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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - mistreatment]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[The ordeal of a Bengali woman and her daughter, forced to live in the cold room of a supermarket]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/the-ordeal-of-bengali-woman-and-her-daughter-forced-to-live-in-supermarket-s-cold-room_1_5773270.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/8f72385b-d310-42fd-ba1e-695fbe5d9f25_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The relationship began with an arranged marriage in Bangladesh. The couple lived together for a few years, as agreed by both families, and they had a daughter who is now eleven years old. In 2017, the man moved to Barcelona, looked for a way to make a living, and opened a 24-hour supermarket in the Zona Franca. Five years later, the woman and the girl, who was already seven years old, also traveled to the Catalan capital to meet him. That's where the ordeal that both of them have had to endure began, terrified by the man's assaults and having to sleep inside the cold room of the supermarket's back shop while he stayed in an apartment.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laia Galià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:59:36 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[A supermarket in a stock image]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The victim was forced to marry a man who faces 26 years in prison, although the trial has been suspended without a new date]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The uncle of the abused baby declares: the mother blamed the father for shaking the child]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/declares-the-uncle-of-the-abused-baby-the-mother-blamed-the-father-for-shaking-the-child_1_5766756.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/bc650004-05cb-4203-a4c6-ea09e9711c64_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The investigation into the case of the baby allegedly mistreated by its parents – and who had to be hospitalized for a month – continued to advance this Friday with the testimonies of the baby's grandparents and uncles. Among those who appeared was the accused's brother, who explained to the judge a scene that the woman had recounted to him on the phone. The father, "trying to give the child a "<em>caress</em> would have shaken him, and she reproached him, telling him: 'You can't do that,' and he admitted it, according to sources present at the declaration. The witness, the father's brother and the baby's mother's brother-in-law, added that it was the woman who alerted him.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laia Galià]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:50:50 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[An empty courtroom in the City of Justice, in a file photo]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The brother of the investigated tells the court that the child's mother explained the scene to him]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Mossos d'Esquadra warn of scams involving voices created by artificial intelligence.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/the-mossos-d-esquadra-warn-of-scams-involving-voices-created-by-artificial-intelligence_1_5413695.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/0463ff83-17dd-4cc7-bc97-d2342f655ea1_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1901y418.jpg" /></p><p>Is called <em>voice hacking</em> –voice hacking– and it's one of the thousand ways scammers find to steal. The Mossos d'Esquadra have already received complaints from people who receive calls from known numbers in their address book and who, in the voice of a daughter or partner, ask for money. In reality, it's a <a href="https://es.ara.cat/sociedad/estafador-profesional-sofisticado-busca-gente-mayor_1_5061905.html" >voice created by artificial intelligence</a> that attempts to simulate those of the victims' trusted people with the aim of getting them to make a financial transfer or provide key information to empty their account. The alert was issued this Monday by Mossos d'Esquadra spokesperson Montserrat Escudé during the event organized by the Movement to Stop Elder Abuse. It's not that this new technique puts the group in the crosshairs, but it does indicate that they are a particularly vulnerable group. Age is one of the factors that makes older people one of the targets of thieves and cyber fraudsters, but there are others that also contribute, such as the lack of a social network and emotional support and <a href="https://es.ara.cat/editorial/soledad-no-deseada-pandemia-emocional_129_5169143.html" >unwanted loneliness</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marta Rodríguez Carrera]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:43:52 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Three older women chatting on a bench in Barcelona, in a file image.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Experts on older adults are calling for greater coordination between social services, health services, and banks to detect mistreatment and abuse.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hand SOS gesture allows arrest of alleged aggressor in Barcelona]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/hand-sos-gesture-allows-arrest-of-alleged-aggressor-in-barcelona_1_4183090.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/fa5c3f86-0f66-4334-83ad-7890993c1d46_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>In a waiting room of a medical centre in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, a woman made an international hand gesture for help: she opened her hand, stretched out her fingers –with the palm facing outwards–, hid her thumb inside the palm and finally folded the other four fingers over the thumb, making into a fist. A worker at the medical centre recognised this gesture, which has become popular lately to help victims of male violence, and alerted 112. When the Mossos d'Esquadra arrived at the scene, they arrested the man for alleged abuse.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:17:17 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The international gesture of relief]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A worker at a medical centre in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi recognised the gesture made by a woman in the waiting room]]></subtitle>
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