Abdul Rauf, a convicted leader of the infamous Rochdale grooming gang, is constructing a new home in his native village of Charhoi in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), even as he continues to live freely in Rochdale, UK, more than a decade after being released early from prison. Rauf, who was convicted of trafficking and abusing minors,…
After months of mounting criticism over inaction, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has finally launched a national enquiry into grooming gang crimes, marking a major policy U-turn for the Labour government. The move comes in response to widespread public outrage, a damning institutional review, and escalating pressure from campaigners, opposition politicians, and prominent figures, including…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said he would back a national inquiry into grooming gangs that sexually abused thousands of girls across the country, marking a significant shift in the government’s stance on the issue. Starmer’s announcement comes after Louise Casey, a former senior government official, conducted a “rapid audit” of the current…
Britain’s government on Thursday bowed to pressure and announced new investigations into child sexual exploitation and abuse, less than a month after Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul, used his social media platform X to highlight the issue in a series of vitriolic posts. Speaking in Parliament, Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, said she had…
A girl from Rotherham in England had been raped from the age of 13 to 15 and believed her mother would be the next victim. A 15-year-old was told at all times that she was a bullet away from death. Sometimes beaten with claw hammers, other times brutally raped and silenced. Several white girls in…
The thousands of horror stories of underage girls being sexually exploited in the UK by grooming gangs of Pakistani-origin men had a set of keywords — fancy cars, young white girls, alcohol and drugs, gang-rapes and death threats. There was also an unmistakable pattern in how the gangs operated and thrived since the 90s. That…
British lawmakers have voted against an attempt by the opposition Conservative Party to launch a new national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. Lawmakers from the ruling Labour Party have slammed the opposition for attempting to kill the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill by tabling an amendment that would force the national inquiry, while blocking…
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul, has flung himself into British politics in recent weeks, using his social media platform X to attack and spread misinformation about Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other members of the Labour government. In a series of vitriolic posts to his 211 million followers in recent days, Mr. Musk has…
The UK government on Friday hit back at US business tycoon Elon Musk for attacking Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s handling of the grooming gang scandal of child sexual abuse and sought more positive actions in tackling the issue. Musk has been severely critical of the British government’s handling of young girls’ sexual exploitation across several…