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Yahoo News, February 2, 2015

Pakistani teachers arming selves in wake of school massacre

When Pakistani Taliban militants stormed a Peshawar school and massacred 150 children and teachers, nobody could fight back.

The Nation , January 26, 2015

Christian boys’ school stormed by Charlie Hebdo protestors in Bannu

Hundreds of Pakistani students protesting against a French magazine for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad stormed a Christian boys’ school demanding it close, officials and police said Tuesday.

The Guardian , January 20, 2015

#OccupyPlayGround: police used teargas on our children, but for now we celebrate the win

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi joined pupils at a Nairobi primary school who defied riot police firing teargas to reclaim their sports field.

Save the Children, January 20, 2015

Save the Children decries Use of Teargas on Children at Langata Road

Save the Children condemns the use of tear gas and excessive force on children who were peacefully demonstrating against the alleged grabbing of their playground.

Andalou Agency, January 15, 2015

Peshawar children haunted by Pakistan school tragedy

Huffington Post UK, January 13, 2015

Pakistan Schoolboy Posts Heartbreaking Before-And-After Pictures From Taliban Peshawar Attack

A boy from the school where nearly 150 children were murdered by the Pakistani Taliban has posted two moving images showing his absent classmates who were killed in the attack.

LA Times, January 13, 2015

In Pakistan, children attend school in shadow of fear after attack

Khaula Syed Ali remembers tucking her 8-year-old son’s white school uniform shirt into his beige shorts and combing his hair. But the boy was pleading. “Mama, please don’t send me…

Dawn, January 12, 2015

Govt allows teachers, staff to carry arms into schools

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday decided to allow employees of all educational institutions, including teachers, to carry licensed arms on the premises to respond fittingly in case of a…

The Indian Express , January 12, 2015

Blood cleaned, walls raised, Peshawar school waits for Monday

On December 19, media offices in Peshawar received a one-line press release: “We washed the entire building of Army Public School and cleaned it — Bilal Faizi, Rescue 1122.” Nearly…

Human Rights Watch, January 9, 2015

Dispatches: Top 10 Conflicts Where Students Need Protection in 2015

The year 2014 ended with the starkest of reminders of the deadly dangers some students in the world face just trying to attend school. On December 16, 132 school children…

Naharnet Newsdesk, January 5, 2015

School Attacks Killed 160 Syrian Children Says U.N.

At least 160 children died in attacks on schools in war-ravaged Syria last year and the education of 1.6 million has been cut short by the fighting, the U.N. said…

International Political Forum, December 23, 2014

The Day The Militias Arrived At Their Schools

Between 2005 and 2012, armed groups have used education institutions for their own purposes in at least 24 countries in conflict, according to Human Rights Watch. Last week at the…

The Guardian , December 22, 2014

The Taliban’s ‘alarmingly efficient’ war on education

The attack in Peshawar that killed more than 100 children last week was just one of hundreds of Taliban attacks against schools, says a new report. And the violence is…

UNICEF, December 19, 2014

Conflict in Ukraine leaves almost 150 schools closed: UNICEF

Conflict in Ukraine has left 147 schools closed in parts of Donetsk Oblast where fighting is ongoing, and disrupted the education of some 50,000 children since September 1.

Sunday Morning Herald, December 19, 2014

Peshawar attack ends a bad year for school children across the World

The horrifying slaughter of students in the Pakistani city of Peshawar caps a terrible year of violence against school kids.

BBC, December 17, 2014

How many attacks on schools around the world?

The murderous attack on a school in Peshawar has appalled people around the world, but perhaps even more dreadful is that this is far from an isolated incident.

A World At School, December 17, 2014

Pakistan in mourning for 132 children killed in Peshawar school massacre

Pakistan was a country deep in shock today. Candles were lit and vigils held. And parents buried their children in mass funerals.In a country almost numbed to daily violence and…

Yahoo News, December 17, 2014

Yahoo News Special Report: #PeshawarAttack

In Peshawar, Pakistan, armed members of the Taliban attacked a school, killing over 140 people, mostly children.

OHCHR, December 16, 2014

“Students must never be targets of violence” – UN expert on the right to education

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, deplores and condemns in the strongest terms the acts of terror that claimed an immense number of innocent…

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, December 16, 2014

紛争時の教育を守るための新しい国際ガイドライン　これまでの欺瞞に取り組む

各国政府軍および非政府系武装組織は、本日国連(ジュネーブ)で公開された「学校の軍事目的使用に関するガイドライン」に従い、教育機関の軍事利用を自粛すべきだ、と教育を攻撃から守る世界連合(以下GCPEA)は述べた。