International outrage mounts over Israeli minister’s video of detained activists

Footage shared by Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Ben-Gvir, which shows activists from a Gaza-bound aid convoy bound by their hands and forced to press their foreheads to the ground by armed Israeli guards, has triggered an international diplomatic firestorm.

China slams US for prisoner abuse at 'black sites' - China.org.cn

China on Friday lashed out at the United States for prisoner abuse at "black sites," calling its "enhanced interrogation techniques" brutal and horrifying.

Pope Francis expresses ‘shame’ over French Church sex abuse scandal • FRANCE 24

 

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Libya ‘cruelty’ drives migrants to risk lives

Migrants in Libya face "cruelty" and abuse, driving many people to risk their lives in dangerous Mediterranean crossings aimed at reaching sanctuary in Europe, Amnesty International said on Monday.

Thousands of Syrian children fleeing country alone, UN agency warns.

20 September 2013 –
 More than 4,000 Syrian children have crossed borders into neighbouring countries without parents or adult relatives, the United Nations children’s agency said today, warning that without the protection of guardians, they remain extraordinarily vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson Marixie Mercado told journalists in Geneva that many of the children “were working to provide income back to families, and were desperate to get back to school.”
Of the 4,150 Syrian children identified and registered, at least 1,698 are in Lebanon where in theBeka’a Valley area, many are swept up and used for agricultural child labour.