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Armenian woman arrested after violent footage involving a minor spreads online

by Ani Avetisyan

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An Armenian woman has been arrested after footage showing physical and sexual violence against a minor by a woman and two other minors was spread online. The video was published on Armenian Telegram channels on Friday. It appeared to show a woman abusing her own child, with the victim calling her ‘mum’. The video starts with the woman making sure the camera films them, before starting to beat the child, stripping her, and inviting two other children, reportedly her siblings, to join in, usi

'A protester holding a sign that reads: 'A Priest's robes do not release from responsibility'. Shoshiashvili/OC Media.

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Child abuse allegations dog Georgian Church orphanage

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•5 min read

Despite evidence of child abuse, and the several ongoing criminal cases, including one for the rape of a minor, the doors of the Church-run Ninotsminda orphanage remain closed to public scrutiny. Even Georgia’s Public Defender has been barred from investigating what is happening at the orphanage. On 1 June, a protest was held in front of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia, where about 100 people demanded that the conditions within the Ninotsminda Orphanage, a closed religious boardi