Physical abuse

UNITED STATES: Court to review prosecution of Catholic church official
12/Mai/2014 News
Pennsylvania's highest court will review the long-debated prosecution of a Roman Catholic church official who was tried, imprisoned and then freed over his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints.
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NIGERIA: How to help in efforts to bring back kidnapped Nigerian girls
8/Mai/2014 News
Global outrage at the kidnapping has shown a widespread interest by regular people looking to help the girls, or help prevent another tragedy.
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HOLY SEE: UN Panel on Torture Presses Vatican Envoy on Abuse
6/Mai/2014 News
Vatican has faced sharp questioning by UN about whether it failed to abide by an international treaty against torture in its response to the sexual abuse of children by priests.
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HOLY SEE: Joint press release by CRIN and OMCT to UN torture committee
2/Mai/2014 News
Joint press release by CRIN and OMCT ahead of the Holy See's review before the UN Committee against Torture
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DISCRIMINATION: LGBTQ youths detained for status offences twice as often as others
2/Mai/2014 News
Research has shown that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system, and once in the system may receive overly harsh punishments because of biases or be placed in isolation in the name of protecting them.   
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VIOLENCE: Disabled children suffer alleged four year period of abuse at school, claim parents' group
30/avr/2014 News
Families have taken legal advice and are pressing for a full, independent investigation into their allegations which, they say, have been covered up by Dundee City Council.
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ARGENTINA: Teenager who spent nine years locked in a garage rescued
17/avr/2014 News
A 15-year-old girl has been rescued in Argentina after being nearly starved and beaten in a garage by an adoptive family for nine years.
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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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DISCRIMINATION: Respect for the human rights of Roma is an unfulfilled promise, say activists
7/avr/2014 News
On the eve of International Roma Day on 8 April, human rights group documents the discrimination that still continues against Roma people.
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SYRIA: More than 150,000 killed in conflict, say activists
3/avr/2014 News
More than 150,000 people, including nearly 7,985 children, have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group has said.
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