child abuse
A 3-year-old girl can be an agent for change
Opinion
March 28, 2013
A 3-year-old girl can be an agent for change
This is a copy of an email received by the Manadeel Waraq campaign for the defense of street children:
Police arrest 245 accused of hiring child workers
Egypt
March 6, 2013
Police arrest 245 accused of hiring child workers
Security authorities have arrested 245 people across the country so far during a month-long crackdown on citizens illegally employing child…
For Egypt’s jailed children, an ongoing plight
Egypt
February 10, 2013
For Egypt’s jailed children, an ongoing plight
Police arrested yet another group of minors Friday, as protests and street clashes again swept across Cairo and its surrounding…
70-year-old accused of raping child in New Cairo
Egypt
January 21, 2013
70-year-old accused of raping child in New Cairo
A six-year-old girl has accused a 70-year-old man of raping her in his apartment in New Cairo. Prosecutors say the…
Disabled Jordan children beaten, ‘held in cages,’ probe says
World
May 29, 2012
Disabled Jordan children beaten, ‘held in cages,’ probe says
Disabled children in Jordan were believed to have been beaten and even held in cages, a government-commissioned investigator said on…
New campaign to protect street children launches 3-pronged strategy
Egypt
April 21, 2012
New campaign to protect street children launches 3-pronged strategy
The Egyptian authorities must protect children at risk of violence and abuse while in state custody, activists said during the…
Egyptian suspected of child abuse in the US may face indefinite detention
Egypt
October 4, 2010
Egyptian suspected of child abuse in the US may face indefinite detention
Egyptian Osama Hosni Zaghloul has yet to be officially charged after a two-year detention period at Hudson prison in the…
Math teacher breaks student’s arm
Egypt
February 23, 2010
Math teacher breaks student’s arm
Following remarks by recently-appointed Education Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr in defense of the use of corporal punishment in schools, a…
Child abuse, murders and rape in Egypt
Egypt
November 25, 2009
Child abuse, murders and rape in Egypt
A report by the Sons of the Land Human Rights Foundation documented different types of child abuse in Egypt, in…