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August 29, 2018 Dispatches

University Program First Victim of Hungary Anti-Immigration Tax

Central European University Suspends Program for Asylum Seekers

People in Budapest protest a draft law targeting Central European University, Hungary, April 4, 2017.
August 20, 2018 Dispatches

Afghan Students Defy Attackers and Return to Class

Suicide Bombing Latest Attack Targeting Shia Community

Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the suicide bombing at Mawoud Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2018.
July 23, 2018 Commentary

Cameroon’s Schools Are Under Attack, And The UK Can Help Stop It

The date on a blackboard indicates the last time that this classroom in a school in the Anglophone region of Cameroon was last used to teach children
July 19, 2018 News Release

Cameroon: Killings, Destruction in Anglophone Regions

Government and Separatists Abuse Civilians

A covered body on the outskirts of Belo, following early April clashes between security forces and armed separatists in the North-West region, April 2018.
July 10, 2018 Dispatches

Time for Bolivia to Join Safe Schools Declaration

Transform Pioneering Work on Child Protection into Action

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July 2, 2018 Dispatches

Yes, We Can End the Military Use of Schools

UN Report Shows Why More Countries Should Join Safe Schools Declaration

United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan using a school building in Mourouba, Ouaka province, as their base in violation of UN guidelines and regulations. The forces left the school in January 2017 after Human Rights Watch informed UN authorities.
June 29, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on El Salvador

79th session, 2018

June 19, 2018 Dispatches

An Opportunity for Ukraine to Endorse the Safe Schools Declaration

At Least 740 Schools in Eastern Ukraine Closed Since Conflict Began

пострадавшая школа в никишино. В сентябре 2014 г. – феврале 2015 г. школа была занята боевиками, которые вели оттуда перестрелку с украинскими правительственными силами. © 2015 Юлия Горбунова / Хьюман Райтс Вотч
June 15, 2018 Report

Yemen: Key Concerns for Hodeida Battle

Poor Record of Coalition and Houthi Indiscriminate Attacks and Aid Restrictions

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June 5, 2018 Statement

Briefing to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child concerning Mauritania

June 5, 2018 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child concerning Mauritania

May 29, 2018 News Release

Cameroon: Armed Separatists Holding School Principal

Government Should Protect Rights While Dealing With Unrest

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May 29, 2018 Dispatches

Rising Global Support for Safe Schools

Declaration to Protect Students and Schools in Wartime Turns Three

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May 22, 2018 News Release

China: Activist Convicted for Promoting Tibetan Language

Politically Motivated Trial Shows Beijing’s Contempt for Minority Rights

An exile Tibetan wearing a mask in the likeness of Tashi Wangchuk, stands next to a screen projecting a New York Times video during a street protest demanding his release, in Dharmsala, India. © 2018 AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia
May 14, 2018 Dispatches

Rise in Militant Attacks on Schools in Pakistan

Recent Violence Shows Grave Risks Pakistani Schoolgirls Face

School children flee as soldiers conducting an exercise to repel militant attacks detain a mock-militant (R) at the Islamia Collegiate School in Peshawar, Pakistan, February 2016.

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