http://www.fourwinds10.net 2013-05-21T16:48:02+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1368064543 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1368059822 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1367601098 April 25, 2013 6:35 pm theunhivedmind 1 Comment You’ll be Damned if You Don’t and You’ll be Damned if you Do See how quickly and easily your child can be officially kidnapped from you by the state and fostered without you having any say in it – even if you haven’t done anything wrong. Get on the wrong side of a vicious social worker and your family life could be finished with these new Nuremberg Laws which give carte blanche to unaccountable people to snatch your kids from you. Clare Ambrose explains the dangers … THE CHILDRENS’ COURTS STAR CHAMBER By Clare Ambrose http://www.saff.ukhq. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1365177447 April 3, 2013 Detainees captured by SAS and SBS squads subjected to human-rights abuses at detention centre, say British witnesses Personnel from two RAF squadrons and one Army Air Corps squadron were given guard and transport duties at the secret prison, the Guardian has established. And many of the detainees were brought to the facility by snatch squads formed from Special Air Service and Special Boat Service squadrons. Codenamed Task Force 121, the joint US-UK special forces unit was at first deployed to detain individuals thought to have information about Saddam Hussein‘s weapons of mass destruction. Once it was realised that Saddam’s regime had long since abandoned its WMD programme, TF 121 was re-tasked with tracking down people who might know where the deposed dictator and his loyalists might be, and then with catching al-Qaida leaders who sprang up in the country after the regime collapsed. Suspects were brought to the secret prison at Baghdad International airport, known as Camp Nama, for questioning by US military and civilian interrogators. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1363622150 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1362508000 FW:  March 5, 201 David Cameron's ancestors were among the wealthy families who received generous reparation payments that would be worth millions of pounds in today's money The true scale of Britain's involvement in the slave trade has been laid bare in documents revealing how the country's wealthiest families received the modern equivalent of billions of pounds in compensation after slavery was abolished. The previously unseen records show exactly who received what in payouts from the Government when slave ownership was abolished by Britain – much to the potential embarrassment of their descendants. Dr Nick Draper from University College London, who has studied the compensation papers, says as many as one-fifth of wealthy Victorian Britons derived all or part of their fortunes from the slave economy. As a result, there are now wealthy families all around the UK still indirectly enjoying the proceeds of slavery where it has been passed on to them. Dr Draper said: "There was a feeding frenzy around the compensation. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1361283703 Feb. 19, 2014 Broadcaster faces felony strangulation of bombshell spouse CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison was allegedly choked by her husband, WCBS anchor Rob Morrison. A CBS News anchor based in New York City is facing a felony charge for allegedly choking his wife, who is also a network broadcaster. Police say Rob Morrison, a 44-year-old morning news anchor for WCBS, choked his wife Ashley during a fight at the couple’s Connecticut home Sunday morning, and threatened her again after his arrest. The incident allegedly took place in Darien, Conn. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1360856468 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1357748851 Jan. 7, 2013 In the final hours of 2012, the governor of North Carolina pardoned me and the nine other members of the Wilmington Ten, who were wrongfully convicted by a racist prosecutor in 1972 for firebombing a building. I have been fighting to clear my name for more than 40 years -- and thanks to you and over 142,000 people who signed my petition on Change.org, all of us have finally been declared innocent. Here's what the governor said when she signed our pardons: “Justice demands that this stain finally be removed. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1357222319 Dec. 31, 2012 THE Emancipation Proclamation, signed 150 years ago today, was a revolutionary achievement, and widely recognized as such at the time. Abraham Lincoln himself declared, “If my name goes into history it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it.” On New Year’s Eve, 1862, “watch-night” services in auditoriums, churches, camps and cabins united thousands, free as well as enslaved, who sang, prayed and counted down to midnight. At a gathering of runaway slaves in Washington, a man named Thornton wept: “Tomorrow my child is to be sold never more. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1354816343 Dec. 4, 2012 Facebook posts depict a loving, religious family environment Courtesy Facebook Roderick "RJ" Arrington, a second grader at Roundy Elementary School, was allegedly beaten to death by his parents in late November 2012, according to Metro Police. courtesy of Facebook Dina and Markiece Palmer are shown in a photo from the Facebook page of Dina Palmer. Las Vegas Metro Police Department Dina Palmer's booking photo Las Vegas Metro Police Department Markiece Palmer booking photo A 7-year-old boy was beaten to death by his parents last week after he failed to read the Bible and do his homework, according to Metro Police. The boy's stepfather, Markiece Palmer, 34, and the boy's mother, Dina Palmer, 27, were arrested and charged with murder, child abuse and neglect in the beating death of Roderick Arrington, a second-grader at Roundy Elementary School. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1354551392 Dec. 3, 2012 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6 Watching TV and news propaganda. Society brands unpopular groups of people as bad people, They are labeled as junkies, runaways. We are told they are the scum of the earth. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1354296544 Nov. 27, 2012 The young Orthodox Jewish woman who took the stand to testify in her sexual abuse case in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on Tuesday faced an inscrutable jury but also a crowd of sympathetic observers. Her extended family, friends, victims’ advocates, and some who said they were sexually abused within the Orthodox Jewish community filled the three rows of seats. More supporters waited outside. At the same time, the prominent ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Nechemya Weberman, who stands accused of molesting the young woman, had only a few family members and supporters present in the courtroom. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1354151844 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1354147644 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1353352515 Nov. 17, 2012 (NaturalNews) Imagine, for a moment, that you have lost your home in a natural disaster and with it most of your possessions. It's wintertime, you live on the East Coast, and your old neighborhood has been leveled. What cash you have is being used for the most basic of necessities; you don't have enough money to move into a hotel and even if you did they are all full anyway. You have nowhere to go. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1353082076 Nov. 14, 2012 Under the shadow of the Dark of the Moon feels like an appropriate time to bring out something that is missing from the discussion of pedophilia: those of us who are it’s run-of-the-mill victims. Yes, there are the horrifyingly vomitous, near-sensational books by Susan Ford and others, these are disgusting and perhaps not even rare severe cases of pedophilia, sex slavery and ritual abuse. I used to look at Michael Jackson and think, “yeah, something must have happened to you too, even worse than me.” Poor soul, what a beautiful artist he was, for being so sick against his own will. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1352562703 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1351788056 FW Nov. 1, 2 012   Clergy Abuse Other Trusted Officals More evidence that these people who claim to be Jews are God's enemies and not His chosen people. I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are NOT, but [are] (Idumeans) the synagogue of Satan. King of kings' Bible - Revelation 2:9 Know a tree by the fruit it bears. Ye shall know them by their fruits. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1350669884 Oct. 19, 2012 There is no single predator profile, but analysis of confidential files shows 'grooming behavior,' a gradual seduction. For years, Scout officials ignored the advice of experts to study the files. (SCROLL DOWN FOR MAP) * * * * * * * * * *     Map shows locations of troops and units referenced by the Boy Scouts of America in the expulsions of thousands of men following allegations of sexual abuse. The Times has created a database of those so-called perversion files. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1348923007 Sept. 27, 2012 Gordon Glynn was left bleeding, bruised and needing 14 stitches after being punched by Joseph Dickinson Soldier had returned from Afghanistan two days earlier and had been suffering from partial post traumatic stress disorder He said he hit the pensioner to stop himself from attacking his own father, with whom he was furious Dickinson, who said he was appalled by his violent actions, sobbed as he was jailed for 12 months These were the horrific injuries suffered by a pensioner after he was beaten in a 'cowardly and unprovoked attack' by a serving soldier who had just returned from Afghanistan. Gordon Glynn, 84, was left bleeding, bruised and needing 14 stitches after Joseph Dickinson knocked him off his chair and punched him. Defending his actions, the 21-year-old said he only carried out the attack to stop him from 'smacking' his own father, with whom he was furious.     Attack: Gordon Glynn, left, suffered horrific injuries after he was punched by Joseph Dickinson, right Dickinson had only returned from Afghanistan two days earlier and it was later found the soldier had been suffering from partial post-traumatic stress disorder. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1347472944 9/10/12 I have known Nick Bryant since 1995. He was new to New York from Minnesota then, and looking to make a jump from reporting for a science news service to writing for a mass audience. I noticed that he was persistent and ethically motivated and I thought, “He might be a good reporter.” We got to be friends, and had many long discussions about the nature of evil, which was his preferred subject matter as he tried to make a move into general circulation magazines. When he wasn’t chasing doctors at AIDS conferences, he was chasing outlaw bikers and Satanists. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1347233133 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1345912108 Aug. 24, 2012 Girls at a rural school in Nicaragua. Credit: Oscar Navarrete/IPS MANAGUA, Aug 22 2012 (IPS) - Carla lost everything when she got pregnant at the age of 13: her first year of secondary school, her family, her boyfriend, and her happiness. She spent a year panhandling on the streets of the Nicaraguan capital before she was taken in by a shelter for young mothers. Her life fell apart in December 2006, when her mother discovered that she was three months pregnant as a result of being raped by one of her primary school teachers. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1345742072 Aug. 22, 2012 Thousands of sex slaves bought and sold each year face danger, threats, violence; run-aways dealt with quickly: one home in Moldavia firebombed; Tel Aviv exhibit explores 'women as chattel' TEL AVIV - Several dozen women have successfully escaped the grip of pimps that have turned their lives into a living hell. These women live in a secret shelter in Tel Aviv until they testify against their former pimps, then they are deported to their countries of origin.   Thursday, some of them went public as part of a new exhibition in Tel Aviv’s Central Bus Station, sharing the harsh details of their experiences.   The exhibit, called “Over the Road”, focuses on the public’s approach to women as chattel. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1342888446 July 19, 2012 WATCH VIDEO:   http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/19/251683/obama-drones-strikes-illegal-bush-torture-practices/   Relatives of three US citizens killed in non-UN sanctioned US assassination drone strikes in Yemen have sued senior officials at the US Defense Department and the CIA.   According to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the killings of US-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and naturalized US citizen Samir Khan were unconstitutional, Reuters reported.    The victims’ relatives said that the three assassinations committed by the CIA violated US legal guarantees, including the right to due process. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1342885058 July 20, 2012 The Knesset’s Committee on the Status of Women is set to debate a new report on how the school system deals with sexual violence, Ynet learned Monday. The report states that 30% out of the crisis centers’ 40,000 reports of sexual assaults in 2011 involved children under the age of 12. Almost half of the reports were of rape or attempted rape, some 25% were reports of incest and 20% were of sexual harassment. Report: Israel steps up battle on sex trafficking ‘Pedophile CEO’ charged with multiple sex offences Rise in number of women complaining of violence The report also includes police statistics about sexual violence: In 2011, 4,563 sexual assault complaints were filed, 47% of them by minors. In 20% of the cases, the suspect was a minor. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1342711296 July 19, 2012 (NaturalNews) A few years back the Boston Globe wrote a series of investigative reports detailing how a number of Catholic priests who had sexually abused children - mostly young boys - over the course of their priesthood. More recently, Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator for the once-vaunted Penn State college football program, was found guilty of sexually abusing young boys in the shower at the sports facility there, and that the program's long-time, national championship-winning coach, the beloved Joe Paterno - "JoePa" to most everyone who knew him - was complicit in that he did too little to expose his friend and fellow coach. How about the Delaware pediatrician who "allegedly sexually abused more than 100 of his patients over the span of a decade"? If you're sensing a pattern here that many of our country's most sacred, once-respected institutions and professions are crumbling around us, you would be correct. According to reports in 2010, Dr. Earl Bradley, who has since been dubbed "America's Worst Pedophile," stood accused of molesting 103 young patients in his office in the tiny town of Lewes, Del. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1342283360 July 13, 2012 The Freeh report makes clear that there was a concerted attempt to cover-up the acts of a serial predator, Jerry Sandusky, while willfully disregarding the welfare of the children he abused. Given the reporting of the last year, much of this is not news, though the report makes clear the nature and depth of the cover-up, while providing some important new details. While the Freeh report reveals that the cover-up at the top of the Penn State administration "was an active agreement to conceal," it raises further questions about how the justice system works in this country when it comes to prosecuting the rich and powerful who sink more and more into a bottomless pit of corruption and moral irresponsibility. At his press conference, Louis J. Freeh, when asked if criminal charges should be brought against a number of people, including former President Spanier, replied that "it's up to others to decide whether that's criminal. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1342197778 July 12, 2012   uring this summer of Occupy and subsequent police brutality, the subject of torture is hotly denounced by protesters and conveniently ignored by candidates. Like that ostrich diving head first into the sand of political expediency–Americans want to focus on the alleged debt crisis or gay marriage–anything that absolves us from the messy subject of tortures committed in our names by the Bush/Cheney administration and which continue under Obama to the present day. The entire Bradley Manning debacle speaks volumes to this accusation. In spite of strong evidence identifying Dick Cheney as the mastermind behind this torture regime–the subject remains taboo, both in the ‘news’ business and in Hollywood–that is until Hollywood executives watched trailers for the anti-war documentary–The Last War Crime. Written, produced and directed by a new talent known only as ‘The Pen,’ this film documents the torture protocol ordained by the Bush-Cheney administration. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1342196996 July 13, 2012 (NaturalNews) Millions of Americans have wondered aloud since news broke that former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky molested young boys in the shower of the football complex how it could have happened over the years without the knowledge - and tacit consent - of the college's legendary head coach, Joe Paterno, and others associated with program. Well, the answer is officially in: "Jo Pa," as he was once affectionately known, and some of Penn State's senior leaders did know of Sandusky's horrible, serial abuse, but displayed "total disregard" for the children he was victimizing. That's the verdict from one-time FBI director and former federal judge Louis Freeh, who - along with a team of investigators he led - have just wrapped up a months-long investigation into allegations that Paterno & Co. may share culpability for what Sandusky was doing well out of the public's view. Freeh and his team had "unfettered access" to the university during the investigation, according to the 267-page report released following the inquiry. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1341680560 July 5, 2012 A teen-age girl tells police a man wearing a badge ordered her to undress so he could make sure she hadn’t had sex One by one, the 15-year-old girl went through headshots of suspects. Among them, she knew, was the man dressed as a police officer who she said ordered her to take off her pants and unbutton her blouse, and then spread her legs as he used a flashlight to inspect her. The man she identified: Miramar police Capt. Juan De Los Rios, 46. On Friday, De Los Rios was charged with two counts of lewd or lascivious conduct on an underage girl, according to the arrest affidavit. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1341245761 July 1, 2012 Silvia's family thought they were protecting her when they sent her away to the United States at the end of her sixth-grade year. She had just given birth to a daughter. The father was a friend of Silvia's family, an older man who began sexually abusing Silvia when she was 13. Silvia left Guatemala to join her father and sister, who were already living in the north. Her daughter would be raised by her abuser's mother. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1340847724 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1339199395 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1338911162 June 3, 2012 In his penetrating study "Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-Opted Human Rights," international affairs scholar James Peck observes, "In the history of human rights, the worst atrocities are always committed by somebody else, never us" – whoever "us" is. Almost any moment in history yields innumerable illustrations. Let's keep to the past few weeks. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1338047923 May 25, 2012 acing the truth is hard to do, especially the truth about ourselves. So Americans have been sorely pressed to come to terms with the fact that after 9/11 our government began to torture people, and did so in defiance of domestic and international law. Most of us haven’t come to terms with what that meant, or means today, but we must reckon with torture, the torture done in our name, allegedly for our safety. It’s no secret such cruelty occurred; it’s just the truth we’d rather not think about. But Memorial Day is a good time to make the effort. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1337183709 May 15, 2012 If there were any real terrorists, Jose Rodriguez would be dead.   Who is Jose Rodriguez?  He is the criminal who ran the CIA torture program.  Most of his victims were not terrorists or even insurgents.  Most were hapless individuals kidnapped by warlords and sold to the Americans as “terrorists” for the bounty paid.   If Rodriguez’s identity was previously a secret, it is no more. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1336430640 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1336429544 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1336425820 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1335283897 April 17, 2012 The fundamental human rights are not open for negotiation. But what do we do when a democracy starts to legalize torture? Larry Siems, writer and the Director of Freedom to Write and International Programs at PEN American Center in New York, discusses in this text how USA legalised torture after 9/11. It began with one document. On September 17, 2001, six days after the terrorist attacks in Washington, DC, President George W. Bush sent a 12-page Memorandum of Notification to his National Security Council. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1333329264 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1332552605 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1332171001 Macrh 1, 2012 The Informant - Menachem called me to let me know that Yochanan Spielberg was murdered in a ghastly manner in his home in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Nachlaot. He was found with his hands and feet bound from behind, but that didn't stop him from hanging himself. The police declared it a suicide. In a Ha'aretz Hebrew report, the reporter found a rabbi who admitted that someone could commit suicide this way, and thus let the police off the hook. I won't grant such a luxury. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1332170910 March 19, 2012 Watch Here: http://youtu.be/6JpIFMMcE94     Informants are running to US regulators to report allegations of accounting fraud and market manipulation, lured by the possibility of multi-million dollar payouts under a Dodd-Frank program. That's according to a Financial Times story. We'll have to wait and see where that goes, but we'll talk to someone whose been blowing the lid off of banking and hedge fund corruption for years. Teri Buhl brings us into that world firsthand and tells us about her latest story of sex and scandal in New Canaan, Connecticut, which she's already been sued over. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1331911389 KARACHI, Mar 16, 2012 (IPS) - By winning an Oscar at this year’s Academy awards, filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy has brought home the genius of Pakistan’s women as well as the extreme violence they often suffer in a male-dominated society. Chinoy’s documentary ‘Saving Face’ deals with the struggles of the victims of disfiguring acid attacks, both to win justice for themselves and to save others from one of the worst forms of violence against women. Valerie Khan, who heads the Acid Survivor Foundation (ASF), told IPS that the film brought a "message of pride and hope" to the many victims of acid attacks and projected "their struggle more than the issue." ASF has, since it began its work in 2006, provided medical, psychosocial, socio-economic and legal aid to about 160 acid survivors and has also recorded 700 attacks. The film has "reactivated the pride of Pakistan as a country that can do wonders and also mobilised women, policy makers, stakeholders and Pakistani citizens to act in a synergetic and democratic manner to eradicate a phenomenon that has no place in an Islamic republic," Khan said. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1331656017 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1331322773 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/health/abuse/news.php?q=1331074310