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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Unspeakable horrors in a country on the verge of genocide
25 Nov 2013 News
Summary: Militias in the Central African Republic are slitting children's throats, razing villages and throwing young men...
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ARMED CONFLICT: Why rehabilitation is vital for survivors of sexual violence during conflict
25 Nov 2013 News
Summary: Sexual violence is too often used during war as a weapon against civilians, particularly women. More needs to be...
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UK: British army criticised for recruiting 16-year-olds
28 Oct 2013 News
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SLAVERY: 29 million people enslaved, says first global index on slavery
17 Oct 2013 News
Summary: Survey attempts to measure modern-day slavery country by country, and campaigners plan to use data to tackle the...
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IRAN: Lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters
30 Sep 2013 News
Summary: Human rights activists say approved bill, making girls vulnerable to the ruling from age 13, 'legalises...
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NORTHERN IRELAND: Child abuse inquiry told 'We were child slaves from a young age'
25 Sep 2013 News
Summary: Hundreds come forward to tell Northern Ireland inquiry about historical institutional abuse in the country....
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USA: South Carolina court orders Cherokee girl returned to adoptive parents
11 Sep 2013 News
Summary: Custody dispute that was the subject of a US supreme court ruling sees three-year-old removed from biological...
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USA: Supreme court rules against Native American father in adoption case
11 Sep 2013 News
Summary: Indian Child Welfare Act doesn't protect biological father, court rules, sending custody decision back to South...
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GERMANY: Children removed from Christian sect after German police raids
6 Sep 2013 News
Summary: Forty children taken from their parents in Twelve Tribes sect in Bavaria after allegations of child abuse....
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AUSTRALIA: Juvenile inmates 'being singled out for harsher treatment' after riot
27 Aug 2013 News
Summary: Solicitor claims several of her clients, temporarily being housed at Hakea adult prison, are being held under...
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