Military faking ‘evidence’ on child warriors — HRW
By Michaela P. del Callar 10/12/2011The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is again up to its old dirty tricks of fabricating “evidence” and information.
A prominent international human rights group has accused the Philippine military of fabricating information that children they take into custody are child soldiers.
An independent investi-gation conducted by New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) “found strong evidence” indicating that the accounts of the detained minors’ involvement with rebel groups “were fabricated by the military.”
Although it acknowledged that many children are being used as combatants by communist and Muslim rebel groups, HRW said tagging those who are innocent as child warriors endangers the lives of the minors and undermines efforts to stop the recruitment process..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111012hed5.html
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nakakahiya naman yata kayo dito, tagapagmana ng kalbong.agila.tuta "philippine scouts" kayo, AFP.
"“The army is concocting stories of rebel child soldiers that are putting children at risk for propaganda purposes,” said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “The government should get the military to stop this despicable practice and investigate the officers involved.”"
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