Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement.
a newsletter on child soldiers
from Radda Barnen - Swedish Save the Children.
January 11th 1999 - Amnesty International cites child atrocities, seeks minimum age for soldiers.
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| It's happening in countries even today! Children, some as young as 8 and 9 being recruited to fight in a war they've been involved in since their birth... once recruited these children are subjected to brutal treatments by their own colleagues to "prepare" them for the horrors they will have to face in the coming years... if they live that long. Some of the details of what happens to these children is enough to make you sick... there IS something we can do about it... please read on and visit the various organisations working to stop child recruitment. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The International Save the Children Alliance and Children in Armed Conflict and Displacement. |
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a newsletter on child soldiers from Radda Barnen - Swedish Save the Children. |
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| January 10th 1999 - Amnesty International presses for 18 minimum age for soldiers. January 11th 1999 - Amnesty International cites child atrocities, seeks minimum age for soldiers. |
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