Kyrgyzstan News.Net
Thursday 7th May, 2009
The human rights group, Watchlist, has urged the UN Security Council to take action to protect thousands of children in Myanmar.
Watchlist has claimed children are abducted, raped and recruited as soldiers by both the government armed forces and ethnic minority militia groups.
Watchlist has said tens of thousands of children in Myanmar are recruited each year, some directly from schools.
A report from Watchist has charged that the UN Security Council has remained largely silent on the issue of child abuse in Myanmar, despite evidence from both UN sources and local human rights organizations.
Watchlist and other rights groups are calling on the Security Council to do more to protect the children of Myanmar and to hold the perpetrators of crimes against them accountable.
The recruitment of child soldiers is supposedly illegal under Myanmar law, with officials denying there are any child soldiers in the ranks.
Source: http://www.kyrgyzstannews.net/story/498711
Thursday 7th May, 2009
The human rights group, Watchlist, has urged the UN Security Council to take action to protect thousands of children in Myanmar.
Watchlist has claimed children are abducted, raped and recruited as soldiers by both the government armed forces and ethnic minority militia groups.
Watchlist has said tens of thousands of children in Myanmar are recruited each year, some directly from schools.
A report from Watchist has charged that the UN Security Council has remained largely silent on the issue of child abuse in Myanmar, despite evidence from both UN sources and local human rights organizations.
Watchlist and other rights groups are calling on the Security Council to do more to protect the children of Myanmar and to hold the perpetrators of crimes against them accountable.
The recruitment of child soldiers is supposedly illegal under Myanmar law, with officials denying there are any child soldiers in the ranks.
Source: http://www.kyrgyzstannews.net/story/498711
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