'bride kidnapping' tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban

The government raised the marriage age for girls from 16 to 19 in September, but rights groups fear deep-rooted traditions and the practice of not registering unions could hamper efforts.

Wedding ring (illustrative)

Jeffrey Epstein kept secret diaries with lists of visitors

The diaries, according to the Mirror, mention some of the world's elite leaders and politicians.

Jeffrey Epstein looks on during a status hearing in his sex trafficking case, in this court sketch in New York