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Abusive, Discriminatory Punishment Undermines Education

More than 200,000 US public school students were punished by beatings during the 2006-2007 school year, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a joint report.

In the 13 states that corporally punished more than 1,000 students per year, African-American girls were twice as likely to be beaten as their white counterparts.

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Georgians look at the remnants of an RBK-250 cluster bomb dropped by Russian aircraft on the village of Ruisi, near South OssetiaEU: Protect Civilians in Gori District
The European Union should act to protect Georgian civilians from continued attacks by Ossetian militias and opportunistic violence, Human Rights Watch said.
  
Bird Nest © 2007 Kadir van Lohuizen /NOORChina: Hosting Olympics a Catalyst for Human Rights Abuses
Over the past year Human Rights Watch has monitored and documented extensive human rights violations directly linked to the preparation and the hosting of the Games.
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India © 2008 HRWIndia: Repeal Armed Forces Special Powers Act
"Getting Away With Murder" describes how the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, or AFSPA, has become a tool of state abuse, oppression, and discrimination.
© 2008Turkey: Support Justice in Darfur
The Turkish government should reject efforts by Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir to secure a suspension of the International Criminal Court’s investigation against him, Human Rights Watch said in a letter.
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