Military Still Using Child Soldiers
On February - 10 - 2011
AFRICA–Boys as young as 13 are still being used as soldiers by the Chadian national army and armed groups on the border with Sudan, Amnesty International said in a report. “It is tragic that thousands of children are denied their childhood and are manipulated by adults into fighting their wars,” the 55-page report quoted Erwin van der Borght, the rights group’s Africa director, as saying.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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