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Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:00
USA/Vietnam: Working to combat child labour
A majority of countries have adopted legislation to prohibit or place restrictions on the employment of children, much of it guided by standards adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO). In spite of these efforts child…
Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:00
China: Children kidnapped and sold
An illegal market in children has developed in China. Babies are being openly sold online. Police say many of the victims are from the estimated 20,000 children abducted each year - a crime with a devastating…
Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:00
India: Children missing
Children who go missing in India are exploited and abused for various purposes - exported as camel jockeys in the Gulf countries or victims of body organ trade and even grotesque cannibalism as reported at Nithari…
Saturday, 14 March 2015 00:00
Global: Campaign to end violence against children
UNICEF are once again drawing our attention to children in danger and renewing their call for an end to violence against children. Across the globe millions of children are in danger. Too many childhoods are broken…
Friday, 06 March 2015 00:00
Iran: A problem of nuclear proportions
On Monday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, reminding them of Iran’s support for terrorist organisations and its stated goal to destroy the Jewish State. He asked the crowd to ‘imagine…
Friday, 06 March 2015 00:00
Nigeria: Boko Haram beheadings echoes IS
The Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram released a video on Monday showing militants beheading two men. It’s their first online posting using the advanced graphics and editing techniques associated with IS. Past Boko Haram films have…