Children
Rape in Burundi – demand justice now! - 21 July 2008
Rape is widespread throughout Burundi, though many cases, remain unprosecuted. Women are often too afraid to even report the crime out of fear that their families andOmar Khadr must be immediately repatriated to Canada - 15 July 2008
Reacting to the release of a video publicly showing Canadian citizen Omar Khadr being questioned at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty InternationalUSA: Omar Khadr must be immediately repatriated to Canada - 15 July 2008
Reacting to today’s release of a video publicly showing Canadian citizen Omar Khadr being questioned at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty InternChild "enemy combatants" face Guantánamo hearings - 20 June 2008
Mohammed Jawad and Omar Khadr were under 18 at the time of their detention by the US military in Afghanistan. Their pre-trial hearings resumed this week.Ethiopia must release mosque attack children - 24 April 2008
Ethiopian forces and forces of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) have been accused of targeting civilians in an attack on a Mogadishu mosque thatDarfur's children of conflict - 9 April 2008
The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force to Darfur was deployed on 31 December 2007, but little has changed for the children of the region.Children and civilian bystanders in Gaza death toll - 3 March 2008
Israeli military air strikes and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip during the last few days have killed over 100 Palestinians, including dozens of children and othSafe Schools: every girl's right! - 6 March 2008
As the 100 year anniversary of International Women’s Day draws close, and 60 years after human rights were enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human RightsViolence Against Girls in Schools: key facts
• A study in the USA found that 83 per cent of girls in grades 8 to 11 (aged around 12 to 16) in public schools experienced some form of sexual harassment.