Tag: victims

Mozambique: Unicef to Increase Support for Child Victims of Terrorism

June 8, 2021
Maputo — The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has promised to increase its support for child victims of terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado from 51 to 90 million US dollars. This promise was made by the Unicef Regional Director for Southern and Eastern Africa, Mohamed Malick Fall, who is on a

Victims seeking compensation against Boy Scouts of America nears 90K

November 16, 2020
Sexual abuse claims against the Boy Scouts of America reached nearly 90,000 Monday morning as the deadline for seeking compensation was set to close later in the day. Jordan Merson, a lawyer who represents over 300 victims of BSA abuse, told The Post that as of early Monday morning there were 88,500 people who are

Report: Black Crime Victims Are Much Less Likely to Have Legislation Named in Their Honor

December 7, 2019
(CLEVELAND) — The slayings of Reagan Tokes and Alianna DeFreeze had much in common. Both were abducted, raped and killed in Ohio in 2017. Tokes was a 21-year-old college student, DeFreeze a 14-year-old seventh grader. Both their killers were previously convicted sex offenders. Yet only one victim got a law with her name on it…

By removing victims from lynching photos, an artist emphasizes those erased from history

September 9, 2018
“Erased Lynching Series: der Wild West Show,” (Set 1) by Ken Gonzalez-Day, 2006. (Courtesy of the artist and Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles) An old black-and-white photograph shows a crowd of people gathered around something, but it is not clear just what. There’s something eerie about it but you don’t really know why. The photograph