Summary: Officials phasing out older, threatening slogans in favour of more upbeat ones to 'make family planning keep pace with the times'.[27 February 2012] - China's single child policy was once a source of pride to government planners, with...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
Summary: Information about institutions in China that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudsperson
While noting that many ministries can receive complaints, the Committee on the Rights of the Child has expressed concern that there is no...
Summary: The teacher claimed to do it for the welfare of the children. [22 December 2011] - Students as young as nine year old were made to slap each other for indiscipline by their teacher in a school in Suzhao which is part of Jiangsu...
Summary: Over 150 Chinese hospitals known to systematically use this torture against mentally and physically healthy Falun Gong practitioners in a State-sponsored clampdown to break their will. [SAN DIEGO, 7 December 2011] - “One of the...
Summary: Police arrest more than 600 people from two child trafficking networks after six-month investigation involving 5,000 officers. [7 December 2011] - Chinese police have arrested more than 600 people and rescued 178 children in crackdowns...
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Summary: The incident has also revealed loopholes in management of hotels which allowed girls under 18 years to check into rooms by using other people's ID cards. [7 November 2011] - Police have taken in 20 teenage girls in Shanghai, China...
Summary: Les mesures draconiennes du planning familial, mélange de persuasion et de coercition, ont été en Chine la source de multiples conflits depuis l'entrée en vigueur de la politique de l'enfant unique en 1980. [3 November 2011] - Notamment...
[BEIJING, 30 October 2011] -- China will adhere to its "one-child policy," as officials said it kept the world population from reaching 7 billion for an additional five years.
The United Nations estimates the world's population will reach 7...
