Torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment

HEALTH: Babies feel pain 'like adults', first infant MRI study suggests
21/Апр/2015 News
The majority of babies who undergo painful procedures do not receive pain relief medication during surgery. The practice is based on the belief that babies’ brains are not developed enough for them to really feel pain. But this latest study suggests that babies are more sensitive to pain than adults. 
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PAKISTAN: Court allows challenge to execution of man convicted as juvenile
17/Апр/2015 News
The Islamabad High Court has today said it will hear the first significant legal challenge to the execution of Shafqat Hussain who was convicted as a juvenile.
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GUATEMALA: Almost 800 plaintiffs bring billion-dollar lawsuit over deliberate infection of STDs
15/Апр/2015 News
The lawsuit seeks damages for individuals, spouses and children of people deliberately infected with STDs through a secretive and non-consensual US government programme. 
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