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Friday, February 8, 2013

Child sexual abuse in India is 'common' and faces the silence


Child sexual abuse is "alarmingly common" in India where the victim has to face the law of silence that surrounds these cases to protect the "honor" family , according to a report by the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Thursday. The complaint is contained in the study 'Breaking the silence: Child sexual abuse in India' , the NGO has launched in New Delhi amid great expectations after the rape and murder of a young woman last December in a case has caused an unprecedented awareness in this country. According to the report, in India 7200 report child sexual abuse cases a year , but experts estimate that a large number of violations are not made ​​public to protect the "honor" of the family or by the ineffectiveness of the police. That sexual violence against children is "alarmingly common" and mainly occurs, according to HRW, in the home, the neighborhood of the victim or the schools, but the "fear" that the family is "stigmatized" carried hide such acts "horrible"The report, presented at a press conference, included the testimony of an Indian activist, Anand Prakash, who told the U.S. organization are aware of the existence of "a lot of abuse, but people do not talk about it""(Silence) is linked with the respect and dignity of the family. Si (rape) comes to light, the family will be vilified" says Prakash in the study.

Government Research

The report refers to one of the Indian government, which in 2007 ruled that only 25% of children who suffer sexual violence reveal and, among these cases, only 3% of the victims or their families have a complaint statement with the police. "(Sexual abuse) suffered in secret and there is a conspiracy of silence that envelops everything related to this issue," was sentenced in 2007 the then Indian Minister of Development of Women and Children, Renuka Chowdhury. Ahmed, father of a 12 year old girl who was raped in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, told HRW that after reporting the incident to the police family suffered "rejection" and "ostracized" from all its neighbors. The parent also said that the police tried not to go ahead with the complaint and by opposing members of the police began to beat, including a senior. The president of the National Commission for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, Shanta Sinha said during the presentation of the report thatis necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the law so that the child gets justice. "We must help everyone who comes to break the silence and provide justice (...) and the main challenges are to improve within the police and show the family know the steps to follow when it comes to report abuse "said Sinha.

Without faith in the institutions

HRW recorded the testimony of a girl who was raped at age 12 and that when she went to the police station to report it, the police questioned a virulent and locked so that changed the version of eventsbecause, if he did, he " something would happen." "I was kept in jail for 12 days and would not let me see my parents. When I think about what happened I feel fear" said the child. The South Asia director for Human Rights Watch, Meenakshi Ganguly, said that "the Indian system to combat sexual abuse is inadequate because the government mechanisms do not guarantee the protection of children , "so that people "do not have faith in the institutions". "It is hard enough that a child sexually abused or their relatives denounce the case or ask for help and instead of treating such cases with sensitivity,the Indian authorities often degrade and re-traumatize " he said Ganguly. According to HRW, the Indian Government should take immediate steps to address "the lack of trust in institutions" and to force those who do not treat such cases with diligence and sensitivity "that are held accountable." Since he met the brutal rape of a young girl by six men on a bus in New Delhi two months ago, India has experienced constant demonstrations to pressure the Indian authorities that address sexual violence against women, a measure HRW has asked to be extended to children.

Social networks like indoctrination centers


Simply enter a story that questions the Venezuelan Chavez, and you will see that some of the comments it generates will be hard attacks on the media that published it, accusing him of "imperialist" or right agent. These comments come through very active profiles in social networks, commenting on various media. Venezuela has an 'army' of twitterers who speak of the wonders of Chavez, revolution, socialism of the XXI century and rail against a new enemy every day. In the last hours has been the former Spanish president Felipe González. A regional governor accused him of being behind the false picture of Hugo Chavez who published The Country ; immediately, the device information spreads in social networks and what their motorized time, Chavez supporters expanded harder. An interesting article in El Pais reviews the formulas regímentes as Syrian, Iranian or China , among others, control communication that spreads in social networks. Syria has the Syrian Electronic Army , an army operating on the web and broadcast messages for Bashar Al Assad and hacks pages rebels sectors , so that they become inaccessible. Explains Jillian C. York, director of the Institute for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier  Foundation, the strategy of Syria, "unlike Ben Ali or Mubarak, has maintained a certain freedom to post messages, but it has ensured that the officer is also released by their own hackers ", as published by El PaisThe strategy is quite logical when one remembers the impact that social networks were during the Arab SpringDespite controls on the media at that time, thousands of people gathered at the speed autoconvocados Twitter. The emergence of the Indignados in Spain, had a powerful slogan during the days of mass protests against the Puerta del Sol: Real Democracy Now!  Some youth awoke to a political activity that had never before experienced. Twitter is an infinite space of broadcast messagingJust as the media publish news and links to our content, governments, youth political groups, companies, NGOs propagate their own information and messages. Traffic from social networks in Latin America places Facebook in the first place, in some countries over the long leader Google. Twitter has an audience beyond the media leaders. This reality makes the networks in a large area of " extreme democracy", as defined by Cristian Lumezanu, Research Department of Informatics, University of Princeton. "Each person is his own editor, and anyone can say whatever he wants, without limitation or censorship. Is freedom of expression ", says in The País.comAlong with social networks, blogs also adopted a relevant role . In Argentina, a serious battle between the country and the government in 2008 led to the creation of a "cyber army K '  which consisted of the proliferation of bloggers who wrote in favor of the government and the opposition strong questions ."Militancy" was enhanced in social networks, with the help of these bloggers and community managers who tuiteaban messages against activists of the field, the Clarín group and the opposition. In Spain, the presidential election that gave victory to Mariano Rajoy also had a strong component of social media activism, both the PP and the PSOE. "Social networks are increasingly integrated into our culture and people are getting used to using them as sources of information. It is very important to know where it comes distinguish this information, "said Nick Feamster, who led a study of Georgia Tech University on social networks.

How to spot a propagandist in networks

Activists spread messages in social networks can be identified. The study by Georgia Tech University reveals four characteristics.

1 - Send a lot of tweets in a short period.
2 - retweet extraneous content.
3 - Share of other content quickly.
4 - Coordinates with other users the proliferation of certain messages.

Additionally it can detect other details like that c uentan with few followers (followers), prevent the spread of personal content, follow similar profiles . Social networks have enhanced transparency of communication, have been footing the profile of a large company to a private citizen, but the network users need to pay attention to the messages and messengers. Publishing false information can be very expensive, because a wrong tweet triggered a complaint from other users who discover the lie, the failure or the intended message. 

Iran gave Hezbollah drone technology


The deputy defense minister Mohamed Eslami confirmed that Iran transferred to Hezbollah and other countries, who were not named, the technology in unmanned military aircraft manufacturing. The terrorist group was briefed to produce the model AyubThe Iranian drones "are highly demanded by various countries, so we have transferred the assembly line and we have exported some products," said Eslami to the official news agency MehrEslami said, in the country, are made ​​of three types devices based on their flight time: from large, medium and short range, and there are also special act at low altitude. From the powerful, the military said are "strategic", while the midrange are used on surveillance missions. The short-range, you do not fly more than 200 miles, have many uses, from pilot training to the military support "in offensive operations, defensive and exploration ." In his note, Mehr teaches a picture of an assembly line in Iran's ScanEagle drone , a small observation model developed by U.S. company Boeing, which the Iranians last December said they had begun to produce, after the capture of several aircraft U.S. and Israel that had entered its airspace. Iran showed for the first time, through the agency of record , images allegedly taken by the spy plane "invisible" U.S. unmanned RQ-170 Sentinel , which became the country's Islamic forces in late 2011 and whose data say have decoded completely

She signed a contract to not use Facebook

The young Rachel Baier 14 of Boston, signed an " Agreement off Facebook "with her father.  The contract states that if he can control the temptation to join Facebook from February 4 to June 26, her father will pay a total of $ 200But first, the teenager had to give the password to your account, which was temporarily disabled in order to check the challenge. However, her father was permissive. Apparently, if you get to April 15, she will receive $ 50. 

NUCLEAR | Washington applies multiple sanctions against Tehran Iran to U.S.: 'We do not negotiate with whom we aim with a gun'


The supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected the offer made ​​this week by the United States to engage in direct bilateral dialogue on its controversial nuclear program. The proposal was made ​​by the same U.S. Vice President Joe Biden"You Americans want to negotiate while join me with a gun to Iran . The Iranian nation will not be intimidated by such acts, "said Khamenei in a speech to the Air Force leadership. United States confirmed on Wednesday new sanctions against Iran (hence the anger of Khamenei), very shortly after Biden conduct "a serious offer of direct talks on nuclear issues within the Group 5 +1 (U.S., France, UK Russia, China and Germany)." Some were glad this innocent American offer , but negotiations do not resolve anything, "said Ayatollah Khamenei, who is responsible in particular for nuclear affairs and diplomacy when rule in Iran. "And I say to those who want the American rules are established again in Iran, that nation will rise up against it right away." The international community suspects the Islamic Republic's attempts to acquire nuclear weapons under the guise of a civilian nuclear program . Tehran has always denied. UN Iran has imposed several sanctions in retaliation for its nuclear activities, enforced unilaterally by the United States and the European Union.

Tibet immolations, 70 arrests

Chinese police have arrested Tibetan-populated areas of Qinghai Province 70 persons'' in relation to a series of sacrifices.'' The Xinhua New China, citing a'' 'police investigation'' according to which'' the Dalai Clique'' would'' controlled'' the immolations. Over the past two years, 99 Tibetans set themselves on fire in protest against China, which they accuse of abuse the Tibetan population, and they want to destroy the local culture.

Messi renewed with Barcelona until 2018


Argentina's Lionel Messi signed his contract until June 30, 2018 with FC Barcelona arrive at that time 31 years old. The contract will have a  substantial increase in salary: pocket more than $ 16 million per season , whereas previously they were 13. The leaders of the  Barcelona  put "hands-on" a long time ago and  opened negotiations with the instance of Jorge Messi , father of the "Flea", getting a  contract extension that keeps Argentine force with the Catalans. Agreeing  was not difficult , first and foremost, because the crack Rosario  wanted to play for the "Catalans"  as throughout his career, and second because the Board of the club  was biased  and even offered several improvements to "bind" the best player in the world today. He had even speculated with increased buyout clause , but finally did not happen. In the new contract the Argentina captain of the figure the same as in the previous one: 250 million euros (about 340 million). After Puyol and Xavi, it was the turn of Leo Messi. The signing ceremony took place at the offices of FC Barcelona in the presence of the player, the president Sandro Rosell, Vice President of the Sports Area, Josep Maria Bartomeu and director of the Sports Area Football, Andoni ZubizarretaThe player, who arrived at Barca when he was 13 years and debuted with the first team when he was 16, appeared with the president in the team's Instagram account culé