Tag: Children’s rights

Ecuador: Judge Suspends Hearing For 16 Soldiers Involved in Disappearance of Minors
Prosecutors aim to prove that the soldiers murdered Josue and Ismael Arroyo, Nehemias Arboleda, and Steven Medina. On Thursday, Judge Dennis Ugarte suspended the preliminary hearing against 16 members of the Ecuadorian Air Force accused of the forced disappearance and murder of four minors in Las Malvinas, Guayaquil in December 2024. RELATED: Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples […]
July 10, 2025

Four Venezuelan Children Were Taken From Deported Mothers: Cabello
This new case of abduction brings the number of Venezuelan minors being illegally held in U.S. territory to 18. On Wednesday, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello denounced that U.S. authorities took four children away from their mothers before the women were deported to Venezuela. RELATED: Salvadoran Cardinal Demands End to Emergency Rule, Transparency on Detained Venezuelan […]
July 10, 2025

ALBA-TCP Demands UN Commissioner’s Office Address the Kidnapping of Venezuelan Minors
While families suffer the heartbreaking pain of forced separation, Volker Türks remains silent on cruel practices. On Wednesday, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) issued a statement demanding that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights fulfill its institutional responsibility. RELATED: Federal Judges […]
July 2, 2025

Norway Urges Tech Giants to Strengthen Online Protection for Children
Ministers Karianne Tung and Lene Vagslid met with representatives from Google, Meta, TikTok, and Snapchat. On Thursday, Norwegian ministers met with representatives from major technology companies, urging them to take greater responsibility in protecting children and young people from harmful content on digital platforms. RELATED: Greece Introduces Measures to Safeguard Minors Online The meeting, held […]
June 27, 2025

UNICEF Expresses Concern Over Ecuador’s Law Increasing Penalties for Underage Offenders
Tougher penalties have not proven effective in combating insecurity and will worsen the prison system’s conditions. On Tuesday, Ecuador’s National Assembly approved the Public Integrity Law, which includes measures to toughen penalties for minors. The law, promoted by President Daniel Noboa, passed with 84 votes in favor, 62 against and two abstentions. RELATED: Pachakutik Rejects […]
June 25, 2025

Venezuela Reunites Children Deported From the U.S. With Their Parents
‘If they’re going to deport us, they should deport us all together,’ said Yasmely, a 9-year-old girl. On Friday, the 30th flight funded by the Return to the Homeland Plan arrived in Venezuela carrying 192 citizens deported from the United States. Among them were Josue, 10, and Yasmely, 9, who endured the trauma of being […]
June 6, 2025

U.S. Homeland Security Kidnapped a Two-Year-Old Girl, Venezuela Denounces
Maikelys Espinoza was separated from her mother as she was boarding a repatriation flight to Venezuela. On Monday, the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry denounced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) perpetrated a new violation of the human rights of Venezuelan migrants by separating a 24-month-old girl from her parents. RELATED: IMF Wages Economic […]
April 28, 2025

Nearly 3,500 Children Have Died in the Mediterranean Since 2015: UNICEF
Most children attempting to cross the sea are fleeing war, conflict, violence, and poverty. On Tuesday, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released data showing that nearly 3,500 girls, boys, and adolescents have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean migration route to Italy over the past decade. RELATED: […]
April 15, 2025

U.S. Judges’ Dismissals Slow Down Processing of Immigration Cases
There are more than 3.7 million pending cases, 1.7 million of which are formal asylum applications. The bottleneck in U.S. immigration courts, with more than 3.7 million pending cases, is worsening for migrants seeking to avoid deportation following the dismissal of judges as part of the official cuts implemented by President Donald Trump. RELATED: Venezuela […]
February 21, 2025

Venezuela Welcomes Returning Migrants
Once in their homeland, 400,000 children have a safe space to learn and grow, President Maduro pointed out. On Tuesday, President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuelan public schools had received approximately 400,000 returning migrant children over the past four months. RELATED: President Nicolás Maduro Announces New Formation of the Federal Governing Council and Increased Resources […]