A petition launched by Brendan Dassey’s mother, Barbara Tydych, has been given a boost by the recent news of her son’s conviction being overturned. Barbara’s Change.org petition asking the state of Wisconsin to pass legislation designed to protect juveniles during interrogations, is now trending and the signatures are on the rise. In her petition, […]
In Just 24 Hours, Iran Executes 16 People Including One Juvenile.
Today the Iran regime executed 11 young people including one juvenile in Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran. Yesterday five other prisoners were executed by the regime. Mehdi Rajai, the youngest victim identified, would have been 16 at the time of his initial arrest. In response to these atrocities, The Media Express reported […]
PACE MPs spotlight Iran’s violent regime of juvenile executions.
A UK Labour MP this week commented on the increasing number of juvenile executions committed by the Iranian theocratic regime. Sir Alan Meale MP for Mansfield was being interviewed by the Parliamentary Assembly’s (PACE) MediaBox. Commenting on the issue of human rights he said ‘in the last 10 years there’s been a lot of children […]
Pentagon: Terrorists recruiting juveniles and launching attacks against children
“Approximately 40% of al-Qaeda members in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq are composed of juveniles under the age of 18” Documents from the Obama Defense Department that reveal a deliberate campaign by al-Qaeda and other extremist (Islamic) groups to not only recruit juveniles and but to also launch terrorist attacks directly targeting children were obtained by a Washington, DC-based public interest organization that […]
Juvenile Delinquency
Delinquency is a kind of abnormality when an individual deviates from the course of normal social life. His behaviour is called ‘Delinquency’. When a juvenile, below an age specified under a statute exhibits behaviour which may prove to be dangerous to society and / or to himself he may be called a Juvenile delinquent. Juvenile […]
Shut it Down! Human Rights Violations at New Orleans’ Juvenile Detention Center
On January 19, 2007, New Orleanians and several local organizations voiced their support of a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of juvenile inmates awaiting trial and housed at Orleans Parish’s Youth Study Center. The lawsuit was filed by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (JJPL), a local nonprofit. The lawsuit targets Richard Winder, the head […]
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