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HRW, May 26, 2015
Greece Can Convert Bunkers Back to Math Classes
This is the math class, and now this is not a class, this is a bunker of the army,” exclaims a young South Asian girl surveying a school classroom. In…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch , May 21, 2015
Dispatches: Where is Asia on Safe Schools?
Next week, Norway will host an international summit focused on guaranteeing safe schools for children who live in countries affected by armed conflict.
READ MOREThe Irish Times, May 21, 2015
State urged to sign up to Safe Schools Declaration
The State is being urged to sign up to a global declaration on “safe schools” aimed at giving places of learning special protection from military use under international law.
READ MOREReuters, May 20, 2015
Teacher killed, 23 students wounded in mortar attack in Damascus – state media
A Syrian teacher was killed and 23 students were wounded when a mortar shell hit their school on Wednesday in the heart of Damascus, Syrian state media said.
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release , May 12, 2015
Respect Civilian Nature of Schools and Universities
States should act to deter the military use of schools and universities, said the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) in a study released today. The use of…
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release , May 12, 2015
Il faut respecter le caractère civil des écoles et des universités
(Genève, le 12 mai 2015) – Les États devraient agir pour empêcher l’utilisation militaire des écoles et des universités, a déclaré la Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA)…
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release , May 12, 2015
Respetar el carácter civil de las escuelas y universidades
Enlace para ver video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE8_ie8IvuM(Ginebra, 12 de mayo de 2015) — Los Estados deberían actuar para disuadir el uso militar de escuelas y universidades, señaló la Coalición Global para Proteger…
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release , May 12, 2015
يجب احترام الطبيعة المدنية للمدارس والجامعات
للاطلاع على الفيديو: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDvPyH6S7Kwصدرت اليوم إن على الدول أن تعمل على ردع الاستعمال العسكري للمدارس والجامعات. إن استخدام المدارس والجامعات في أغراض عسكرية أثناء النزاعات من قبل القوات المسلحة والجماعات…
READ MORECNN, May 8, 2015
12 seriously hurt in attack on northeast Nigeria school
By Aminu Abubakar, CNNKano, Nigeria (CNN) A gunman wearing a suicide bomb vest attacked a school in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state Friday morning, leaving 12 people seriously injured and the attacker…
READ MOREPakistan Today, May 6, 2015
Two killed, 10 injured in Kurram school attack
Two people died while 10 others were injured when unidentified gunmen hurled hand grenades and fired shots at people watching a football match in Alizai School in Kurram Agency on…
READ MOREA World at School , May 5, 2015
Barrel bombing of Syrian schools condemned by human rights groups
A barrel bomb is packed with explosives, fuel and metal fragments and is dropped out of the sky from a plane or helicopter. When it hits, it causes devastation to…
READ MOREThe Guardian , April 30, 2015
Targets for terror: the shocking data on school and university attacks
The horrors of the Peshawar school killings made headlines but, as the graphs below show, from Iraq to India children and teachers live under threat
READ MOREReuters, April 30, 2015
Ten jailed in Pakistan for involvement in attack on Malala
A Pakistani court jailed 10 men for 25 years each on Thursday for involvement in the 2012 shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, targeted for her campaign against Taliban efforts…
READ MOREIndianapolis Star, April 29, 2015
Protect scholars in fight against terrorism
Just two weeks after Al-Shabab’s horrific attack at Garissa University in Northeast Kenya, which left an entire university community destroyed, the Somalian based terrorist group continues its bloody assault.
READ MOREDawn, April 29, 2015
KU professor shot dead in Karachi
Assailants on Wednesday shot dead an assistant professor of the University of Karachi (KU) in Federal B area.
READ MOREA World at School, April 28, 2015
Israel blamed for deadly attacks on Gaza schools in UN report
Images of bodies being pulled from the rubble of bombed schools in Gaza caused outrage last summer – and led to calls to end the militarisation of schools in Palestine…
READ MOREEuropean University Association, April 23, 2015
Universities unite in one-minute silence against violence
The European University Association (EUA) has called on all European universities to unite in solidarity for the victims of Garissa University College in Kenya and all those affected by other…
READ MORENewsweek, April 22, 2015
The Mysterious Murder of a Pakistani Professor
Suddenly, I felt something wrong had happened to my beloved shaheed mentor.” Dr Amna Afreen was squeezed into the back seat of a Toyota Probox station-wagon, travelling at speed down…
READ MOREOutlook India , April 21, 2015
Nearly 11,000 Guards Trained For Safety of Schools in Peshawar
Police in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has trained nearly 11,000 security guards this year for the protection of educational institutes in the aftermath of the 2014 Taliban attack on a…
READ MOREAl-Fanar Media, April 17, 2015
Yemen’s Students Idle as Air Attacks Continue
Students have been shut out of Yemen’s classrooms since the Saudi-led air attacks started on March 26. Those attacks have also killed hundreds of schoolchildren and damaged schools and universities.
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