Tag: violence
After threats of violence – schools remain closed in Ludvika
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen The police have informed schools in Ludvika about an imminent act of violence. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT In Ludvika, several middle and upper secondary…
The teachers’ union rages: “Indifference to school violence”
SVT revealed that reports of violence at primary and middle schools have increased by 60 percent and that there are very serious incidents of violence. Teachers have also testified about…
Chad: an order toughens the law on violence against women
In Chad, the authorities legislated with an ordinance on the prevention and repression of violence against women and girls. This order comes 72 hours after the launch of a thirty-day…
Chad: an online petition to fight violence against women
In Chad, an international petition is online to fight against violence against women, as well as to demand concrete actions from the Chadian authorities and humanitarian organizations, was launched on…
More than 1 in 3 girls in the ninth grade have been exposed to relationship violence
38 percent of the girls in grade nine, who have had a relationship, have been exposed to violence. This is shown by a new study from the Allmänna Barnhuset Foundation…
60 people killed in bloody clashes in Colombia | News in brief
In South America, in the northern part of Colombia, 60 people have died in violence between armed groups in recent days. Colombian authorities said on Saturday local time that the…
“Luxury slave” in a sect, an ex-Raelian recounts decades of sexual exploitation and violence
In her book “I was his slave”, Lydia Hadjara looks back on the twenty years spent within the Raelian sect, marked by sexual abuse and other forms of violence. Indoctrinated…
The Sámi Parliament requests money to combat violence against women
Last spring, the report “Violence against Sami women” was released. It had been developed by a research group at Umeå University on behalf of the Sami Parliament. Half of the…
Political violence in Senegal from 2021 to 2024: amnesty law violates international law, according to a report
A law has sparked controversy since it was adopted last March, in the very last days in power of Macky Sall (2012-2024): that of amnesty which cancels prosecutions for criminal…
Act of violence at school north of Stockholm
The alarm came in at 12:34, when the police received a call that an employee at the school had been seriously injured by a sharp object. The person was taken…