The Problem With #Child #Soldiers in #Burma - The Burmese regime may have the largest number of child soldiers in the world—with thousands swept up in massive recruitment drives, according to Human Rights Watch. Some are as young as 10, Human Rights Watch says, their enlistment papers routinely falsified to indicate their ages as 18 or older. ...They go to marketplaces, train stations, public places, and basically threaten and coerce children, saying, ‘If you don’t join the army, you’re going to go to jail. ( Jo Becker, Human Rights Watch ). The United Nations Secretary General has cited Burma six times since 2002 in reports to the Security Council as among the world’s worst perpetrators of child recruitment. Some armed ethnic groups fighting against the junta also recruit children, experts said. rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/children-10032008123736.html
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:42:56 +0000
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