Summary: But the teachers were accused of “stirring up trouble” because China's child-abuse laws only apply to family members, leaving a loophole, police said.[26 October 2012] - Police detained two female teachers at a kindergarten in east...
Summary: Non contente d'humilier et de brimer ses élèves, une enseignante d'une école maternelle a publié plus de 700 clichés de ses sévices sur son blog.[Le 25 octobre 2012] - Un enfant bâillonné avec du scotch, un autre à...
[24 October 2012] - An unlicensed kindergarten has been shut down by authorities after surveillance footage emerged of a teacher repeatedly slapping children ...
Summary: En 2005, quelque 4 000 enfants de toutes nationalités étaient adoptés par des Français. En 2012, ils devraient être 1 500, selon les projections du ministère des affaires étrangères (pour, en moyenne, 600 enfants français). Tous les pays d'...
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood genital cutting, including female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), male genital cutting (also known...
Summary: Safety in schools has been a major public concern in China since a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province in 2008 killed tens of thousands of people and brought down many public buildings, which led to a public outcry over shoddy...
[11 September 2012] - China's health authorities will investigate allegations that genetically modified (GMO) rice was tested on Chinese children as part of a Sino-US research project, state media said on Tuesday.
One Chinese researcher has...
Summary: The move was prompted by a report released by the New York-based rights group China Labor Watch in August, which claimed that HEG Electronics, a firm assembling mobile phones for Samsung in the southern Chinese city of Huizhou, employed...
[7 August 2012] - Samsung has become the latest big name tech brand accused of allowing widespread labour rights violations, after a new report claimed that Chinese manufacturing partner HEG is exploiting child workers as young as 14 at its...
[6 July 2012] - The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in the People’s Republic of China.
Brief description of the situation
The...
