How Lyhanna’s murder case is shedding light on child abuse in France
The rape and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna exposed years of alleged police and judicial failures in France.

The rape and murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna exposed years of alleged police and judicial failures in France.

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New tools and community-led care can save lives, but only if governments sustain the global HIV response.

Israel has rejected a UN Commission report that says its army deliberately targets Palestinian children.
UK government and Christian churches oversaw system that separated 185,000 babies from their mothers from 1949 to 1976.
Nation’s highest court strikes down executive order that would have restricted right established in US Constitution.
Israeli rights group B’Tselem has condemned the ‘unprecedented killing of Palestinian children and teenagers”
Suffering of Gaza’s children continues unabated due to Israeli attacks despite ‘ceasefire’ reached in October 2025.
Canberra says tech platforms are still letting too many children bypass its under-16 social media ban.
Israeli drones struck tents in al-Mawasi, killing two Palestinians and wounding several others.
A Delhi family is trapped between a stalled legal system, fraught family ties, and the struggle to protect their child.
A new UN report documents killings, detentions and lasting psychological harm to Palestinian children.