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"You Pray for Death": Trafficking of women and girls in Nigeria
This report discusses the human rights abuses suffered by Nigerian women and girls who are trafficked for sexual and labor exploitation within and outside Nigeria. It also records the experiences of foreign women who are trafficked into Nigeria, mostly fo
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Subject to Whim: The treatment of unaccompanied migrant children in the French Hautes-Alps
This report tells the tale of unaccompanied migrant children who venture into the French Hautes-Alps in search of refuge. It talks about the challenges these children face during their journey, including the legal and technical barriers they encounter onc
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"They Didn't Know if I Was Alive or Dead": Military detention of children for suspected Boko Haram involvement in northeast Nigeria
The Nigerian military has been found to arbitrarily detain thousands of children for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram. Many children are held without charge for months or years and often with little or no evidence of involvem
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"We Can't Help You Here": US returns of Asylum Seekers to Mexico
The present report by Human Rights Watch provides findings from in-depth interviews with asylum-seekers, government officials, local activists, and attorneys on the "Migrant Protection Protocols" Program in the United States and Mexico. Of the 15 079 asyl
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Marry Before Your House is Swept Away: Child marriage in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has the world’s fourth-highest rate of child marriage. According to UNICEF, 29% of girls during the period of 2005-2013 married before the age of 15 and 65 percent married before the age of 18. This report by Human Rights Watch attempts to prov
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Tobacco's Hidden Children: Hazardous child labor in United States tobacco farming
This publication by Human Rights Watch explores the plight of hazardous child labour conditions in United States tobacco farming, in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Human Rights Watch interviewed 141 child tobacco workers, aged 7 to 17,
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No Way Out: Child marriage and human rights abuses in Tanzania
Tanzania’s Marriage Act of 1971 sets the minimum age at 18 for boys and 15 for girls with parental consent. It also allows boys and girls to marriage at age 14 with a court’s approval. Human Rights Watch analyzed the child protection measures available in
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Abandoned by the State: Violence, neglect, and isolation for children with disabilities in Russian orphanages
This study, by Human Rights Watch, finds that children with disabilities may be overrepresented in institutional care centers in Russia. In addition, these children report instances of abuse, maltreatment, poor nutrition, poor medical care, and other coun
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"Where Do You Want Us to Go?": Abuses against street children in Uganda
Uganda has one of the largest populations of young people in the world: over 56% of its population of 37 million people are under the age of 18, over 52% are under the age of 15. The number of children living on the streets but the total number of street
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"Maybe We Live and Maybe We Die" Recruitment and use of children by armed groups in Syria
This report covers the use of children in armed conflict in Syria. Human Rights Watch first documented the practice of recruiting and using children under 18 in combat in November 2012. Human Rights Watch raises concern about different armed factions and
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Two Years With No Moon: Immigration detention of children in Thailand
In this report, Human Rights Watch examines the conditions and lives of migrant and refugee children detained for extended periods of time in squalid detention facilities in Thailand. These conditions and the arbitrary treatment of these children are foun
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Human Rights Watch World Report. Events of 2011
Human Rights Watch’s annual review of human rights practices around the globe, summarizes major rights issues in more than 90 countries, reflecting the extensive investigative work carried out in 2011 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partners