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Denial of childhood “biggest crime against humanity”

Denial of childhood “biggest crime against humanity”

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The denial of childhood is the “biggest crime against humanity” according to an Indian child rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Kailash Satyarthi, who campaigns against child labour, was jointly awarded the prize last year with the Pakistani teenager, Malala Yousafzai.

Daniel Dickinson met him at the United Nations in New York and asked him how life had changed since he became the Nobel Peace Laureate.

Duration: 5’38”

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UN Photo/Prashanth Vishwanathan