Social media sites should face tougher laws, but education is also key to tackling online abuse.
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Tech
Social hate: Why online abuse on Facebook and Twitter can’t be solved by regulation alone
Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Indian woman’s armed ‘chopped off by employer’
India’s foreign ministry has complained to Saudi Arabian authorities after the arm of a 58-year-old Indian woman was allegedly chopped off by her employer in Riyadh.
UK
Jimmy Savile abused 63 people at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, report finds
Disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile abused 63 people connected to Stoke Mandeville Hospital, an independent report has found.
World
Abuse of Iraqi detainees by British soldiers shows a pattern of behaviour and tactics
The report published by the al-Sweady Inquiry has found that charges of murder levelled at a number of British troops by Iraqi prisoners were “without foundation”, but that nonetheless there were instances of ill-treatment at Camp Abu Naji, near Basra in southern Iraq in May 2004.
World
Syria: Assad regime has detained over 215,000 Syrians since 2011, says report
The Assad regime have detained more than 215,000 Syrians since the uprising began in 2012, according to a new report.