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Human rights abuses and violations: Children, people with disabilities and LGBT+ community ‘vulnerable’

Monday 10 October 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, In Depth

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Human rights abuses and violations: Children, people with disabilities and LGBT+ community ‘vulnerable’
Punanga Tauturu (PTI ) coordinator Rebeka Buchanan.

According to the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) children continue to be subject to high levels of abuse, there is still a stigma around people with disabilities and the government is complicit in allowing religious leaders to persist with homophobic attitudes in the Cook Islands.

According to the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) children continue to be subject to high levels of abuse, there is still a stigma around people with disabilities and the government is complicit in allowing religious leaders to persist with homophobic attitudes in the Cook Islands.


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