NEWS
POCSO Act convicts can’t avail emergency Covid parole: Bombay HC
The court said newly introduced Rule 19 (1) (C) of Maharashtra Prisons (Mumbai Furlough and Parole) Rules, which restricted grant of emergency parole to convicts under special laws, covers the POCSO Act.
25-year-old Telangana woman rescued from being forced into ‘Jogini’ system
Jogini is an illegal practice, where women are turned into sex slaves by getting them “married to a deity.”
SC Directs States to Provide Dry Rations to Sex Workers Without Insisting on ID Proof
The apex court bench was hearing a plea which has raised the problems faced by sex workers on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Untold story of lockdown: sharp surge in child trafficking
Despite curbs, spike in interventions after distress calls; state governments scramble to cope, many in Covid hotspots yet to set up monitoring systems
In pandemic, Centre waved red flag on trafficking, but key states yet to take action
From UP to Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh to Jharkhand, eight states fall short in setting up anti-trafficking units
Child rescue roadmap: keeping track of trafficking routes, school dropouts
Experts now warn that the next few months are crucial, and effective action could spell the difference between mitigation and a full-blown crisis.
India: A ‘prostitution village’ breaks with tradition and tries to go digital
Prostitution is a way of life for thousands of families in the Mandsaur region of Madhya Pradesh state. But winds of change are blowing and young girls are now learning digital skills. Murali Krishnan reports.
NIA files supplementary chargesheet in Hyderabad sex trafficking case
A couple in Hyderabad has been accused of trafficking several young girls from Bangladesh for sex work.
Mumbai: 32-year-old man arrested for rape, two others held for bid to sell minor
According to Mankhurd police, the man was a vendor and was known to the minor’s 25-year-old sister. In July, the man had told her that he was looking for a woman to marry.