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Just one of many good reasons why you should never, ever, send nude selfies to anyone!
‘Revenge porn’ cases more than doubled over four years
as Scots cops deal with soaring numbers
Rachel Watson
19:40, 1 Aug 2022
The Scottish Sun
COPS are dealing with soaring numbers of cases where someone discloses or threatens to disclose an intimate image, it has emerged.
Police Scotland recorded 912 incidents last year - a rate of more than 17 a week.
That compares to 421 in 2017/18, with the trend steadily increasing over the years.
The figures emerged in research by Scottish Police Federation justice mag 1919, prompting campaigners and politicians to call for tougher action on abusers.
Tory justice spokesman, Jamie Greene, said: “Those who commit such appalling acts deserve serious punishment, and my thoughts are with all victims.”
Mr Greene warned that “so-called revenge porn” was “particularly traumatic” for victims as it often involves someone they trust.
He added: “We should also focus on prevention as sex crimes are at an all-time high under this SNP government. Tackling this rise should be one of their top priorities, as well as supporting victims when they’re brave enough to report such crimes.”
High profile cases have included Love Island contestant Zara McDermott who spoke of the impact of “so-called revenge porn” on her life after she was a victim.
She said she spent a lot of time blaming herself over the incident and worrying others would blame her.
A Victim Support Scotland spokesman warned there had been a “significant” increase in cases of image-based sexual abuse in recent years.
Of the cases last year, there were 530 in which an intimate image was disclosed and 382 where a threat was made to disclose an image.
The spokesman added: “Sharing private sexually explicit images online or offline, regardless of the intent, is a criminal offence. It is a violation of privacy and many victims often feel humiliated, traumatised and ashamed.
In 2017, a new “revenge porn” law was introduced in Scotland meaning those convicted can spend up to five years in prison.
The Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm Act makes it an offence to “disclose, or threaten to disclose, an intimate photograph or film” without consent.
That's a good law, now let's see it being applied!
Praise God for the recent conviction of 21 men in South Asia
IJM Canada
South Asia
Praise God for the recent conviction of 21 men who paid for sex with minor girls.
The customers were all found guilty this summer, which is only the second time buyers have been convicted in this state.
Praise God for the judge who made justice possible and pray for strong convictions in the remaining trials for the brothel managers.
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‘My Daughter Fell Prey To Love Jihad’
"Say Parents Of Tribal Woman Found Dead Seven Months After She Eloped
To Become A Man’s Second Wife,”
by Subhi Vishwakarma,
Swarajya, July 30, 2022
Last week, body of a woman was found hanging at her husband’s house in Kotma city of Anuppur district in Madhya Pradesh. Poonam Singh had left her first husband, Umesh, to marry his friend Mohammad Istaak, alias Katanni, in December 2021.
Her decision was not accepted by her family, who cut off all ties with her. After her death, however, they are accusing Istaak of murdering her and of ‘love jihad’.
This correspondent visited Poonam’s parents this week, to find out the developments that led to her second marriage and her eventual death. Below is an account of the parents’ struggle in pursuing a legal case against Istaak and their version of the interfaith affair….
This correspondent asked them if that was not unusual for a family that had lost a member, given that Hindus in the area do not indulge in any religious activity for at least 13 days after a death.
Santosh said the family had considered Poonam dead in December itself.
“After she left her home with that Muslim man, she was dead for us. We disassociated from her. How could we not? We are Gonds, we stay attached to our culture. We are Hindus, but she went on to become Mohammedan,” he says.
Santosh continues, “That Katanni and his family buried her after her death. They did not let us perform any of our customs. So how can you say we lost a family member?”.
Raj does not speak. Santosh goes on to say that Poonam faced consequences of her actions and ignored all his warnings and pleas.
Asked to narrate her story, Santosh sighs but agrees.
In 2017, when Poonam had just turned 18, he fixed her marriage to a man named Umesh from within their Gond jaati. She went on to give birth to two children. The elder, Rudra, is now four while the younger, Saadhna, is one year old.
Santosh describes her marriage with Umesh as a “happy” one.
On 9 May 2020, he received a call from his son-in-law Umesh that Poonam had left his house after a quarrel and was untraceable.
She was found with Umesh’s friend Istaak the same night. Santosh says her hands and feet were tied.
Poonam filed a police case against Istaak the next day, accusing him of abduction and rape, and he was arrested and jailed….
The statement of Poonam recorded in the FIR says that on 9 May 2020, she and her husband Umesh had a small fight, so around 8.30 in the night, she left the house to go to her parents’ home.
On her way, she borrowed a person’s mobile phone and called up “Katanni Mussalman”, asking him to drop her at her parents’ home. He reached the spot on a bike and they both headed towards her house. On the way, he stopped his bike in front of an empty quarter (room) near Govinda colony.
He took her inside and tied her hands and legs with a rope. He raped her that night. Around midnight, her mother-in-law Kaushalya Bai, her mother Kalawati, her father Santosh and her husband Umesh reached the quarter and found her. They opened the rope and brought her home.
They held Katanni and tied him with the same rope, and began taking him to the police station. However, he escaped on the way. He left his mobile phone with the family. They gave the mobile phone to the police as evidence of the crime.
The statement further says that Katanni had raped her several times at her house on gunpoint, threatening her to kill her husband and children if she told anyone. So Poonam did not tell anyone in her family about Katanni.
At the time of the crime, she was five months pregnant and Katanni knew that.
There is much more on this story at Swarajya.
Sometimes a second wife will be forced into prostitution. Refusal can mean extreme torture or death. In this case, it is also possible that Poonam was murdered as an honour killing by her own family or her first husband. There are other possibilities too, but hopefully, we will find the motive behind the murder of this pregnant young woman.
Kotma, India
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