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Euronews (English)
British police have been urged to stop strip-searching children, after “deeply concerning” and “widespread” failures were highlighted in a new report. The report found that kids as young as eight were being subjected to intrusive searches by officers in the back of police vans, in schools and outside fast-food outlets. Black children were up to six times more likely to be searched than others, it also revealed. Strip searches involve removing or arranging a person’s clothing so their breasts, buttocks or genitalia. Experiencing one during youth can lead to shame, guilt, depression and other la…
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