Burma buying, stealing children to work in its Military
A report by Human Rights Watch is accusing the Military Government in Burma of forcing children as young as ten to enlist into its military.
From the International Herald Tribune:
According to a report that was to be released Wednesday, the military, struggling to meet recruiting quotas, is buying, kidnapping and terrorizing boys as young as 10 to join its ranks.
The report by Human Rights Watch, the New York-based rights group, says military recruiters and civilian brokers scour train stations, bus stations, markets and other public places for boys and coerce them to volunteer. Some may simply disappear without their families’ knowledge and spend years on the front lines of a brutal war against ethnic insurgencies.