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SENEGAL: Law bans 10-year-old rape victim from aborting twins
7/avr/2014 News
Efforts of human rights campaigners thwarted by Napoleonic law allowing abortion only in life-or-death circumstances.
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COLOMBIA: As peace talks continue, so do human rights abuses and recruitment of children - UN
27/mar/2014 News
The UN warns that recruitment of children by Colombia’s two main rebel groups continues. Meanwhile the killing of innocent people allegedly at the hands of the army continue to be recorded. 
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UK: Minister urges world to tackle child marriage in same way as FGM
6/mar/2014 News
International Development Minister Justine Greening calls on leaders and campaigners to tackle child marriage, in a similar global effort to that against FGM.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Fresh fighting hampering efforts to help children, UNICEF warns
5/mar/2014 News
Outbreaks of fresh fighting in South Sudan is likely to displace tens of thousands of additional people and is hampering efforts to help children in need, warns UNICEF.
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CHINA: Hundreds of babies rescued as police smash four child-trafficking rings
5/mar/2014 News
In a nation-wide crackdown on child trafficking, 1,094 people have been detained and 382 babies rescued in China.
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