News Archive

Latest news and events on children’s rights around the world

It’s important that we know what is going on in the world. Both violations and developments in children’s rights need to be reported and shared. To alert us about a news story where you are, email [email protected].

UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN: Lone child migrants to Sweden double in 2014
12 Jan 2015 News
[02 January 2015] - Around 7,000 unaccompanied refugee children arrived in Sweden in 2014, twice as many as the year...
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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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NIGERIA: Two suspected child suicide bombers attack market
12 Jan 2015 News
At least 20 people died in two attacks as violence in Nigeria continues. One of the attackers was believed to be 10 years old. 
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NIGERIA: Thousands killed in Nigeria in Boko Haram's deadliest massacre
12 Jan 2015 News
[5 January 2015] - On 3 January Islamist fighters of the insurgent movement Boko Haram attacked the town of Baga in...
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EGYPT: Boy, 16, tried before military court next Monday
9 Jan 2015 News
Geneva-based organisation Alkamara pledges for UN intervention in the case of Seif al-Islam Osama Shousha who was arrested March 2014.  
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AFGHANISTAN: 'Suffering an enormous human cost', civilian casualties up nearly 20 per cent in 2014
8 Jan 2015 News
[19 December 2014] – Civilian casualties in Afghanistan increased by nearly 20 per cent in 2014 compared to the previous...
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DISPLACEMENT: 5.5 million displaced by war in first half of 2014, setting record
8 Jan 2015 News
[7 January 2015] – War across large swathes of the Middle East and Africa in the first six months of 2014 forcibly...
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SOUTH SUDAN: Major Setbacks for the Protection of Children
8 Jan 2015 News
[30 December 2014] - The conflict that started a year ago in South Sudan has brought about major setbacks for the...
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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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UKRAINE: ‘Extremely serious’ situation for over a million children in crisis-torn eastern Ukraine
8 Jan 2015 News
19 December 2014 – In eastern Ukraine, the situation remains ‘extremely serious’ for more than 1.7 million children...
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PAKISTAN: Government suspends Shafqat Hussain's execution
6 Jan 2015 News
Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the government’s intention of halting the impending execution on Monday.
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INDIA: Only two convictions came out of 289 cases of child sexual abuse in past two years in Bengaluru
5 Jan 2015 News
[5 January 2015] - Bengaluru saw a number of cases of child sexual abuse in 2014 and people were out on streets protesting...
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