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UNITED KINGDOM: Smacking never right, say doctors
3 Feb 2012 News
Summary: Parents should be banned from smacking their children because of the risk that “today’s smack will become...
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BURKINA FASO: Lingerie giant to 'fully investigate' allegations of forced child labour
23 Dec 2011 News
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HEALTH: Junk food companies use loopholes to advertise to children
19 Dec 2011 News
Summary: Junk food companies are using loopholes in advertising rules to ‘swamp’ children with unhealthy food messages...
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RUSSIA: Saturday afternoon declared mandatory school day to prevent students from attending protests
12 Dec 2011 News
Summary: Tens of thousands of Russians rallied together on Saturday to protest alleged electoral fraud and urge an end to...
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UK: Courts urged to disallow claims to 'right to family life' for convicted domestic & sexual violence perpetrators seeking access to their children
5 Dec 2011 News
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SYRIA: Wave of violence targets children
23 Nov 2011 News
Summary: The death toll from a new surge of violence in Syria has risen to at least 33 with six children and teenagers...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Children's right to “meaningful relationship with both parents” to be dropped
2 Nov 2011 News
Summary: Divorced fathers are to be denied a legal right to a relationship with their children in a review of family law...
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UK: Case emphasises importance of considering childrens' human rights in immigration decisions
4 Oct 2011 News
Summary: A Chinese woman who had four children in Britain after being turned down for asylum claims she cannot be sent...
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UZBEKISTAN: Global clothing brands boycott Uzbek cotton
21 Sep 2011 News
Summary: More than 60 of the world’s top clothing labels, including Burberry and Levi, are to boycott cotton from...
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SYRIA: Children as young as 12 have faced heavy beatings
10 May 2011 News
Summary: Syrian protesters 'tortured in school cellars as part of mass intimidation campaign'....
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