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New York, Mar 11 (JEN): The United Nations human rights chief expressed revulsion at a recent spike in gruesome attacks against people with albinism in several East African countries where in the past six months, at least 15 albinos were abducted, wounded, or killed, including three such incidents last week. more
UN joins demands for release of child soldiers: South Sudan

New York, Mar 5 (JEN): The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, on Wednesday demanded the release of hundreds of ...

UNICEF fears kidnapped children sent to front lines: South Sudan

New York, Mar 3 (JEN): Hundreds of children seized by armed men from a village in South Sudan have generated fears that “they are going from the classroom to the front line,” says the Un ...

Indonesia: UN envoy discusses violence against children

New York, Feb 28 (JEN): During her visit this week to Jakarta, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais, stressed that violence ...

NHRC sends notice to Telengana authorities over rehabilitation of 220 rescued child labourers

Hyderabad, Feb 27 (JEN) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday sent notice to the Telengana authorities over the issue of providing rehabilitation of 220 rescued child labo ...

Uphold child rights for the ‘Right’ future

Puja Marwaha, CEO, CRY With just a couple of days for the first union budget of the government, the expectations remain high. It is time for the government to seriously consider child rig ...

South Sudan: UN campaigns for children forced out of school by war

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): UNICEF’s ‘Back to Learning’ campaign, which was launched in Juba on Thursday by the agency and the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir, will reach out-of-school ...

Children’s education, nutrition fall victim to ongoing crisis in Yemen – UNICEF

New York, Feb 14 (JEN) The political and economic crisis engulfing Yemen is having a dangerous impact on the country’s youths, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Fridaya ...

On International Day, UN demands end to use of child soldiers in conflict

New York, Feb 13 (JEN) From Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the world's conflicts become more brutal, intense and widespread, children are finding themselves in ...

Hindus urge Australia to listen to its Human Rights Commission on plight of 800 detained children

Sydney, Feb 12 (JEN): Hindus have urged Australia Government to wake-up and listen to its own Australia Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on the plight of 800 children in immigration detention.