Kidnapping

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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ARMED CONFLICT: Rape survivors in Central African Republic not getting help
23/Jul/2014 News
The presence of armed groups and continued fighting has left women and girls vulnerable to forced marriage and extreme violence, including rape.
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ARMED CONFLICT: Child rights being violated in conflict situations with total impunity, says UN official
2/Jul/2014 News
UN Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict shows children were recruited and used, killed and maimed, victims of sexual violence and other grave violations in 23 country situations in 2013.
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SYRIA: Up to 186 Kurdish students kidnapped by Isis in northern Syria
27/Jun/2014 News
 Teenagers abducted from bus while travelling from Kobani to Aleppo to take exams.
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FRANCE: ERRC urges French authorities to fully investigate lynching of Romani minor
18/Jun/2014 News
The European Roma Rights Centre expresses its deep concern regarding the brutal lynching of a 16-year-old Romani boy in France. The ERRC urges French authorities to investigate the attack, in particular any possible racial motivation, and to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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BAHRAIN: 15-year-old child detained and denied education
17/Jun/2014 News
Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its concern for the continued practice of arresting and detaining children in Bahrain.
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PAKISTAN: Minorities fear ‘forced conversion’ to Islam
17/Jun/2014 News
Human rights groups believe the number of reported cases failing to capture the true extent of the problem.
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NIGERIA: How to help in efforts to bring back kidnapped Nigerian girls
8/May/2014 News
Global outrage at the kidnapping has shown a widespread interest by regular people looking to help the girls, or help prevent another tragedy.
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