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Current AffairsAround 40 kids a day go missing in the Czech Republic
New statistics from the Czech police suggest that thousands of children are
going missing in the Czech Republic every year. Meanwhile, government
proposals to put in place a system to alert the public to missing children
remains stalled due to lack of financing.
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Current AffairsWoman who posed as girl set free but rearrested outside court
On Friday a court in Brno passed down a not-guilty verdict against Barbora
Škrlová, a 33-year-old woman who posed as a 13-year-old girl, went on
the
run, and reappeared months later posing as a 13-year-old boy...in Norway.
Ms Škrlová is at the centre of a horrific child abuse scandal allegedly
involving a sinister cult founded by her father. She was immediately
rearrested outside the court to stand trial for these more serious
charges. More
Current AffairsPoll: Majority of Czechs oppose ban on physical punishment
Last month the Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Džamila
Stehlíková proposed legislation which would ban the spanking or smacking
of children on the grounds that in some cases such treatment can border on
child abuse. The introduction of such legislation would see the Czech
Republic join other EU countries, including neighbouring Germany. But so
far, a majority of ordinary Czechs have said they are against such a move.
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Current AffairsMissing Children’s Centre to be opened in the Czech Republic
Every year, as many as ten thousand children go missing in the Czech
Republic. Although most are found, many aren’t and the country still
lacks an effective monitoring system that would prevent them from ending up
on the streets or becoming victims of abuse. On Tuesday, members of the
Missing Children Europe organisation met in the Czech capital; they
discussed the establishment of a network of national centres that would
exchange information on missing children at the European level.
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Current AffairsWoman posing as child may have fallen victim to strange sect
Who is Barbora Škrlová? The mysterious case of the Czech woman charged
with identity fraud after posing as a 12-year old girl in the Czech
Republic and a 13-year old boy in Norway has shocked and baffled the
nation. Czech investigators are slowly piecing together the picture of her
life and there are serious indications that she was a victim of a sect
whose members made a profit from child-abuse films.
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