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Asia Child Rights

A Comprehensive Portal on Child Rights in Asia from AHRC

ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol.02, No.04 (22 JAN 2003)

Children and the People's War in Nepal: 146 Children Killed, 2000 Orphaned, 4000 Recruited and 4000 Homeless
CHILDREN AND THE "PEOPLE'S WAR" IN NEPAL: 146 CHILDREN KILLED, 2000 ORPHANED, 4000 RECRUITED AND 4000 HOMELESS Nepal, a Himalayan kingdom where 90 percent of it's 23 million people live in the villag...

Indonesia: Increasing Infanticide
A forensic team from the University of Indonesia have found that the rate of infanticide in the capital city of Jakarta is on the rise. 38 cases of infanticide were reported in Jakarta in 2002 compare...

Sri Lanka: Two Children Tortured in Police Custody
SRI LANKA: TWO CHILDREN TORTURED IN POLICE CUSTODY The Urgent Appeals desk of the Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that two two young boys aged 15 and 17 were tortured by the po...

Pakistan: Children or 'Token's of Honor'
Pakistan has the dubious distinction of being the host to the highest number of honor killings in Asia. The number 450 is ominous to many human rights, women's and children's activists working in Paki...

Pakistan: 9-year-old takes Corporation to Court
<P>A 9-year-old boy,  filed a petition through his attorney with the Sindh High Court in Pakistan claiming damages worth Rupees 23.8 million from the Karachi Electricity Supply Corporat...

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