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RUSSIA: Government raids human rights groups in crackdown on 'foreign agents'
2 Apr 2013 News
Summary: Germany and France summoned Russian diplomats in Berlin and Paris, after Russia launched a series of raids on...
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CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND BUSINESS: Research reveals children's rights not priority
27 Mar 2013 News
Summary: Unicef finds over one-third of UK companies don't think children's rights are relevant to their business....
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SOMALIA: My rapists were rewarded, says Somali woman cleared of making false claims
11 Mar 2013 News
Summary: Rape victims will stay silent, warns Lul Ali Osman Barake in first major interview since acquittal, as her...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Tory ministers plot Human Rights Act repeal
6 Mar 2013 News
Summary: Senior Tory cabinet ministers have raised the prospect of pulling Britain out of the European convention on human...
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UNITED KINGDOM: 43,000 strip-searches carried out on children as young as 12
6 Mar 2013 News
Summary: A promise to end routine strip-searching of children in custody is being flouted, according to data revealing...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Asylum-support system is pushing families into severe poverty, say MPs
30 Jan 2013 News
Summary: Parliamentary inquiry finds children left destitute and homeless, without state support and relying on food...
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CHILD LABOUR: Apple pledges to eradicate child labour from technology supply industry
25 Jan 2013 News
Summary: iPhone maker increases supply chain audits to tackle underage and underpaid workers after Foxconn suicide reports...
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ADVOCACY: Charities afraid to challenge public policy amid retribution fears
24 Jan 2013 News
Summary: British Government must uphold voluntary sector independence or risk silencing most vulnerable members of society...
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Traditional family values – without the smacking
22 Jan 2013 News
Summary: Western parents can learn much from tribal societies about child-rearing – the results speak for themselves. ...
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BENIN: Poverty pushes youngsters into the employ of child traffickers
28 Nov 2012 News
Summary: Facing hardship, families in Benin are sending their children to work in sometimes brutal conditions in...
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