Military to take action against trigger-happy soldier
Soldier shot at vehicle killing one passenger when driver failed to stop immediately at a checkpoint in Shan State.
Soldier shot at vehicle killing one passenger when driver failed to stop immediately at a checkpoint in Shan State.
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Private Kaung Bo Bo of the 567th Infantry Battalion was found guilty by Muse District Court on two charges for the rape and kidnapping of a 14-year-old Kachin girl.
Feb 12, 2010 (DVB)-The International Labour Organisation will begin circulating leaflets on forced labour and child solider recruitment across Burma, but not before it is passed through the regime’s notorious[…]
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Release by Burmese army of child soldier after international press coverage is a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise totalitarian media society
Jan 7, 2010 (DVB), The International Labour Organisation is looking to change its approach to dealing with issues of child soldiers and forced labour in Burma, with a top-level ILO[…]
Sept 23, 2009 (DVB), The family of two underage children forcibly recruited into the Burmese army last year have filed a complaint to a UN body after both were punished[…]
Aug 5, 2009 (DVB), A United Nations team will visit Burma to pressure the ruling junta and armed ethnic groups to end use of child soldiers, as concern remains about[…]
June 24, 2009 (DVB), Two 14-year-old boys in Rangoon who were abducted into the army but then disqualified on fitness grounds have been forcibly sent to other military camps around[…]
June 9, 2009 (DVB), Teenagers are being kidnapped and sold to the Burmese army for as little as $US20, while those caught trying to escape are often shot or poisoned,[…]
June 4, 2009 (DVB), A teenager who went missing after being arrested last year in Burma's central Bago division has been recruited by the army, his family said. Tin Myo[…]
June 3, 2009 (DVB), The Burmese army has reportedly handed eight child soldiers back to their families in a ceremony in Rangoon attended by international monitoring bodies such as UNICEF[…]
Apr 27, 2009 (DVB), Two of Burma's main armed ethnic groups have said that accusations in a United Nations report that they continue to recruit child soldiers are wrong and[…]
Apr 24, 2009 (DVB), The ongoing abuses by the Burmese government against civilians is reaching a point whereby the junta could qualify for war crimes charges, said a former senior[…]
Apr 23, 2009 (DVB), A leading human rights watchdog has criticised a United Nations report for focusing too much attention on releases of child soldiers by the Burmese army whilst[…]
Dec 29, 2008 (DVB), A Burmese soldier who deserted after being refused permission to leave the army was left with a broken leg after being mistreated when he was recaptured,[…]
Nov 19, 2008 (DVB), The Human Rights Education Institute of Burma has published accounts of numerous violations of the rights of children due to armed conflict, in a new report[…]
Oct 6, 2008 (DVB), Burmese troops in Mandalay division are said to have abducted 19 people and forced them to join the army, according to one of those who managed[…]
Sep 26, 2008 (DVB), A 13-year-old pupil at the No. 1 State High School in Sittwe, Arakan state, was taken from his home on 21 September and forced to join[…]
Sep 19, 2008 (DVB), A former child soldier who was allowed to leave the army when he was reported to be underage was arrested by authorities on his 18th birthday,[…]
Feb 13, 2008 (DVB), Two National League for Democracy members have been transferred from Sandoway prison, purportedly due to official concerns that they would leak information about a child soldier[…]
Nov 20, 2007 (DVB), Burmese military officials have refused to let a 14 year old boy from South Dagon township leave the army, despite his parents providing proof that he[…]
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