State violence

ARMED CONFLICT: Ban Ki-moon leaves Israel off list of countries that kill or injure children
9/juin/2015 News
UN secretary general does not include Israel or Hamas but says number of dead and wounded Palestinian children is unacceptable. 
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DEATH PENALTY: Rights groups urge Pakistan to call off juvenile execution
8/juin/2015 News
Shafqat Hussain is expected to be hanged on Tuesday for an offence he 'confessed' to committing after nine days of torture.  
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ASIA-PACIFIC: Cost of child maltreatment tops $200 billion annually, reports UNICEF
3/juin/2015 News
Statistics show that failure to prevent violence against children is resulting in serious economic costs to countries, UNICEF warned at the launch of its ‘End Violence against Children’ campaign in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 
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BURUNDI : L'UNICEF appelle à la protection des enfants dans la capitale
5/Mai/2015 News
"Les enfants risquent d’être les premiers affectés par les confrontations en cours à Bujumbura et aux alentours."
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GUATEMALA: Planned mega-dam caused killing of two indigenous children and rights violations of thousands more
27/mar/2015 News
The planned mega-dam, which is backed by European development banks, has been blamed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the death of two Mayan children from August 2014.   
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EGYPT: Student forcibly disappeared in Fayoum
18/mar/2015 News
Police denies the 17-year-old's detention after he has been arrested in his home.
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ISRAEL: UN officials accused of bowing to Israeli pressure over children's rights list
18/mar/2015 News
UN officials accused of caving in to Israeli pressure to abandon moves to include the state’s armed forces on a UN list of serious violators of children’s rights.
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PAKISTAN: Man sentenced to death at the age of 16 due to be executed in Karachi
4/mar/2015 News
Muhammad Afzal, who spent 16 years in prison after receiveing his death sentence in 1999 by an anti-terrorism court, will be hanged on 05 March 2015. 
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VENEZUELA : un adolescent tué lors de la répression d'une manifestation
4/mar/2015 News
L’adolescent, Clivert Roa, participait à une manifestation d‘étudiants. Il a été blessé à la tête par un projectile, tiré par un policier.
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