Burma's military recruiting 10-year-olds

Burma’s military government, already under fire for its violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, is recruiting children as young as 10 into its armed forces, a US human rights group said today.

Burma's military recruiting 10-year-olds

Burma’s military government, already under fire for its violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, is recruiting children as young as 10 into its armed forces, a US human rights group said today.

Government recruiters target children because of “continued army expansion, high desertion rates and a lack of willing volunteers”, a 135-page report by New York-based Human Rights Watch says.

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