- Afghanistan: Children die in Army Exercise (December 16, 2002)
Four Afghan civilians, most of them children were killed during a practice of the Afghan National Army Battalion. The children were searching for scrap metal on the vast unfenced training area outside Kabul. (Source: Afgha News, Afghanistan)

- India: Mysterious Disease Kills 9 Children (December 14, 2002)
A mysterious disease has killed 9 and affected at least 30 children in the state of Bihar in India. All the children belonged to a lower-caste and economically disadvantaged community. Most of the children who died are minors below the age of 8. Though the exact form of the disease is not yet known, doctors say it is a virus. All the children died within 24 hours of showing the symptoms. (Source: Hindustan Times, India)

- Bangladesh: 30 Bangladeshi Children langusing in West Bengal Homes (December 12, 2002)
At least 30 Bangladeshi children who were trafficked to India are still langusing in various homes in India. Indian officials say that they cannot help the situation since the Juvenile Justice Board in West Bengal has not yet started functioning. This careless attitude of the Government of Bengal has resulted in the children in the children remaining in India for the past 18 months. (Source: Daily Star News, Bangladesh)

- Sri Lanka: Ex-Politico's daughter sentenced for torturing child servant (December 12, 2002)
The member of a powerful political family was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to pay Rs.105,000 as compensation for torturing a 10-year-old child servant. According to the judgement, the person was found guilty of wilfully ill treating the girl by pinching her hands, slapping her cheeks and placing a heated knife on her hand causing burn injuries. She was also found guilty of slapping the victim and assaulting her on the chest. (Daily News, Sri Lanka)