Violence Against Children

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class="panel-region-separator"></div><div class="panel-pane pane-views-panes pane-taxonomy-landing-page-panel-pane-4 pane-taxonomy-news-listing"> <h2 class="pane-title">Violence Against Children</h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="view view-taxonomy-landing-page view-id-taxonomy_landing_page view-display-id-panel_pane_4 view-taxonomy-news-listings view-dom-id-4"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/kenya-don-t-force-55000-refugees-camps">Kenya: Don’t Force 55,000 Refugees Into Camps</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Kenyan authorities should halt their plan to forcibly move 55,000 registered refugees and asylum seekers from cities to overcrowded and underserviced refugee camps. Citing a number of grenade attacks in 2012, the authorities contend the move will improve Kenyan national security and lead to the return of Somali refugees to Somalia.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/16/gruesome-toll-deadly-cluster-bombs-syria">The gruesome toll of deadly cluster bombs in Syria</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 16, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>It was cloudy the afternoon of January 3 when residents say the cluster bombs fell on the Syrian town of Latamneh. Three rockets containing the cluster munitions fell in nearby fields, apparently doing no harm, but a fourth landed on the street between residential buildings. Its impact was devastating.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/14/syria-army-using-new-type-cluster-munition">Syria: Army Using New Type of Cluster Munition</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 14, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Syrian forces are using notoriously indiscriminate rockets that contain explosive submunitions. Evidence indicates that Syrian forces used BM-21 Grad multi-barrel rocket launchers to deliver cluster munitions in attacks near the city of Idlib in December 2012 and in Latamneh, a town northwest of Hama, on January 3, 2013.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/27/turkey-no-justice-airstrike-victims">Turkey: No Justice for Airstrike Victims</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Turkish government has yet to open an effective and transparent inquiry into a Turkish air force aerial bombardment a year ago that killed 34 Kurdish men and boys.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/11/sudan-civilians-describe-toll-attacks">Sudan: Civilians Describe Toll of Attacks</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The Sudanese government’s indiscriminate aerial bombardment and shelling in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states has killed and injured scores of civilians since the conflict began more than a year ago, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Government forces have raided villages, burned and looted civilian property, arbitrarily detained people, and assaulted and raped women and girls.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/29/syria-opposition-using-children-conflict">Syria: Opposition Using Children in Conflict</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Armed opposition groups fighting in Syria are using children for combat and other military purposes, Human Rights Watch said today. Children as young as 14 have served in at least three opposition brigades, transporting weapons and supplies and acting as lookouts, Human Rights Watch found, and children as young as 16 have carried arms and taken combat roles against government forces. Opposition commanders should make public commitments to end this practice, and to prohibit the use of anyone under 18 for military purposes – even if they volunteer.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/27/syria-evidence-shows-cluster-bombs-killed-children-0">Syria: Evidence Shows Cluster Bombs Killed Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Compelling evidence has emerged that an airstrike using cluster bombs on the town of Deir al-`Assafeer near Damascus killed at least 11 children and wounded others on November 25, 2012</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/14/colombia-obstacles-care-abused-displaced-women">Colombia: Obstacles to Care for Abused, Displaced Women</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 14, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Colombia’s laws on violence against women are not adequately protecting victims displaced by the armed conflict. Approximately two million internally displaced women and girls face high rates of rape and domestic violence. Daunting obstacles impede displaced victims’ access to healthcare, justice, and protection services.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/20/yemen-security-forces-raiding-aden-hospitals">Yemen: Security Forces Raiding Aden Hospitals</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 19, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Yemeni state security forces are threatening health care in Aden by forcibly removing wounded alleged militants from hospitals, exchanging fire with gunmen seeking to block the arrests, and beating medical staff, Human Rights Watch said today. One hospital in that southern port city has suspended operations as a result.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/02/ghana-people-mental-disabilities-face-serious-abuse">Ghana: People With Mental Disabilities Face Serious Abuse</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 2, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">People with mental disabilities suffer severe abuses in psychiatric institutions and spiritual healing centers in Ghana, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Ghanaian government has done little to combat such abuse or to ensure that these people can live in the community, as is their right under international law.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/821">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122235712/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122235712/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-6"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122235712/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122235712/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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