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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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。

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Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, December 16, 2014
New International Guidelines Address an Insidious Gap in Protecting Education during War

Government armed forces and non-state armed groups should refrain from using education facilities for military purposes in accordance with the new Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use…

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Opinio Juris, December 16, 2014
Guest Post: Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use

At an event at the United Nations in Geneva this morning, the ambassadors of Norway and Argentina unveiled a set of six new “Guidelines” aimed at better protecting schools and…

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El Pais, December 16, 2014
Son colegios, no trincheras

Rifles de combate entre pupitres, municiones al lado de murales de Bob Esponja, alambres y trincheras excavadas en patios de colegios.

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Politico, December 16, 2014
Obama condemns Taliban attack on Pakistani school

President Barack Obama has condemned a Taliban attack on a Pakistani school that killed at least 126 people, mostly children and teenagers.“By targeting students and teachers in this heinous attack,…

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The Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown, December 16, 2014
Statement by Gordon Brown on Pakistan school attack

Speaking from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he is visiting schools and meeting children, Gordon Brown said:

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UNICEF, December 16, 2014
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on killing of children in Peshawar, Pakistan

NEW YORK, 16 December 2014. The horrific, callous killing of more than one hundred children today in Peshawar, Pakistan must do more than shock the conscience of the world – as…

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