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Calling for government to pressure foreign governments to stop child soldiers.

Submitted on Tuesday 19th April 2016

Published on Wednesday 20th April 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 20th October 2016

Signatures: 64

Tagged with

10 years ~ Child ~ Children

Petition Action

Calling for government to pressure foreign governments to stop child soldiers.

Petition Details

The use of chid soldiers in developing countries is worrying. They are used to murder civilians and soldiers alike. In many cases the children would be forced to slaughter there own families. Before the age of 18 they are already in war. we need to fix this.

Additional Information

Currently there is an estimated 250,000 child soldiers, that have been recruited by both governments and rebel groups. Often the children would be forced to murder a family member to sever there connections with community. This makes it hard for them to ever return home. In 10 years; 10 million children have suffered from psychological trauma, 2 million children have been murdered, one million children have been left orphaned and a further 2 million have suffered from life altering injuries.


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