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Greece: End Inhumane Detention Conditions for Migrants

Dec 6, 2010

Greek officials should immediately transfer migrants from overcrowded and inhumane detention sites in the Evros region to an empty facility on Samos Island and protect the 120 unaccompanied migrant children among them. These migrants have crossed into Greece from Turkey in recent weeks and months and come from countries such as Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Algeria, Syria, Iran, and Morocco.
Senegal: Abusive Teachers Sentenced

Sep 8, 2010

The arrest and conviction of seven Quranic teachers who forced boys trusted to their care to beg is a significant move forward for children’s rights in Senegal. The men were sentenced on September 8, 2010, marking the first application of a 2005 law outlawing the practice; two more men are scheduled to face the same charges on September 9.

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Street Children

Greece: End Inhumane Detention Conditions for Migrants

Dec 6, 2010

Greek officials should immediately transfer migrants from overcrowded and inhumane detention sites in the Evros region to an empty facility on Samos Island and protect the 120 unaccompanied migrant children among them. These migrants have crossed into Greece from Turkey in recent weeks and months and come from countries such as Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iraq, Algeria, Syria, Iran, and Morocco.
Senegal: Abusive Teachers Sentenced

Sep 8, 2010

The arrest and conviction of seven Quranic teachers who forced boys trusted to their care to beg is a significant move forward for children’s rights in Senegal. The men were sentenced on September 8, 2010, marking the first application of a 2005 law outlawing the practice; two more men are scheduled to face the same charges on September 9.
Spain: Migrant Children at Risk

Jun 22, 2010

Canary Islands government’s decision to keep more than 250 unaccompanied migrant children in unregulated emergency shelters puts the children at risk and threatens their well-being.
Senegal: Boys in Many Quranic Schools Suffer Severe Abuse

Apr 15, 2010

Tens of thousands of children at residential Quranic schools in Senegal are subjected to slavery-like conditions and severely abused. Senegalese authorities should regulate all Quranic schools and take immediate and concerted action to hold accountable teachers who violate Senegalese laws against forced begging and child abuse.
Letter to French Minister of Immigration, Integration, National identity and Solidary development

Nov 10, 2009
DR Congo: Rights Panel Condemns Abuses Against Children

Feb 4, 2009

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo should urgently carry out new recommendations from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to protect children from violence and abuse.
Rapport alternatif de la CODE sur la mise en oeuvre de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant en RDC

Sep 1, 2008
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child for the Period Review of the DRC

Aug 22, 2008

In this submission to the committee, Human Rights Watch presents information on child soldiers, children in detention, sexual violence against girls, and abuses against street children in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Universal Periodic Review of Guatemala

May 4, 2008

The country continues to face high levels of violence associated with both electoral politics and common crime. Guatemala’s weak and corrupt law enforcement institutions have proven incapable of containing the powerful organized crime groups that, among other things, are believed responsible for continuing attacks on human rights defenders.
Vietnam: Street Children at Risk Before APEC Summit

Nov 13, 2006

Government roundup campaigns to clear Hanoi’s streets of “wanderers” and “vagrants” are landing street children in detention centers, where some are beaten and subject to other forms of abuse.

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