Crimes against children/minors

Israeli envoy and UN official clash at hearing on children in conflict

Israeli envoy Danny Danon also told another official who interjected that she should be quiet.

French girl, 11, whose killing sparked outrage was raped: Source

Flowers and tributes were left where the body of Lyhanna, an 11-year-old schoolgirl, was found.

Outcry in Indonesia after police find toddlers tied up at daycare centre

The centre has been vandalised with spray-painted profanities on the walls and windows since news of the abuse was made public.

French government seeks to defuse crisis after girl’s killing exposes judicial failings

People attend a demonstration, amid nationwide calls to protest the handling by the criminal justice system of previous complaints involving child victims against the main suspect in the killing of 11-year-old Lyhanna, whose body was discovered near Fleurance after a days-long search, near the Paris courthouse, France, June 8, 2026, in a protest supported by the #NousToutes movement. The sign reads: \"Broken childhood, justice denied\". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Bill Gates faces questioning in US Congress over Epstein ties

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in February that he had been "foolish" to associate with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Man who raped 13-year-old girl he met online gets almost 9 years’ jail, caning

Kevin Tan Jia Hut pleaded guilty to one charge of rape on June 9.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, June 8, 2026

Iranian missiles fly in the sky over Israel on June 7, as seen from Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Israel military opens probe into killing of infant in West Bank

Palestinian father Fahd Abou Haikal comforts his elder son Kinan after burying his seven-month-old baby Sam Fahd Abou Haikal, on June 6, 2026, in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.

‘Never again!’: March in France for girl whose killing sparked outcry over institutional lapses

Lyhanna's father and mother Martial Bernard (left) and Charly Rameau (third from left) taking part in a silent march in tribute to Lyhanna on June 7 in Fleurance, south-western France.

Jail for man who asked underage girl overseas to perform sex acts in video chats

On June 5, Lye was sentenced to five years and 11 months’ jail and three strokes of the cane.

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