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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.
READ MOREA 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…
READ MOREYahoo 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.
READ MOREOHCHR, 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…
READ MOREGlobal 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。
READ MOREGlobal 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…
READ MOREOpinio 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…
READ MOREEl 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.
READ MOREPolitico, 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,…
READ MOREThe 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:
READ MOREUNICEF, 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…
READ MOREGlobal Partnership for Education, December 16, 2014
Statement on the Attack on a School in Pakistan by the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education
The Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education, meeting in Washington D.C. on December 16, 2014, deplores the appalling attack on a school in Peshawar in Pakistan earlier…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, December 16, 2014
UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Strongly Condemns Horrific Peshawar School Attack
New York – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, strongly condemns the horrific attack against the Army Public School and Degree College in…
READ MOREUNESCO, December 16, 2014
Statement of the UNESCO Director-General after the attack against a school in Pakistan
Less than a week after Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, this heinous attack is a crime against the future of all children and the nation…
READ MOREForeign Policy, December 15, 2014
The Pakistani Taliban’s War on Education, by the Numbers
A bloody day has come to an end in Peshawar, Pakistan, where Taliban gunmen stormed an army-run elementary school, killing at least 145 people, almost all of them children.
READ MOREPublic Radio International, December 15, 2014
There’s an international effort to make safe schools in conflict zones
The world has been shocked by the massacre of more than 130 children at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
READ MORETeleSur, December 15, 2014
Israeli Army Raids Palestinian School, Refugee Camp
Israeli troops threw tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian students in the Burin village just north of Nablus, while killing one Palestine at a refugee camp.Israeli forces staged two violent…
READ MOREHuffington Post, December 15, 2014
Attacks on Schools Threaten Children’s Future; States Must Act
Children need to be protected, nurtured and allowed to reach their potential. We all instinctively know this because our own children are the most important part of our lives.Salam is…
READ MOREUNICEF, December 15, 2014
UNICEF Statement on deadly attacks on children in Yemen and Pakistan
NEW YORK – The massacre today of more than 100 children in an attack on a school in Pakistan, and the reported killing of at least 15 school girls in…
READ MOREBuzzFeed, December 15, 2014
More Than 1,000 Schools In Pakistan Have Been Attacked By The Taliban In The Last Five Years
The attack on a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar might be the worst in the country’s history, but human rights groups say it is part of an ongoing…
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