30 h. ago ‘The boat owners treat us as slaves’: crews report abuse and death on long

The unexplained death of a fisher on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocatesRicky* was one of the first to see his crewmate’s dead body. It was 2023 and he was six months into a stint at sea, working on a longline tuna boat in the Indian Ocean for $480 a month. The crew were mostly Indonesian, like Ricky, or Chinese, like the captain and owners of the boat.In the days leading up to Ricky’s crewmate’s death, the 29-year-old Indonesian, referred to as YK, had been increasingly depressed onboard, repeatedly asking to be sent home. The captain had refused, says Ricky, who says he saw YK attack the captain. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago An unexplained death, ‘abuse and slavery’: Indonesian fishers reveal life on long haul vessels

The death of a crew member on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocatesRicky* was one of the first to see his crewmate’s dead body. It was 2023 and he was six months into a stint at sea, working on a longline tuna boat in the Indian Ocean for $480 a month. The crew were mostly Indonesian, like Ricky, or Chinese, like the captain and owners of the boat.In the days leading up to Ricky’s crewmate’s death, the 29-year-old Indonesian, referred to as YK, had been increasingly depressed onboard, repeatedly asking to be sent home. The captain had refused, says Ricky, who says he saw YK attack the captain. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Chilling final texts sent to abused girlfriend before boyfriend punches her to death

The sickening final texts abused girlfriend Maryam Hamka received were discovered years after she was brutally murdered by her evil ex, Toby Loughnane, who buried her lifeless body in a shallow grave

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35 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's lawyer speaks out after Prince Andrew abuse accuser is '4 days from death'

Virginia Giuffre, whose dying wish is reportedly to see her children one last time, is understood to have been involved in a crash, and has kidney failure among other injuries

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41 h. ago Virginia Giuffre's heartbreaking final wish as Prince Andrew abuse accuser is '4 days from death'

Prince Andrew's teenage sex abuse accuser, Virginia Giuffre, says that she just wants to see her children again for one last time after telling how she just has days to live

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62 h. ago UK art teacher given 'death sentence' after abusing 14 young boys in his 'secret sex club'

Art teacher James Waters, who was a 'favourite' of his pupils, used his position to sexually abuse 14 boys in a 'death sentence' of 14 years after being convicted of an array of horrifying offences

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7 d. ago Jack Fincham breaks silence for the first time over his 'dangerous dog' and reveals he has received terrifying death threats

Jack Fincham has revealed on Tuesday that he has received terrifying death threats over his Cane Corso dog that left him feeling 'abused' and 'upset'. 

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8 d. ago ‘More abusers whose victims die by suicide will be charged with manslaughter’

Suicide was the most common cause of death among victims of domestic abuse for the second year running, police figures suggest.

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8 d. ago Just 3% of domestic abusers charged after victim driven to suicide, figures show

Assistant commissioner Louisa Rolfe said she expects more perpetrators to be charged with manslaughter despite ‘challenges’ proving abuse caused a death

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9 d. ago Love Island star received racist DMs and death threats after taking part in Netflix show

Love Island's Whitney Adebayo received death threats and racial abuse from trolls after taking part in Netflix's Inside

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1 week ago Mum who stabbed paedo to death after he abused her kids reveals one regret

Sarah Sands took the law into her own hands after her three boys told her their elderly neighbour had abused them.

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1 week ago 'I stabbed paedo to death for abusing my kids – I have one regret and it's not killing him'

A mum who famously took the law into her own hands after confronting her elderley neighbour – a secret paedophile who changed his name before abusing her sons – has now shared her one regret

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2 w. ago Abusive wife, 50, is found guilty of murdering geologist husband, 65, after stabbing him to death and hiding his body under grass cuttings in garden

Maureen Rickards, 50, repeatedly stabbed Jeremy Rickards, 65, in the chest last summer before temporarily storing his body in a cupboard in their bedroom.

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2 w. ago Woman accused of stabbing newborn son to death with 'letter opener' while giving birth

An. T. Ngo, 31, has been arrested and charged with homicide by child abuse after she allegedly stabbed her newborn son to death with a letter opener on Wednesday

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3 w. ago Prison death of sick Scots rapist who abused girls for half a decade to be probed

Joseph Glass was convicted of raping three girls as well as a string of other charges and died behind bars.

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3 w. ago Wade Robson claims Michael Jackson sexually abused him from the age of seven: He's now taking his estate to court despite death threats from the superstar's fans

The last thing choreographer Wade Robson did as he left for a premiere at America's Sundance Film Festival six years ago was to write a note to his wife and son.

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3 w. ago Husband, 78, who strangled wife to death after she subjected him to decades of abuse and threatened to stab him is jailed

Charles Graham strangled his wife of nearly 50 years, Davina, 67, in their Cheltenham home after she threatened to stab him. He has been sentenced to three years behind bars.

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4 w. ago Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a caseA Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor forced into exile after being pursued by the country’s conservative elite has said that leaving the country was the only way to save her life but was only “a little bit less than death”.Virginia Laparra, 45, spent two years in prison for allegedly abusing her position after she reported her suspicion that a judge had leaked sensitive details from a sealed corruption case to a colleague in 2017. Continue reading...

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