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Category: human rights

The Stone-Throwing Children

8 January, 2010 (14:27) | News from Istanbul, human rights, istanbul | No comments

This story comes from Today’s Zaman, printed on 03 January 2010, Sunday. It illustrates a situation that many tourists are not aware of – the internal problems of Turkey. I published this story on the Imagine Istanbul website because it deals with the Human Rights of the Child in Turkey.  For every action  [...]

20th Anniversary of the Rights of the Child

22 November, 2009 (21:50) | human rights | No comments

It’s the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Just how well is the world doing in regard the rights of children?  I started this website because of a little boy I found shining shoes on the streets of Istanbul.  I was moved by his difficult life and by [...]

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