Saleh Partaonan Daulay

Legislator: Growing instances of sexual violence against children alarming

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Sexual violence against children in Indonesia has reached an alarming level and created an emergency situation that needs immediate handling and action, a legislator has said.The Chairman of Commission VIII on Religion and Social Affairs at the House of Representatives (DPR) Saleh Pertaonan Daulay said on Thursday that regulations on sexual violence need to be revised...

Ban Ki-moon

Conflict 'devastating' for children in South Sudan

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEW YORK -- The conflict in South Sudan has seriously hampered the protection of children, increasing their vulnerability dramatically, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said a new report published here Tuesday.The first report of the secretary-general on children and armed conflict in South Sudan documents grave violations of children's rights committed since the African nation seceded from Sudan in...