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Rape and incest victims were put into Northern Ireland homes and then victimised again, shows report

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Victims of rape and incest were put into homes for unmarried mothers and their children in Northern Ireland and then victimised again, a report has revealed. More than 10,500 women entered mother and baby homes over a 68-year period from 1922. The youngest was aged 12. Those who experienced the institutions have levelled accusations of … Read more

Alaska school board bans five books including the Great Gatsby because they depict rape and incest

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A school board in Alaska has banned five books from its high school English classes after deeming them to be ‘controversial’. Schools in the city’s of Wasilla and Palmer, with populations of around 6,000 each, have banned Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison; Catch-22 by Joseph Heller; The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien; I Know Why … Read more