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CANADA: Report on murdered and missing indigenous women in British Columbia
14/Jan/2015 News
Findings show that while indigenous women are significantly over-represented as victims, the police have failed to adequately prevent and protect indigenous women and girls from killings, disappearances and extreme forms of violence.
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CHILE: Children Stolen by Dictatorship Finally Come to Light
12/Jan/2015 News
[31 December 2014] - The suspicion that babies of people detained and disappeared during Chile’s 1973-1990 dictatorship...
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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE: LRA's Dominic Ongwen surrenders
8/Jan/2015 News
[9 January 2015]- The United States, Uganda, and the Central African Republic should ensure the prompt transfer of a rebel...
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NIGERIA : Boko Haram capture 185 nouveaux otages
22/Dec/2014 News
Les victimes, en majorité des femmes et des enfants, ont été enlevées dimanche au cours de l'attaque par les islamistes d'un village dans le nord-est du pays.
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SYRIA: Release of 70 Kurdish children after 120 days in captivity
16/Oct/2014 News
[3 October 2014] – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today welcomed the release of 70 Kurdish children, who were...
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CHILD RIGHTS: Malala and Indian children’s rights activist win Nobel Peace Prize
10/Oct/2014 News
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on promoting and protecting children's rights.
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ARGENTINA: Children of exiled can receive compensation
22/Sep/2014 News
Supreme Court rules that children born to politically persecuted parents in exile have the right to economic compensation and that they should also be seen as victims of the military dictatorship.
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INDIA: Girl 'humiliated' by village elders found dead
4/Sep/2014 News
Dead teenage girl may have been raped after having been humiliated by village "court" for protesting against her father's harassment.
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NIGERIA: Boko Haram abduct dozens of boys from village
18/Aug/2014 News
Boys and men forcibly taken by militant group in north-east Nigeria, four months after kidnapping of schoolgirls.
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SPAIN: UN condemns state for negligence in murder of seven-year-old girl
7/Aug/2014 News
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) rules that negligence by authorities led to girl's murder by her father.
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