Child soldiers still recruited in Myanmar: group
- Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 08.33
- Online news: Asia
Child soldiers are still being recruited in Myanmar despite the nation's recent political reforms, an advocacy group said Wednesday, as it urged better monitoring of the powerful military.
Young rebel Karen soldiers train on March 17, 1988 at Manerplaw, the ethnic group's headquarters in Burma near the Thai border. Child soldiers are still being recruited in Myanmar despite the nation's recent political reforms, an advocacy group said Wednesday, as it urged better monitoring of the powerful military.
Myanmar's government agreed in June to a plan with the United Nations to end the use of child soldiers, one of the persistent human rights violations that has brought international criticism of the nation formerly known as Burma.
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