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ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol.02, No.07 (12 FEB 2003)
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Sri Lanka: The Legacy of Child Soldiers in the LTTE
Recruitment of children by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Sri Lankan insurgency group that has been fighting for the dignity of the minority Tamilian population in Sri Lanka, is a we...
Tibet: Illiteracy Rate Expected to Drop Among Tibetan Children
52 years ago when Tibet became an autonomous region under the People's Republic of China, 97 percent of the children were illiterate and the minority that did attend schools were children of rich fami...
Pakistan: Juvenile Offenders and Adult Trials
Pakistan passed the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance in 2000. The ordinance directed the government to set up special juvenile courts for under-age offenders and establish independent trials for juve...
Burma: Religious Freedom in Chin State
90 percent of the population in Chin state in Burma are Christians. Since 1998, this region has seen a regular "abduction" of children between the ages of 8-17 by Buddhist monks. Most of the children ...
UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 1460 on Children in Armed Conflict [07 FEB 2003]
Following its open debate held on 14 January 2003 on the Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict, the Security Council today unanimously adopted resolution 1460 (2003). In it, the Se...
News Briefs
SRI LANKA: YOUNG BOYS GET MARRIED TO AVOID LTTE RECRUITMENTS [FEBRUARY 07, 2003]
Children as young as 15 years old get married in order to avoid being forced to become combatants by the Liberation Ti...
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