Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Children’

Deadly ride

Deadly ride

Anti-Slavery International has uncovered children as young as ten years old forced to take part in dangerous camel races in the United Arab Emirates. We were able to take photos to prove that children were involved in a total of twelve races at the Sweihan race track in Abu Dhabi on February 9, 2010.

Witches of Africa

Witches of Africa

These three children were lucky. Many children in the society who were accused of witchcraft never lived to tell their stories. They were tortured to death, bathed with acid, abandoned to die by the roadside or in the bush. Jane, Abigail, Godswill and hundreds of children in the Akwa Ibom camp carry the scars of the witch-hunting campaigns that have been going on across Nigeria and many other parts of Africa.

Little woman for little women

Little woman for little women

Alaina Podmorow, thirteen-year-old humanitarian from Canada, is interviewed by Sharmin Afsana, for the cover story in the March/April issue of IWR.

Original sin

Original sin

Church child abuse scandal in Germany: Report by Lalon Sander

Unwelcoming shores

Unwelcoming shores

Greece gives refugee status to 0.05% of asylum seekers after a first interview and recently abolished meaningful appeals… Yet, EU member states continue to return migrants, asylum seekers, and even unaccompanied children to Greece, simply pretending that everything is perfectly fine.

Lost childhood

Lost childhood

Amila Jašarević reports on children in Danish asylum centres.

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