Ninety-one persons under the age of 18 were released on Friday from Burma’s armed forces, but an analysts says the military’s recruitment policy is largely unchanged.

Ninety-one persons under the age of 18 were released on Friday from Burma’s armed forces, but an analysts says the military’s recruitment policy is largely unchanged.
According to villagers in Shan State’s Namhsan township, The Ta’ang (Palaung) National Liberation Army (TNLA) are forcefully recruiting people into their ranks and are executing those who refuse.
Children who escape from the Burmese army continue to be detained and treated as adult deserters; and accountability measures have so far failed to deter ongoing underage recruitment despite the…
Feb 4, 2010 (DVB), Seven villagers in central Burma remain in captivity after being abducted by the Burmese troops in December last year, while a neighbour claimed they had been…
June 8, 2009 (DVB), Following a series of offensives over the weekend by government troops against the Karen National Union, over 3000 Karen villagers, many of whom are women and…
June 5, 2009 (DVB), Around 700 villagers from Burma's eastern Karen state have fled to the Thai border to avoid forced recruitment into the Burmese army following rumours of an…