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JAPAN: New law to ban possession of child pornograhy
18 Aug 2011 News
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NIGERIA: Pfizer pays out to Nigerian families of meningitis drug trial victims
12 Aug 2011 News
Summary: Pfizer pays compensation to families of four children after 15-year legal battle over controversial drug trial in...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Lords asked to alter law to protect children forced into prostitution
3 Aug 2011 News
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SRI LANKA: Floods could leave 400,000 children without enough food
21 Jan 2011 News
Summary: The worst floods in the country's recent history have destroyed homes, schools and agricultural land, increasing...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Yarl's Wood child detention ruled unlawful
11 Jan 2011 News
Summary: High court decision adds to pressure on government with acknowledgement that immigration detention can damage...
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NIGERIA: WikiLeaks cables - Pfizer 'used dirty tricks to avoid clinical trial payout'
16 Dec 2010 News
Summary: Cables say drug giant hired investigators to find evidence of corruption on Nigerian attorney general to persuade...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Why it's time to incorporate the UN convention on the rights of the child into UK law
19 Nov 2010 News
Summary: Because the convention has no complaints mechanism, the only way to protect children's rights is to build them...
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Europe presses UK to introduce total ban on smacking children
27 Apr 2010 News
Summary: The Council of Europe says London needs to comply with 1998 ruling that said smacking violates children's rights....
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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Europe presses UK to introduce total ban on smacking children
26 Apr 2010 News
Summary: The Council of Europe says London needs to comply with 1998 ruling that said smacking violates children's rights....
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TURKEY: Girl, 15, jailed for eight years over 'terror' crimes at Kurdish rally
1 Feb 2010 News
Summary: Teenager claimed she was mistaken for a protester.Turkey is breaching child rights, campaigners warn.[31 January...
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