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It IS Possible to End Child Hunger - Why Are We Waiting to Act?
World  (tags: poverty, Hunger world wide, children, children's rights, death, conflict, world, ethics )

David
- 50 days ago - alertnet.org
Nearly 20 million children worldwide are at risk of dying. So why do children continue to die from hunger-related causes if we know how to save them? Only £4.5 - 9.1bn is needed to fix the problem, far less than was needed to save the rich world's banks.
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Palestinian Child Day: Children Face An Increasingly Insecure Environment
World  (tags: children, Palestinian Child Day, Gaza massacre, Israeli military, children's rights, Palestinian Child Law, israel, middle-east, palestine, violence, war, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', death, crime, ethics, fr )

Madalena
- 245 days ago - dci-pal.org
This year, Palestinian Child Day falls amidst an unprecedented rise in violations of Palestinian children's rights in the occupied territory. Israel unleashed a 22-day military assault on the Gaza Strip, codenamed Operation Cast Lead, on 27 December 20
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Nepali Police 'Torture Children'
World  (tags: Nepal, HRW, Children's Rights )

Ben
- 382 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The international pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused police in Nepal of torturing children.
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The Philippines: Jail Is No Place for a Child
World  (tags: Children's Rights, Poverty, Street Children, Child Labor, Corruption )

Ben
- 416 days ago - unicef.org
Over 50,000 children in the Philippines have been arrested and detained since 1995. Roughly 28 children get arrested every day, or more than one child for every hour. Children in the Philippines can be arrested and detained like adults...
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Children's Rights International
World  (tags: Children's Rights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Child Labour, Trafficking )

Ben
- 432 days ago - childjustice.org
Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified treaty in human history. Despite the good will of the signatory nations the sad truth is that the basic rights of children are still not universally recognised...
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Schools Must Have Children Parliament
World  (tags: India, Children's Rights, School, Parliament )


- 546 days ago - thehindu.com
Every school should practice Children Parliament and allow children to express their views and give their suggestions for their development with open mind, according to N. Markandan, former Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram Rural University.
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Angola: Official Calls for Unity Against Child Abuse
World  (tags: children's rights, Child abuse, Angola )


- 552 days ago - allafrica.com
The director of the National Children Institute (INAC) in the eastern Moxico Province, Angelino Armando Loló, Thursday here appealed to the Angolan society for unity in the fight against violence to children.
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Scoop: Prisoners' Children to Discuss a Bill of Rights
World  (tags: Children's Rights, Children of prisoners )


- 553 days ago - scoop.co.nz
"We are concerned that children of prisoners are unheard and invisible during the arrest, court, imprisonment and reintegration processes," says Verna McFelin, a leading advocate for children of prisoners and chief executive of PILLARS...
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Iran: Amnesty Criticizes 'Child Executions' | Huliq: Breaking News
World  (tags: iran, Amnesty International, child executions, children's rights, Human Rights Violations, un )

Cheryl Su
- 886 days ago - huliq.com
June 27 Amnesty Intl. report, in Iran, defendants younger than 18 are being hanged after quick decisions and hurried procedures.: the actual number of executions is higher because many death-penalty cases in Iran go much higher
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ARE A WORLDWIDE SCANDAL !
World  (tags: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, WAR, GENOCIDE, DEATH ABUSE, SLAVERY, CHILD SOLDIERS )


- 963 days ago - hrw.org
The global scandal of violence against children is a horror story too often untold. With malice and clear intent, violence is used against the members of society least able to protect themselves--children !
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