Victim of Child Sexual Abuse can file a complaint at any time irrespective present age. The Ministry of Women and Child Development had recently consulted Ministry of Law in view of the overriding provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act over other criminal laws and provisions of mandatory reporting of such […]
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Malaysia : Mufti says 14 year old girl is ‘mature’ enough to marry, wins support from powerful politician
Malaysia is busy discussing the right age for people to marry. Malaysia’s Sabah Mufti Datuk Bungsu Aziz Jaafar has spoken out against setting the minimum age of marriage at 18 as it won’t be in tune with the Sharia law which prescribes 14 years of age for girls and 16 for boys. The religious authority […]
Boys also suffer sexual abuse in India, breaking silence is the only option
Each of us has read about the horrific crime which has been reported from Kashmir, by several publications, documenting how Peer Aijaz Sheikh had sexually abused the minor boys. The details of the sexual abuse shook India and also exposed the vulnerability that young boys face in the nation. In another case, a 13-year-old boy from […]