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UK: Minister urges world to tackle child marriage in same way as FGM
6/مارس/2014 News
International Development Minister Justine Greening calls on leaders and campaigners to tackle child marriage, in a similar global effort to that against FGM.
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SYRIA: UN Security Council 'bears responsibility' for war crimes in Syria
6/مارس/2014 News
UN appointed human rights commission calls out all sides involved in conflict in Syria, as well UN Security Council, for allowing violence to continue.
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OPT: ‘Honor killings’ doubled in 2013, says official
6/مارس/2014 News
Women's rights groups say that the rise in killings stems from economic difficulties in OPT and social acceptance of violence against women.
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UN: Human Rights Council’s 25th Session opens in Geneva
6/مارس/2014 News
The 25th session of Human Rights Council opens in Geneva, highlighting the need for the protection and promotion of human rights for all.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Teacher suspended after 'taping pupils' mouths up'
6/مارس/2014 News
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VIOLENCE: EU report shows "extensive" violence against women
6/مارس/2014 News
A new report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights presents results from the world’s biggest-ever survey on violence against women, including details of the physical and sexual violence suffered in childhood.  
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DISCRIMINATION: Asia's poor urban children left out of disaster prevention - report
6/مارس/2014 News
Asia’s impoverished urban children are among the groups most vulnerable to disasters, yet few disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes in the region focus on them, according to a new report by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and children’s charity Plan International.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Fresh fighting hampering efforts to help children, UNICEF warns
5/مارس/2014 News
Outbreaks of fresh fighting in South Sudan is likely to displace tens of thousands of additional people and is hampering efforts to help children in need, warns UNICEF.
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MALTA: Detention of children of particular concern, says human rights group
5/مارس/2014 News
A human rights think tank has released their report detailing the situation of human rights in Malta in 2013.
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CHINA: Hundreds of babies rescued as police smash four child-trafficking rings
5/مارس/2014 News
In a nation-wide crackdown on child trafficking, 1,094 people have been detained and 382 babies rescued in China.
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