Article 8: Preservation of identity

MYANMAR: Two child limit imposed on Myanmar's Rohingya
28/May/2013 News
Summary: New measure, which applies to Muslim Rohingya families in western Rakhine state, does not affect Buddhists in the...
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OPT: Israeli inquiry says film of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Dura's death in Gaza was staged
20/May/2013 News
Summary: Report says video of 12-year-old cowering with his father amid a gun battle shows no evidence he was killed by...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Disabled row councillor's new 'remarks' being investigated
16/May/2013 News
Summary: A councillor who resigned over his comments that disabled children should be "put down" is to be investigated...
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USA: Supreme Court wrestles with notion of child's best interest in adoption case
18/Apr/2013 News
Summary: The Supreme Court in America is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a Native American child, a...
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KYRGYZSTAN: Bishkek Officials Taking Cultural Right Turn
17/Apr/2013 News
Summary: Authorities at Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture want to ban a play that discusses domestic abuse and sexual...
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UNITED KINGDOM: First emo hate crime arrests
11/Apr/2013 News
Summary: Greater Manchester police receives first report of hate crime under new category connected to alternative...
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ARGENTINA: Pope Francis and Argentina's 'disappeared' pregnant women and children
11/Apr/2013 News
Summary: The election of Pope Francis has thrown a spotlight on his conduct as a priest under Argentina's military...
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AMERICAS: Report on IACHR's 147th session
9/Apr/2013 Publication
Summary: Children's rights featured in hearings on women and girls reproductive rights in Nicaragua and South America,...
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OPT: Israeli troops shoot dead two Palestinian youths in West Bank
4/Apr/2013 News
Summary: Youths aged 17 and 18 killed as confrontations enter a third day following the death of a Palestinian prisoner in...
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RUSSIA: Government raids human rights groups in crackdown on 'foreign agents'
2/Apr/2013 News
Summary: Germany and France summoned Russian diplomats in Berlin and Paris, after Russia launched a series of raids on...
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