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New York Times, March 24, 2012
Wielding Fire, Islamists Target Nigeria Schools
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The teenager in the immaculate white robe stood in the ruins of what had been his school. There were no classrooms, no desks or chairs, no intact…
READ MOREBangkok Post, March 16, 2012
School girls killed, hurt by Pattani bomb
One school girl was killed and four others injured, two in critical condition, in a roadside bomb explosion in Pattani’s Yarang district on Saturday, said Pol Col Tuande Chutanant, chief…
READ MORERural21 Vol. 46 Nr. 1/2012, March 7, 2012
Protecting schools, teachers, and students from attack
In many conflicts around the world, schools are not just caught in the crossfire, they are intentionally targeted for attack. Armed groups have threatened and killed students and teachers, and…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, March 7, 2012
Nigeria: Boko Haram Targeting Schools
(Nairobi) – The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has set more than a dozen schools on fire in northern Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said today
READ MOREFront Line Defenders, February 29, 2012
Thailand: Assault and threats against human rights defender Professor Worajet Pakeerat
On 29 February 2012 human rights defender Professor Worajet Pakeerat was assaulted by two men at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law at Tha Prachan Campus in Bangkok, where he is…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, February 21, 2012
Somalia: Warring Parties Put Children at Grave Risk
(London) – Somalia’s warring parties have all failed to protect Somali children from the fighting or serving in their forces, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, February 9, 2012
Press Statement: SRSG Coomaraswamy calls on Syria to immediately halt all violations against children
New York, 9 February 2012 – Following another violent day in Syria, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy reiterated her call to the…
READ MOREMinnPost, February 9, 2012
Targeting Teachers: The ‘dirty war’ against Colombia’s unions
COTORRA, Colombia — It was a savage, mafia-style hit. Alejandro Peñata, a Colombian teacher and union activist, was strangled with a length of barbed wire that was still coiled around…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, February 3, 2012
Syria: Stop Torture of Children
(New York) – Syrian army and security officers have detained and tortured children with impunity during the past year, Human Rights Watch said today… Human Rights Watch has also documented…
READ MORERelief Web, February 3, 2012
Sudan Army Targets School in Latest Attack on Civilians
On February 1, Sudan Armed Forces, or SAF, bombed a school in the village of Heiban in South Kordofan on the first day of classes. Eyewitnesses report that eight bombs…
READ MOREThe Express Tribune with the International Herald Tribune, February 3, 2012
Militants destroy girls school in DI Khan
PESHAWAR: A powerful bomb blast left a girls school in ruins on Dera-Sherani road in the Dera Ismail Khan area, officials said late Thursday night. The incident took place around…
READ MOREInter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies , January 31, 2012
We Told the Children Not to Enter
“We told the children not to enter the building because the soldiers had weapons everywhere,” an official explained as he pointed to the corner of a government office where the…
READ MORENew Zealand Herald (Associated Press), January 27, 2012
Nigeria sect leader threatens school bombings
The leader of a radical Islamist sect launching increasingly bloody attacks in Nigeria has rejected offers for a negotiated peace, instead promising to kidnap government officials’ family members and bomb…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, December 1, 2011
Philippines: Soldiers on the School Grounds
(New York) – The Philippine armed forces should end its unlawful use of schools for military purposes, Human Rights Watch said today.During a recent eight-day investigation in the Cordillera Autonomous…
READ MOREOffice of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN, November 20, 2011
Yemen Humanitarian Emergency Situation Report No. 11
More than 50 schools continue to be occupied by armed groups in Yemen, while about 80 are closed due to security concerns. In Sa’ada, agencies reported that most children are…
READ MOREThe Jerusalem Post, October 31, 2011
School cancelled in southern cities due to rocket attacks
Classes cancelled in Ashdod, Beersheba, Gan Yavne; 4 projectiles fired in total in latest attack; Iron Dome system intercepts Grad over Beersheba; none hurt, no damage reported; US ambassador condemns…
READ MOREBangkok Post, October 26, 2011
Ten bombs shatter Yala, killing two
More than 10 bombs rocked the heart of Yala town yesterday evening, killing at least two people and wounding more than 40 others.
READ MORETempo, October 23, 2011
Blast rocks school in Zambo
Manila, Philippines – A loud explosion ripped through an elementary school in a Zamboanga del Sur town on Friday in what local security officials believed to be part of the…
READ MOREGMA News Online, October 23, 2011
8 killed, 11 hurt in fresh attacks blamed on MILF
Eight people, four of them civilians, were killed Sunday in two separate attacks believed to be perpetrated by secessionist Moro rebels in southern Philippines, a military official said.
READ MOREYemen National Newspaper, October 22, 2011
Sana’a University: Another Arena for Political Revenge
Education in any part of the globe is the key corner of its nation progress. In third world countries like Yemen where education is not a main priority, it has…
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