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Middle East/North Africa: End Violent Punishment of Children
Human Rights Watch Introduces Country Index Based on Laws, Policies
(Beirut) – Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) should outlaw the violent discipline of children, Human Rights Watch said today, introducing an index categorizing countries in the…
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The MENA region has some of the highest levels of corporal punishment in the world.
Surveys have found that more than 90 percent of children suffer physical punishment at least once a month in countries like Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, while the lowest rate – 50 percent – was in Qatar.
Human Rights Watch…