Child soldiers hand in their weapons at their release ceremony, ready to live their lives in freedom with their families in South Sudan.
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Lebanese Harshly Criticize Hezbollah For Deaths of Child Soldiers in SyriaThe Tower
April 30, 2015 This article is about a 15 year old boy that was killed while fighting in Syria. This is an example of of a specific child soldier, who lost their life while fighting, something no one should ever participate in , especially not a child. The article is talking about the negative effects of child soldiers, and includes negative views and opinions about child soldiers. For example, the article mentions a quote said by Lebanese Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, saying this situation of the 15 year old child soldier killed, reminds him of the Nazi regime, when Hitler used child soldiers in the final days. This article is bias and makes the reader take the side of child soldiers being negative, although it does not actually obviously say it. This issue is important because when people think about child soldiers, they think of a group of children walking around with guns. With this article, it gives readers more. It shows readers that there are actually real children, a real 15 year old boy, was killed while fighting. The fact that there are specific details that go along with this story will make readers more aware that this is a worldwide issue, and that there are kids suffering and losing their lives everyday. This article has an effect on all it’s readers, especially the ones with children, who can relate, or actual kids, like myself, being 15 years old and sitting in my classroom with my laptop drinking my tea, reading about a 15 year old in another country fighting in wars. |
Funeral to be held for 15 year old child soldier killed while fighting in Syria.
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Article can be found at http://www.thetower.org/1970-lebanese-harshly-criticize-hezbollah-for-deaths-of-child-soldiers-in-syria/
Child soldiers all over the world participating in heavy fighting.
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Article can be found at http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/05/14/more-than-350-child-soldiers-released-in-central-african-republic/
ISIS' child soldiers: What will happen to 'cubs of the caliphate'?
CNN News
May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015
Article can be found at http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/middleeast/isis-child-soldiers/
EX-GUANTANAMO CHILD SOLDIER FREED
Human Rights Watch
May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015
This article is about an ex-Guantanamo child soldier who was freed. This article says that Canada should rehabilitate this former child soldier, who is now 28 years old. This man’s name is Omar Khadr. When Omar Khadr was just 15 years old, the United States captured him and mistreated him for the next 13 years of his life. Khadr was taken by the Americans after being involved in a firefight, which left him with 2 bullets in his chest. He was also threatened with rape and forced into “painful stress positions”, and interrogated just 12 hours after his life-threatening injuries. In 2010, he was transferred to Canada. Khadr’s lawyer and wife have volunteered to take care of him and have him live with their family. This article is not bias, as it is just explaining a situation involving a former child soldier.
This article can be found at http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/07/canada-ex-guantanamo-child-soldier-freed