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Senate Introduces Resolution to End Violence Against Children Worldwide

ChildFund, Futures Without Violence, Save the Children and World Vision applaud the introduction of S.Res. 606 by Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas and Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, calling on Congress to recognize the harmful impact that violence has on...

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‘Unconscionable’ to kill aid workers, civilians: UN Emergency Coordinator

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A girl, carrying jerrycans of water, walks past a pile of debris, on a street in Aleppo,...

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Rights Group Demands Freedom for Jailed Vietnamese Environmentalist

Amnesty International is demanding Vietnam immediately and unconditionally free environmental activist Le Dinh Luong, who is scheduled to go on trial Thursday.

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UNHCR welcomes Aquarius resolution, but stresses need for more predictable approach to disembarkation

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The Aquarius ship arrives in Malta.

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