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Children With Guns

Information and recent news on child soldiers and issues surrounding them.

Human Rights Watch Tells UN to Wake Up

Posted on Friday February 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 in ltte, un

"The LTTE and the Karuna group continue to use children to fight their battles in clear violation of international law and Security Council resolutions," said Jo Becker, children's rights advocate at ...
SRI LANKA: End of ceasefire could further hamper aid delivery

Posted on Monday January 14th, 2008 at 11:32 in ltte, Sri Lanka, un

Humanitarian agencies in Sri Lanka are increasingly concerned that the government’s withdrawal from a ceasefire with Tamil Tiger (LTTE) rebels, which takes effect on 16 January, will unleash fresh v...
Sri Lanka Cease Fire Ends

Posted on Sunday January 6th, 2008 at 00:13 in ltte, Sri Lanka, un

The Sri Lankan government announced its withdrawal from the ceasefire agreement on January 2, 2008, hours after a bomb attack on an army bus in the capital, Colombo, killed one soldier and three civil...
Good News

Posted on Monday December 31st, 2007 at 00:14 in karuna, ltte, un, unicef

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the Sri Lankan Government's efforts in protecting interests of children by taking several measures, including the creation of a special task force ...