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PAKISTAN: Most of the 126 people killed in Taliban high school attack were children
16 Dec 2014 News
The victims of the Taliban attach, a minimum of 122 people wounded and 126 dead, are aged between 10 and 20 years old, due to a local hospital.  
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INDONESIA: Security forces shoot dead five Papuan teenagers
15 Dec 2014 News
The children were shot at a protest over the brutality inflicted by soldiers on a 12 year-old boy who had shouted at a soldiers’ vehicle to turn on its headlights while decorating a Christmas tree. 
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CRIN STATEMENT: Extreme concern about call for reintroduction of the death penalty for children in Egypt
12 Dec 2014 News
The Child Rights International Network (CRIN) has become aware of a statement made by Mahmoud al-Badawi, Chairman of the...
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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE: ‘Dark day for justice’ says ICC Prosecutor, dropping charges against Kenyan President
9 Dec 2014 News
[5 December 2014] – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Friday that she has decided to drop...
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UKRAINE: Half a million displaced in eastern Ukraine as winter looms
9 Dec 2014 News
[5 December 2014] – The fighting in eastern Ukraine this year has internally displaced over half a million people leaving...
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ARMED CONFLICT: ‘devastating year' for millions of children trapped by conflict
9 Dec 2014 News
[8 December 2014] – Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality, the United...
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CANADA: Parents defend children's act of civil disobedience in environmental protest
8 Dec 2014 News
While British Columbia premier criticised children's participation in a protest against plans to expand an oil company's pipeline, their parents defend their actions. 
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NICARAGUA: Another Latin American State protects children from all corporal punishment
8 Dec 2014 News
Nicaragua follows the other Latin American countries - Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia - in prohibiting all forms of corporal punishment of children in 2014. 
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SENEGAL: Women kill own babies due to strict abortion laws
4 Dec 2014 News
Clandestine abortions or infanticide are the outcome of Senegal's strict abortion laws, allowing abortions only under life threatening circumstances.
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CHILD TRAFFICKING: One in three human trafficking victims are children
3 Dec 2014 News
A UN report shows a sharp increase of the number of children among human trafficking victims over the last decade, with a very low number of convictions.
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UKRAINE CONFLICT: Child soldiers join the fight
3 Dec 2014 News
[26 November 2014] - Child soldiers appear to be playing a part on both sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. A boy as...
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PRISONS: UN criticises Sweden's children detention policy
2 Dec 2014 News
[28 November 2014] - The way Sweden treats children living in detention centres has been strongly criticised by the United...
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