Search results for ‘Domestic violence’
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Ethnic minority domestic abuse victims ‘more reluctant to come forward’
We’ve been out with Thames Valley Police in Slough as officers respond to emergency call-outs from women at risk of abuse. And we speak to one woman who tells her story of marital rape.
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Chaos in Charlottesville: ‘This was a deliberate act of domestic terrorism’
A Charlottesville eyewitness describes the violence ‘as a deliberate act of domestic terrorism’. This report contains some graphic scenes.
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Domestic Abuse: Charlotte Kneer and Tim Loughton MP
Theresa May has vowed to bring in new laws to improve the way domestic abuse cases are dealt with, and to end the postcode lottery in the support survivors receive. It’ll be a personal priority, the prime minister has declared. Charlotte Kneer is a survivor of domestic violence who is now an ambassador for the…
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Thousands of children affected by domestic abuse
Parliamentary figures which disclose that more than 75 thousand children in England have been flagged by social workers as living in the shadow of domestic violence. I’ve been to meet one mother and her two teenage daughters who lived with abuse for eight years.
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Violence Against Women bill: survivor hails ‘historic’ move
A landmark bill aimed at tackling violence against women is passed into law in Wales – requiring local authorities to improve support for victims.
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NHS ‘must do more’ to protect domestic abuse victims
Too often the NHS is missing opportunities to stop domestic abuse, according to a damning report due to be published on Wednesday and shown to Channel 4 News.
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American football: domestic abuse campaigners take on NFL
UK football may have its problems, but they don’t begin to match those confronting its US cousin, the NFL, which has seen 84 of its players facing claims of domestic violence in the last 14 years.
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Violence and repression: the roots of China’s Uighur unrest
As China’s security apparatus shifts into overdrive in the aftermath of deadly explosions in Xinjiang, an exiled ethnic Uighur leader says a “heavy-handed” Chinese response will make things worse.
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Domestic abuse victim ‘doesn’t feel safe’ to seek help
A woman who has suffered abuse at the hands of a family member says she does not feel safe to seek help because of the fear that her personal details will be released in court.
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Tackling a history of violence: Clare’s Law expanded
Clare’s Law, a pilot scheme to protect women from domestic violence by a partner, is to be extended in England and Wales from March 2014.
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Essex police must try harder on domestic abuse cases
Essex police, heavily criticised two years ago for failing four women murdered by abusive partners, still has more to do in responding to domestic violence, finds the police watchdog.
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Obama promises action on gun violence
“Congress needs to examine its conscience”, President Obama has declared – promising a range of measures to control gun violence, including a “meaningful” assault weapons ban.
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Reversing the cycle of domestic abuse
A pilot scheme to give victims of domestic abuse greater protection from violent partners by immediately banning the abuser from the victim’s home wins praise from police.
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Will changing domestic abuse definition change anything?
The government is extending the definition of domestic violence to include 16 and 17-year-olds, but one charity tells Channel 4 News that cuts to organisations which help victims are “accelerating”.
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Call for investigation into Cairo violence
Egypt’s ruling military have today been criticised for their violent handling of a Coptic Christian protest, as the suspected death toll in Cairo rises to 25.