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South Korea accused of ‘mass exporting’ children in overseas adoptions newsthirst.

Tessa Wong, Hosu Lee and Jean Mackenzie BBC News News1 The commission’s chairperson Park Sun-young (left) comforted adoptee Yooree Kim (right) during an emotionally charged press conference South Korean governments committed numerous human rights violations over decades in a controversial programme that sent at least 170,000 children and babies abroad for adoption, a landmark inquiry…

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Mali to investigate claims soldiers ‘executed’ women and children newsthirst.

Mali’s military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers “coldly executed” at least 24 civilians in the north of the country on Monday. That claim was made by a separatist Tuareg rebel alliance, called Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), which is battling the Malian government in the same region. The FLA accuse Malian forces and…

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‘Staggering’ rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti newsthirst.

Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nation’s children’s organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent gangs for several years who have been treating the population with unrelenting brutality, Unicef said. Sexual violence against children has increased 1,000% since…

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