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AFGHANISTAN: President orders changes to draft law amid fears for Afghan women
18 Feb 2014 News
Afghan president backs away from a law that would have silenced victims of domestic violence, forced marriage and child abuse.
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JUVENILE JUSTICE: Australia's tough new youth crime laws spark plea for UN intervention
6 Feb 2014 News
New juvenile crime laws in the state of Queensland are described as violations of Australia's human rights obligations, leading to calls for UN intervention. 
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UK: Legal aid residency tests 'will leave migrant children destitute'
3 Jun 2013 News
Summary: Children's Society claims proposed changes in the rules could leave trafficked or abandoned children at risk of...
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Russian social network site banned 'by mistake'
28 May 2013 News
Summary: VKontakte, which has 210 million users, was briefly put on 'blacklist' of sites barred from distributing content...
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ICELAND: Government seeks internet pornography ban
27 Feb 2013 News
Summary: Country to examine ways to prevent citizens accessing violent or degrading content but critics are uneasy about...
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INDIA: Rescuers fear India will drop new law banning child labour
25 Feb 2013 News
Summary: A radical new law to ban child trafficking in India may be dropped by the country's parliament.The Observer has...
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BHUTAN: Children's rights brought to monastic schools
20 Feb 2013 News
Summary: Thousands of Bhutan's poorest children living and studying in monasteries can now report any mistreatment or...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Jimmy Savile abused children at 14 hospitals across six decades - report
14 Jan 2013 News
Summary: Savile's offending footprint was vast, predatory and opportunistic as he 'groomed the nation', say Met police...
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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE: Charles Taylor aided and abetted Sierra Leone war crimes, Hague court finds
26 Apr 2012 News
Summary: Former president of Liberia is found to have supported rebels during reign of terror in neighbouring Sierra Leone...
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CHINA: New take on one-child policy, same restrictions
1 Mar 2012 News
Summary: Officials phasing out older, threatening slogans in favour of more upbeat ones to 'make family planning keep pace...
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