News: According to a new US study, many girls who are sexually assaulted do not report acts of sexual violence, because they regard them as "normal". Interviews with 100 youths between the ages of 3 and 17, conducted by Marquette University's Children's Advocacy Center, revealed that girls do not see themselves as victims as they regarded sexual violence against them as normal. This is why also 60 per cent of…

News On 14th April 2014, the Moscow Times reported that Russia's city parliament deputy Oleg Nilov has drafted Russia's first Anti-sexual harassment Bill aimed at protecting women from unwanted attention or physical abuse from men. In his own words, he stated, "The changes will protect the honor and dignity of "the more beautiful, but weaker sex." These new measure are particularly aimed at "The millions of migrant workers who speak…

News: 35 Uighur Muslims who were kept waiting for 18 days in transit at Istanbul Ataturk Airport since fleeing to Turkey from China on March 25 were finally given permission to enter the country on 12th of April. The group, which included pregnant women and children, had arrived in Turkey in an attempt to escape persecution in their homeland of East Turkestan (Xinjiang), China. One child had been rushed to…

On the 8th of April, in Kars, nine year old Mert Aydın who was missing for two days, was found dead after being raped, hit with a stone on his head and strangulated. Without doubt, the number of children in Turkey like Mert, who became victims of barbaric attacks and brutal murder, even though still unregistered in statistics, are substantially high. Moreover, even if only one child faces such a…