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Burma: The Story of a Child Soldier
World  (tags: Burma, Child Soldiers )

Ben
- 116 days ago - irrawaddy.org
16 year old Htun Htun Oo, looked relieved and happy when he learned he would be leaving the conflict zone ... He escaped from the Burmese Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 341 in Papun District in northern Karen State in July, making his way through...
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UN: Myanmar Must Free All Child Soldiers
World  (tags: child soldiers, world, children, HumanRights, war, violence, UnitedNations )


- 753 days ago - news.yahoo.com
UNITED NATIONS - Myanmar should release all its child soldiers and allow U.N. officials to verify government claims that officers have been punished for recruiting minors into the army, the U.N. chief said in a report released Friday. There are credible
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Myanmar Forcibly Recruits Children Into Army, Rights Group Says
World  (tags: children, child soldiers, war, world, violence, crime, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', freedoms )


- 776 days ago - bloomberg.com
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Myanmar's military regime is forcibly recruiting children as young as 10 into the armed forces because of a troop shortage, Human Rights Watch said in a report. Children are targeted at train and bus stations, markets and other
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Help End the Use of Child Soldiers
World  (tags: child soldiers, children, "warcrimes", HumanRights, Refugees&Relief, violence, war )

Lauren
- 840 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
an estimated 250,000 children are still serving in armed conflict in 20 countries around the world. These "child soldiers" include boys and girls, sometimes as young as six years old, serving as combatants, sex slaves, porters, and mine detectors
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ARE A WORLDWIDE SCANDAL !
World  (tags: CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN, WAR, GENOCIDE, DEATH ABUSE, SLAVERY, CHILD SOLDIERS )


- 972 days ago - hrw.org
The global scandal of violence against children is a horror story too often untold. With malice and clear intent, violence is used against the members of society least able to protect themselves--children !
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