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The forgotten victims of Russia's Rape Machine reveal their ordeal
2025-04-30 22:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Halyna was at home alone when the Russians came knocking, saying they were looking for Nazis. The 62-year-old widow was ordered at gunpoint to run around naked in the winter snow before being sexually violated with a Kalashnikov in the most grotesque manner.In another case, Olha Cherniak, 49, was forced to listen to her teenage sons torture from a neighbouring prison cell as Russian soldiers threatened to rape him.Tetiana, 61, saw her husband get shot in front of her before she was pinned to the ground and raped. She escaped, was caught, and raped again.A Russian soldier knocked on the door of 77-year-old teacher Liudmyla Mefodiivna and bashed her teeth out with the butt of his rifle, before assaulting her. These are just a few of the 376 testimonies of sexual violence committed by Russian soldiers against Ukrainians including children since 2022.Not included is the account of Oleksandr Gudilin, 34, a male prisoner of war, who told us how a comrade was forced to perform a sex ac...
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AFSPA Extended for 6 Months in Parts of Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal
2025-04-30 08:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act for another six months in certain parts of Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, officials said, adding that further extension of the law would be effective from April 1.The AFSPA, which gives armed forces operating in disturbed areas sweeping powers to search, arrest and open fire if they deem it necessary for the "maintenance of public order", was on Sunday extended for six more months in the entire state of Manipur, excluding the areas falling under the jurisdiction of the 13 police stations of five districts Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur and Kakching. There are 16 districts in Manipur, which have been devastated by the ethnic violence between the majority Meitei and the minority Kuki-Zo-Hmar tribals since May 3, 2023.The MHA notification said that the Central government, after review of the law and order situation in the state of Manipur, in exercise of the pow...
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Section 8 remains a lifeline for low-income Bay Area families. Will the GOP gut it?
2025-04-30 08:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Section 8, a federal rental subsidy, is one of the few ways low-income families can live in the Bay Area. But while a Republican-led Congress increased its funding for the next several months, experts say its not enough.Also known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program, Section 8 helps more than 2.3 million low-income households in the U.S. remain housed by paying a portion of their rent. Most of those households receive a voucher that caps the amount they spend on rent usually 30% of their income while the federal government covers the rest.In Bay Area cities like San Francisco, only a small minority of eligible households have managed to get Section 8 help. But thanks to steady increases in funding, that share has actually crept up for now.AdvertisementArticle continues below this adThe stopgap budget that passed the Senate earlier this month funds Section 8 through September, even increasing the amount available for voucher renewals by nearly $3.7 billion, a 13% increase from...
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