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Aug 14 2013 3:54PM
Mexico: Marines abduct adult and children

In July 2013 two children and an adult were detained by Mexican marines in the northern city of Nuevo Laredo. They have not been seen since and the military authorities have denied arresting them. They may have been subjected to...

Aug 10 2013 12:37AM
Honduras: Human rights activists abducted while defending children's rights

Since 2012 members of the Nueva Esperanza community have been campaigning against a local mining project which is disrupting the lives of local communities and threatens to rob them of their right to self-determination, as stipulated...

Aug 8 2013 11:31PM
Romania: Stop new forced eviction of Roma in Baia Mare

Romani families in the Craica settlement in the town of Baia Mare, Romania, are at imminent risk of a new forced eviction. On 2 August, approximately 30 families reportedly received orders asking them to leave their houses by 5 August...

Aug 6 2013 12:50AM
Albania: Roma families at risk of forced eviction

Around 37 Roma families in Albania are being threatened with forced eviction as the land they currently inhabit is targeted for redevelopment. The landowner has refused to respect procedures set out in law, and the authorities have...

Aug 5 2013 10:51PM
Bahrain: Child sent to prison after demonstration

Hussain al-Hawaj, a 15-year-old boy, was sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Bahraini court on 9 June 2013. He was sentenced for participation in a protest, arson and rioting. He is currently being held in Jaw Prison, a detention...

Jul 8 2013 12:56AM
Child feared abducted in Sri Lanka

Sivasooriyakumar Sanaraj, a 15-year-old Sri Lankan boy, has been missing since 13 June 2013, amid fears of abduction by unscrupulous individuals with connections to senior police officers. On the morning of 13 June 2013 he left his...

Jun 9 2013 11:45PM
North Korea: Children face human rights violations after being forcibly returned

Nine teenagers between the ages of 14 and 19 have been forcibly returned to North Korea where they face being subjected to torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and death. The group of nine, namely Young Won, Moon Chul...

May 30 2013 11:23PM
Poland: Threats of forced eviction to Roma continue

An estimated 20 Roma residents including children who have been living in an informal settlement on Paprotna Street, Wroclaw for the past three years, were served with a 14-day eviction notice by the municipality on 7 May 2013. The...

May 27 2013 10:43PM
Morocco: Child tortured and detained in Western Sahara

On 15 May 2013, 17-year-old El Hussein Bah was jailed and allegedly tortured in Laayoune Civil Prison, Western Sahara. El Hussein Bah along with five other Saharawis were reportedly arrested in their homes on 9 May 2013, in connection...

May 26 2013 11:57PM
Venezuela: Child murdered amid allegations of police complicity

Roni Barrios, a 17-year old boy, was brutally murdered with an axe or machete on the night of 16 May 2013, in Aragua state, Venezuela. Since 1998 members of the Barrios family have been murdered in circumstances that suggest police...

Apr 26 2013 11:58PM
Syria: Child held incommunicado

Ahmed Ismael al-‘Akkad, a sixteen-year-old Syrian boy has been held in detention since 20 November 2012. He suffers from chronic Asthma and has allegedly been ill-treated and denied medical treatment. The child was arrested when the...

Apr 19 2013 11:52PM
India: Two children detained, another at risk in Jammu and Kashmir

Two teenage boys have been detained without charge under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir. A third boy detained without charge at the same time has been released for health reasons but may be returned to custody within...

Apr 10 2013 1:43AM
Bahrain: Children sentenced in trial alongside adults

15-year-old Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad and 16-year-old Jehad Sadeq Aziz Salman were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on 4 April 2013 by The High Criminal Court in Manama, Bahrain. The children were sentenced along with three other...

Apr 3 2013 1:38AM
Two young men allegedly tortured and executed by Mexican soldiers

On 18 March 2013, Alfredo Ruiz Rojas (23) and a teenager were shot and killed in disputed circumstances in the town of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. They were killed by members of the Mexican Army near the Valles Elizondo neighbourhood, on the...

Jan 6 2013 8:19PM
Good News: Child released without charge in Bahrain

Mohammad Mohammad ‘Abdulnabi ‘Abdulwasi, a sixteen year old Bahrani child who was held in detention in an adult prison has been released without charge. He was initially transferred from Dry Dock prison, north-eastern Bahrain, to a...

Jan 6 2013 12:45AM
Sudan: Indiscriminate killing and sexual assault of young girls

Since June 2011, conflict between the Government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) has been raging in Sudan's Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states. The conflict which commenced following disputed...

Dec 20 2012 1:52AM
Child held without charge in adult prison

Mohammad Mohammad 'Abdulnabi 'AbdulWasi, a sixteen year old Bahrani boy, has been held unlawfully in detention since 11 December 2012 in Dry Dock Prison - an adult prison in north eastern Bahrain. Riot police raided the 'Abdulwasi...

Dec 4 2012 10:27PM
China: The oppressed fight back !

For many years China has been at the centre of much controversy for its robust policies and methods in the implementation of development programmes. Allegations of human rights violations and abuses have frequently surfaced as corrupt...

Nov 28 2012 11:48AM
Trial of two boys starts in Bahrain

Two 15 year old boys, Jehad Sadeq Aziz Salman and Ebrahim Ahmed Radi al-Moqdad were arrested with two adults during an anti-government protest in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. They have since been held in detention and appeared for...

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