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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 02:00
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Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
278 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A year after establishing a specialised unit to combat domestic violence and child abuse, Swaziland is claiming to have reduced crimes against children by a third. At the launch of the first annual report by the Royal Swaziland Police Force's Domestic Violence and Child Protection Unit, Leckinah Magagula, head of the unit, told IRIN: "Last year, we recorded three abuse offences committed against children every day.

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Human Security [4]
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Country: 
Swaziland [6]

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