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SOUTH AFRICA: Botched circumcisions becoming health crisis in country
17/juin/2014 News
Problem is most severe in the Eastern Cape province, where nearly 500 young men have died in circumcision rituals since 2006.
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PAKISTAN: Minorities fear ‘forced conversion’ to Islam
17/juin/2014 News
Human rights groups believe the number of reported cases failing to capture the true extent of the problem.
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ARMED CONFLICT: At global summit, UN urges reparations for victims of sexual violence in conflict
12/juin/2014 News
Global summit to launch a set of guidelines on reparations for the individuals and the communities affected by sexual violence in conflict.
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CHILD LABOUR: ILO says social protection essential to help eradicate child labour
12/juin/2014 News
On World Day Against Child Labour, the ILO calls on governments to step up their efforts to extend social protection in order to help keep children out of child labour.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Report into child abuse at school for vulnerable boys "suppressed"
5/juin/2014 News
A health professional who reported widespread child abuse at a school for vulnerable boys in the 1990s believes his report was "suppressed".
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FREEDOM OF THOUGHT: Interview with persecuted young atheist in Erbil
30/Mai/2014 News
A teenage school student from Erbil has made headlines after it was revealed that he was imprisoned in solitary confinement, severely tortured, simply for openly saying that he is an atheist.
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INDIA: Two Dalit girls found hanging from tree after gang-rape
30/Mai/2014 News
Three arrested, including one policeman, after two teenage Dalit sisters found dead in Uttar Pradesh state.
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HOLY SEE: UN Committee Against Torture criticises Vatican handling of sex abuse
27/Mai/2014 News
UN experts reject argument that Vatican only exercises control over city state and is not accountable for priests' actions worldwide.
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HOLY SEE: Joint press release by CRIN and OMCT on UN torture committee's report
23/Mai/2014 News
Joint press release by CRIN and OMCT on the UN Committee against Torture's Concluding Observations of the Holy See
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