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“In 2023, Pakistan accounted for the highest number of cases citing sexual orientation (578), followed by Bangladesh (175), where homosexual activity can result in life imprisonment, then Nigeria (103) and India (39).”

“By LUKE KENTON Published: | Updated: For families with the means to pay, expulsion from the country's leading universities over serious misconduct allegations such as sexual assault doesn't have to spell the end of a child's academic career.”

“Rani Govender, NSPCC head of child safety online, said: 'When a young person is sexually extorted, it can be devastating for them and their families.”

“She said that cases of child sexual exploitation had frequently been dropped or downgraded due to the assumption that a child had been 'in love with' or 'had consented to' sex with the perpetrator.”

“The Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, said child-on-child sexual abuse in schools was 'widespread, normalised and too often brushed under the carpet'.”

“Accused of emotional abuse, the parents feared the child would be taken into care.”

“Scottish Tory MP Harriet Cross has written to the Home Secretary urging the Westminster inquiry, chaired by Baroness Anne Longfield, to include group-based child sexual abuse north of the Border, including high profile cases in Glasgow and Dundee.”

“As well as thieves and fraudsters, they include domestic abusers and criminals convicted of certain violent or sexual offences – raising fears for the safety of victims.”

“She has previously spoken publicly about suffering sexual abuse during her own childhood at the hands of her cousin David Hamilton, who was convicted and jailed.”

“Women and girls are facing sexual violence, the denial of resources and domestic abuse- a situation exacerbated by the humanitarian crisis in the region.”