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Pope vows to root out ‘scourge’ of sexual abuse after unusually frank plea from Belgian PM

Palace of Laeken, Belgium CNN  —  Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing political leaders on Friday at the official residence of the King of Belgium, a country where devastating clerical abuse …

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‘They told me to strip.’ Former Palestinian detainee says he was sexually abused in an Israeli prison

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic and disturbing descriptions of sexual violence. Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Gaza and Jerusalem, Tel Aviv ( CNN  —  Ibrahim Salem, 34, said he felt a deep sense …

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Far-right lawmakers break into Israeli detention camp, protesting probe into soldiers’ alleged abuse of prisoner

CNN  —  Far-right lawmakers and protesters breached the perimeter of a controversial Israeli detention facility for Palestinians on Monday, after the Israeli military confirmed it was investigating soldiers over the alleged abuse of a prisoner. Footage posted to social media showed chaotic scenes at the Sde Teiman base in Israel’s Negev desert, where far-right Knesset …

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The US held off sanctioning this Israeli army unit despite evidence of abuses. Now its forces are shaping the fight in Gaza

CNN  —  Former commanders of the Netzah Yehuda battalion, an Israeli military unit that has been accused by the United States of gross human rights violations against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank prior to October 7, have been promoted to senior positions in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and are now active in training …

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