BOTSWANA
Botswana/Judicial - July 2018
Trespassing teenager whipped (illustrated)
"Three strokes of the cane on his bare buttocks" for 18-year-old, pictured
CANADA
Canada/Illicit - March 2018
Halifax taekwondo grandmaster suspended over caning (illustrated)
Yet neither the student nor his parents complained about it
Parents say taekwondo master's caning of student caused harm to other kids (with video clip)
More fuss over punishment of 17-year-old martial arts student; he speaks to the camera
INDONESIA
Indonesia/Judicial - April 2018
Indonesia's Aceh to take caning indoors after backlash
Provincial government changes policy after canings in front of a baying mob attract international criticism
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - May 2018
Foreigner gets 15 years' jail, 3 strokes for hurting former employers (illustrated)
21-year-old, pictured, is sentenced to a caning
Malaysia/Judicial - June 2018
Drug trafficking: Duo get life jail, whipping
30 strokes of the cane for a 30-year-old and 15 strokes for a 22-year-old
Malaysia/Judicial - August 2018
Two women in Malaysia sentenced to caning for having sex
Ruling by sharia court in conservative state of Terengganu
Malaysia/Judicial - September 2018
Domestic laws not bound by UN treaties, PAS MPs say after Shariah caning backlash
Politicians defend caning of women
Syariah caning milder than corporal punishment in schools -- Terengganu MB
People should stop confusing religious "caning" with criminal flogging, says state governor
Malaysia/Judicial - November 2018
Man jailed for sexual assault on two boys (illustrated)
And four strokes of the cane for 31-year-old, pictured
Corporal punishment to be maintained
There are no plans to abolish judicial caning, says government
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Schools - February 2018
Experts urge teachers not to flog school girls
And Nasarawa State abolishes school CP
Nigeria/Judicial - July 2018
Two mechanics get 10 strokes of cane each for assaulting police officer
Corporal punishment for pair aged 19 and 20
Nigeria/Judicial - November 2018
I Got N1,000 From the N2220,000 Proceeds of Theft -- 13-Year-Old Convicted Burglar
Court sentences boy to four strokes of the cane
PHILIPPINES
Philippines/Judicial - May 2018
Poll violators face paddles (illustrated)
Army promises election offenders a spanking with paddles, pictured
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - March 2018
Youth gets 10 years' jail, 12 strokes of the cane for rape and sexually violating teenage girls
Serious punishment for 18-year-old school dropout
Life term and 18 strokes for man who snatched cop's revolver and fired three shots (illustrated)
Delivery man, 26, pictured, sentenced for having a firearm in scuffle with police
Singapore/Judicial - April 2018
Youth who sexually preyed on more than 10 young victims gets 16 years' jail and 15 strokes (illustrated)
Offender, 20, pictured twice, attacked young girls
Ex-gang leader, 25, gets 28 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane for underage rape (illustrated)
Rapist, pictured, repeatedly violated girl of 13
Singapore/Judicial - July 2018
Jail, cane for repeat offender convicted of extortion (illustrated)
Four years and three strokes for 21-year-old, pictured
Singapore/Judicial - October 2018
Yoga teacher gets caning, longer jail term for molesting student after prosecution appeals (illustrated)
26-year-old, pictured, is ordered to undergo three strokes of the cane
Singapore/Judicial - November 2018
Waiter who took part in fatal attack outside St James Power Station gets jail and six strokes of cane (illustrated)
Offender, 28, is pictured
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa/Schools - October 2018
Durban teacher in 'big trouble' after caning video goes viral (illustrated)
Grade 11 educator is seen punishing students on hands with a length of thin pipe
Inanda pupils call for return of corporal punishment
Our schoolmates are out of control and have become violent, say students from 20 schools
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka/Schools - August 2018
Sri Lanka Deputy Minister wants school children caned
Restoring CP the only way to establish discipline, he says
THAILAND
Thailand/Schools - November 2018
Schoolboy whipping investigated (illustrated)
Student, 12, shows bruises on his behind after 10 strokes of the cane
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Judicial - August 2018
Whipped and sentenced to hard labour for stealing books, rabbits and celery (illustrated)
Real-life Artful Dodger gang of Victorian child criminals are seen in newly-unearthed police mugshots from the 1870s
UNITED STATES
USA/Schools - January 2018
District Bans Paddling After Teacher Dragged Student by Hair
Illogical non sequitur by a school board in Mississippi
USA/Schools - March 2018
These Kentucky schools still spank kids who misbehave. Is it time for that to end?
Legislation to ban school CP is tabled in a state with only 334 paddlings in latest year
Watson Chapel School Board votes to arm guard
An Arkansas district banned the paddle in 2015
Attorneys: Judge should drop Attalla administrator's felony child abuse charges
Paddling at an Alabama middle school is recounted in court
Teacher cleared in corporal punishment suit
Alabama 14-year-old loses case over two-lick paddling
USA/Schools - April 2018
Paddling is legal in Alabama, but some teachers arrested for excessive force
This despite 1995 law making teachers immune from legal action for spanking students
Supers: Paddling rarely used
More news from Alabama: CP statistics for certain school districts
Gov. Haslam signs corporal punishment reporting bill into law
New Tennessee law allows State to collect school districts' paddling statistics
The Power Of The Paddle (with video clip)
CP is at the choice of the students in a Mississippi high school
USA/Schools - May 2018
Nearly 100,000 K-12 Students Still Spanked or Paddled at School, Data Show
'Education Week' looks at the latest CP statistics
Texas has 2nd largest number of school spankings in U.S.
About 4,000 schools in the state still wield the paddle; most, but not all, are in rural areas
USA/Judicial - June 2018
Judge gave boys a choice, jail or a whipping (illustrated)
Two 17-year-olds accept offer of CP instead of jail in Kentucky, 1968; judge is pictured
USA/Schools - June 2018
County schools update policy, student handbook
An Alabama district clarifies its rules on informing the parents of paddled students
Several new education laws to go into effect July 1
Tennessee permits CP of disabled students with written consent of parents
USA/Schools - July 2018
Holmes County School District bans corporal punishment
No more paddling in a Mississippi district
USA/Schools - August 2018
Parents wanted these NC schools to keep spanking their kids. But it's stopping anyway
One district abandons the paddle, leaving only one CP district remaining in the state
Robertson County Schools bans spanking, corporal punishment
No more paddling in a Tennessee district
Newport School District Annual Report
50% of parents in an Arkansas district agree to the use of CP
USA/Schools - September 2018
Tracy residents pay tribute to Marben (illustrated)
A Minnesota high-school principal is remembered with a huge paddle
Yes, corporal punishment is still legal in most Alabama schools
Overview of the school spanking situation in AL
Parents express mixed views on new paddling policy at local school
A K-9 charter school in Georgia introduces CP
Laurens County School District sees decline in paddling cases
Fewer instances of CP in a Georgia district
USA/Schools - October 2018
BOE votes to ban corporal punishment in schools
No more paddling in a Tennessee district
Graham County Schools End Corporal Punishment (illustrated)
Decision brings paddling in North Carolina to an end; high-school principal's paddle is pictured
USA/Schools - December 2018
Use of corporal punishment should be local choice
School paddling at issue in Kentucky
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe/Judicial - January 2018
Rapist teenager to get whipping
Four strokes of the rattan cane for a 17-year-old who raped girl of 10
Zimbabwe/Judicial - February 2018
Boy (15) to be caned for rape
He is sentenced to four strokes in the central prison
Zimbabwe/Schools - December 2018
Ministry raps Masvingo school for caning pupils
79 boys punished in late-night CP session, partly captured on video
Govt to introduce free education
Plus proposal to outlaw school CP
Govt, teachers differ on corporal punishment
Teachers' union, and some parents, are against proposed ban on caning
 To view all the above items in a single date sequence for the whole year irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see News Chronology 2018
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