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January 14, 2018 News Release

Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children

Residents Threatened to Hand Over Boys, Girls

Children learning to read the Quran at the Gaabow Islamic school in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, August 2013. Parents and teachers told Human Rights Watch that Al-Shabab militants threatened and on occasion abducted teachers and children from schools in
January 14, 2018 Dispatches

Israeli Prosecutors Throw Book at Palestinian Child Protestor

Military Court to Decide if Ahed Tamimi to Be Released on Bail

Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli Prison Service personnel at Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 1, 2018. © 2018 Reuters
January 12, 2018 Dispatches

Pakistan Needs to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse

Protests Erupt After 7-Year-Old Girl Raped and Killed

People chant slogans and hold signs to condemn the rape and killing of 7-year-old girl Zainab Ansari in Kasur, during a protest in Peshawar, Pakistan January 11, 2018.
January 12, 2018 Dispatches

US May Ax Regulations and Allow Kids to Work with Pesticides

Obama Enacted Rules Banning Kids Under 18 from Working with Toxic Chemicals

January 12, 2018 Report

Armenia: Little Protection, Aid for Domestic Violence Survivors

New Law Should Enhance Safety, Services, Justice

Taguhi shows scars on her neck and shoulder.
January 11, 2018 Report

Syria: Children Under Attack in Damascus Enclave

UN Security Council Should Act on Eastern Ghouta Situation

Children walk through the rubble of the Tamayuz (“Excellence”) kindergarten in the town of Hamouriyeh after it was hit by a Syrian-Russian airstrike on November 8, 2017. © 2017 Private
January 5, 2018 Dispatches

No Birthday Party for a Forgotten Child of Brazil’s Zika Epidemic

Care Should Evolve as Children Born with Zika Grow

Maria Carolina Silva Flor and Joselito Alves dos Santos with their 18-month-old daughter, Maria Gabriela Silva Alves, pictured after the launch of the Human Rights Watch report Neglected and Unprotected, July 2017.
January 2, 2018 Commentary

#MeToo is Important, But the War on Women is a Far, Far Bigger Deal

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December 21, 2017 Dispatches

In a Tough Year, Some Good News for Children

Governments Renounce Child Marriage, Child Soldier Use, Attacks on Schools

Students and teachers from around the world call for schools and universities to be protected from military use.
December 21, 2017 Commentary

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Government Should Address Barriers to Education

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa officiates at the swearing in ceremony for his cabinet at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, December 4, 2017. © 2017 Reuters
December 21, 2017 Interactive

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December 18, 2017 Report

France: Calais Migrants at Risk as Cold Arrives

Police Abuse, Freezing Conditions Threaten Their Safety

Asylum seekers and other migrants sleep outside in the snow, Calais, France, December 11, 2017.
December 17, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Parliament Rejects Marriage for 8-Year-Old Girls

Amendments Would Have Instated Discriminatory Laws on Family Matters

December 14, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on Child Labor and Modern Slavery

December 2017

December 14, 2017 News Release

Kenya: Sexual Violence Marred Elections

Prosecute Sexual Crimes; Address Victims’ Needs

Judith Wavinya (not her real name), 30, was attacked by two men on the night of August 11, 2017, as she was walking home.

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