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UNITED STATES: Judge orders release of immigrant children detained
27 Jul 2015 News
A federal judge has said that the government's policy of detaining migrant children and their mothers violates a longstanding ruling that found that such mass detention is against US law.
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SINGAPORE: Convicted teenage blogger placed in mental health detention
24 Jun 2015 News
Teenage blogger Lee Kuan Yew, who was convicted of obscenity and insulting Christianity after he posted a video criticising the late leader Lee Kuan Yew, will be detained for two weeks in a mental health institute until a psychiatric assessment is performed, a court has decided.   
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CANADA: Forced schooling of aboriginal children was ‘cultural genocide,’ truth commission finds
9 Jun 2015 News
The findings are part of a report documenting widespread physical, cultural and sexual abuse at government-sponsored residential schools run mostly by churches that Indian, Inuit and other indigenous children were forced to attend. 
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USA: Inquiry finds a ‘culture of violence’ against teenage inmates at New York's Rikers Island
5 Aug 2014 News
Inquiry finds that the civil rights of male teenagers were violated and that there was no protection given to the boys from the rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force by correction officers.
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HOLY SEE: UN Panel on Torture Presses Vatican Envoy on Abuse
6 May 2014 News
Vatican has faced sharp questioning by UN about whether it failed to abide by an international treaty against torture in its response to the sexual abuse of children by priests.
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USA: Executions are suspended by Governor in Washington
12 Feb 2014 News
Death penalty gets suspended in Washington by the state governor, in a move to engage officials to "join a growing national conversation about capital punishment."
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GUATEMALA: Ex-dictator ordered to stand trial for war crimes
31 Jan 2013 News
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RUSSIA: Russia Seeks Ways to Keep Its Children
23 Jan 2013 News
Summary: MOSCOW — Russia would like to stop giving away its babies. Within days or weeks, it will probably lift the...
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PAKISTAN: Girl’s blasphemy case sent to juvenile court
26 Sep 2012 News
Summary: Peril of girl accused of blasphemy wanes, after no evidence found. ...
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INDIA: Using sex crimes to rein in women
18 Jul 2012 News
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