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Seven Afghan men charged over child sexual exploitation (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 day ago by makingrain@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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The charges relate to two girls, aged in their early to mid-teens at the time of the alleged offences, and are said to have happened between August 2023 and May 2025 in Norwich.

All seven men spoke only to confirm their names when they appeared before magistrates in Norwich earlier.

Police said the men's immigration status was "refugee".

Five of the defendants entered the country on small boats, according to the police.

One came to the UK concealed on a lorry and another arrived via a port.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

get praised

was with you until that point. Sounds like youre voting reform.

[–] makingrain@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Those Afghans grew up in a society where it's commonplace to sexually abuse little kids.

Bacha bazi is a pederastic practice in Afghanistan and in historical Turkestan, in which men exploit and enslave adolescent boys, sometimes for sexual abuse, and/or coerce them to cross-dress in attire traditionally only worn by women and girls and dance for entertainment.[7] The man exploiting the young boy is called a bacha baz (literally "boy player")[3] and the young boy is called a bacha.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the literal former prince was removed from power due to child abuse allegations.

a huge cabal of western elites were found to be abusing children.

Dont sit there acting like this is solely an afgan issue.

How many elite pedos have been arrested since the epstein files started dropping?

[–] makingrain@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This thread is about Seven Afghan men charged over child sexual exploitation not the Western elite paedos.

Having said that, I agree with you. All of them should face punishment - especially our friends across the pond.

Regarding this thread: these men should never have been here. The girls should never have been abused. Off the top of my head, I don't even need to look it up, last week another Afghan was arrested for raping a girl in a toilet.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

the girls should never have been abused

100% with you there!

Just making a point that this isnt a place of origin problem. And its a common reform talking point. And theyre a bunch of racist clowns

[–] makingrain@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago

I disagree. It is a problem.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

I grew up in a society that protected Jimmy savile, what's your point?