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ILO report shows why social protection is crucial to tackle child labour.

The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns in the strongest terms the announcement of the commander of the Sagaing Region Police Force, Myanmar, that the police will arrest and charge eight human rights defenders whom it blames for inciting protests against the army-backed copper mine project at the Letpadaung Hills, in Monywa. The commission also condemns the latest round of needless police violence against demonstrators there.

Children continue to be recruited into the ranks of armed groups in the Central African Republic, like these new members of the Séléka alliance in Bossembélé.

Police in Bangladesh say they have taken into custody the owner of a factory complex that collapsed last Wednesday, killing at least 377 people.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara on Saturday expressed his concern over recent actions that took place in the Security Zone, affecting calm and stability in the region.

A young boy helps collect what is left of his family’s belongings from the ruins of their house in Aleppo city. A Syrian government jet dropped four bombs on the street on April 7, killing at least 17 civilians.

Tareq Al Awaychi, once a player on the Syrian national team, revives his dream of playing and coaching football.

British Prime Minister David Cameron should challenge the deteriorating human rights record of the United Arab Emirates during a state visit by the country’s president to Britain next week, a coalition of seven international human rights organizations said today. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan will begin a rare state visit to the United Kingdom on April 30, but the high-profile trip comes at a time when abuses in the Gulf state are escalating, according to rights groups.

Somali refugees rest on the coast of Yemen after their gruelling sea journey from the Horn of Africa.

Rescue workers at the site of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, outside Dhaka on April 25, 2013.