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Human Rights Watch, August 1, 2017
Crackdown on Students, Opposition as Government Blames Them for Kinshasa Attacks
Several students who appeared to have been hit by bullets were quickly evacuated by the police, according to witnesses. Many other students were beaten by the police or arrested.
READ MOREGCPEA PRESS RELEASE, July 26, 2017
Cyprus is the 68th country to join the Safe Schools Declaration
With Cyprus’ endorsement, 21 European Union countries—three-quarters of its members—have now joined the growing community of states committed to taking concrete action to protect education during armed conflict.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, July 24, 2017
Philippine President’s Appalling Threat to Bomb Tribal Schools
Instead of denying Filipino children their right to safe education, Duterte should sign the Safe Schools Declaration.
READ MOREGCPEA PRESS RELEASE, July 18, 2017
Serbia is 67th Country to Endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
We hope that all the countries in the former Yugoslavia will soon follow Serbia’s example in protecting schools, universities, students, and educators from targeted attacks.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, July 13, 2017
UN Reviews Nigeria’s Record Protecting Girls in War
The presence of fighters in schools disproportionately affects girls, who are especially exposed to dangers like sexual violence.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, July 13, 2017
Submission by Human Rights Watch to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Guinea
Human Rights Watch recommends that the Committee recommend that the government of Guinea endorse and implement the Safe Schools Declaration.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, July 12, 2017
African Union Troops Vacate Base in Somali University
Schools and universities in Somalia have been used as military bases, both by AMISOM forces and the al-Shabaab militants they are fighting.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, July 12, 2017
Syria: Airstrike on School Kills Civilians
According to the UN, 1 in 3 children in Syria are out of school and 1 in 3 schools are not operating because they have been damaged, destroyed, used by…
READ MOREFirstpost, July 10, 2017
UN slams Pakistan over repeated terrorist attacks on schools, police abuse of Afghan refugees
The United Nations (UN) is “concerned” about continuing terrorist attacks on educational institutions and the military’s use of schools
READ MOREBBC News, June 27, 2017
Nigerian university builds trench to stop Boko Haram attacks
On Sunday three suicide bombers attacked the university killing themselves and a security guard.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, June 23, 2017
Rebel Attack on Philippine School Endangers Students
On June 21, dozens of armed Islamist rebels stormed and occupied a school on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
READ MOREReuters, June 22, 2017
At least 12 killed in heavy fighting in northeastern Congo
Several students sitting exams were wounded in an explosion at a school.
READ MOREThe Sydney Morning Herald, June 21, 2017
Islamist militants storm school in the Philippines, take students hostage
Pro-Islamic State militants stormed a school in the southern Philippines early on Wednesday and are holding several students hostage.
READ MOREAustralian Strategic Policy Institute, June 20, 2017
The Safe Schools Declaration: protecting schools during wartime
There’s one more thing Australia could do to protect children’s education in emergencies, and it doesn’t cost a cent: endorse the Safe Schools Declaration.
READ MOREMail & Guardian, June 15, 2017
Making Africa’s schools safe in the midst of war
What better way is there for African states to honour their children than by endorsing and implementing the Safe Schools Declaration?
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release, June 15, 2017
Botswana is 66th Country to Endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
Botswana has become the 66th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, joining the one third of UN member states that have already signed on to this commitment to safeguard…
READ MORETheirworld, June 11, 2017
150,000 children out of school as violence rocks DR Congo region
More than 630 schools have been damaged, others are occupied by military forces and children and teachers are too afraid to attend classes in Greater Kasai.
READ MOREThe News (Pakistan), June 9, 2017
AI castigates India for use of excessive force against students in Kashmir
Sameer Ahmad, a 19-year-old class 12 student, was hit by a bullet in the head and was in critical condition in a hospital in Srinagar.
READ MOREUnited Nations Stabilization Mission in DR Congo, June 1, 2017
DRC: UN Calls for End to Violence in Kasai
The United Nations estimates that in Central Kasaï more than 35,000 children have been affected by attacks, occupations and the closure of schools due to external threats.
READ MORETheirworld, May 29, 2017
Mali primary school wrecked in first attack on French-language education
Suspected Islamic extremists have wrecked a primary school in central Mali out of hostility to Western-style education,.
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